Vendor — 04 active of 4 cataloged

OpenAI

openai.com ↗/vndr://openai/verified 2026-09-25

OpenAI ships 4 cataloged agents — CLI agents, computer-use agents, research agents, agent communication platforms — over cli · editor · api · chat · browser interfaces with local + cloud hosting.

RUBRIC

Portfolio spec sheet

AgentCategoryInterfacesHostingPricingStatusCaps
Codex CLI

Codex is OpenAI's coding agent: an open-source terminal CLI, a desktop app, IDE extensions, and a cloud lane for async tasks, all included in ChatGPT plans.

CLI agentcli · editor · apilocal · cloudIncluded in ChatGPT Free/Go/Plus/Pro/Business/Enterprise; credits for extra usageactive8 tags
ChatGPT Agent

ChatGPT Agent is OpenAI's hosted computer-use mode — the Operator lineage: it spins up a managed browser, works through multi-step web tasks, and can take actions after confirmation.

computer-use agentchat · browsercloudIncluded in ChatGPT Plus/Pro/Business; task quotas by tieractive5 tags
ChatGPT Deep Research

ChatGPT Deep Research is OpenAI's research-agent mode: a prompt becomes a 5–30 minute browsing run that returns a cited report — now also reachable via API as a deep-research model.

research agentchat · apicloudIncluded in ChatGPT tiers (query limits vary); API via deep-research modelsactive4 tags
OpenAI Agents SDK

The OpenAI Agents SDK is OpenAI's lightweight framework for agentic apps — its handoffs primitive is a first-class agent-to-agent mechanism: one agent transfers the live conversation to a specialist.

agent communication platformapilocal · cloudFree (OSS SDK); model usage meteredactive4 tags

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NOTES

Field notes

Codex CLI

OpenAI-native terminal and async coding when you already pay for ChatGPT.

Caveat — Included usage varies by ChatGPT plan; extra work is billed as credits and rates differ by model. Check the Codex rate card.

ChatGPT Agent

Individuals who want a capable general-purpose web agent with zero setup — research, bookings, spreadsheet-and-browser chores.

Caveat — Task quotas are tier-bound; it will still ask you to take over on logins, payments, and CAPTCHAs — the 'autonomous' part is deliberately bounded.

ChatGPT Deep Research

The default deep-research baseline — thorough public-web reports inside the subscription most people already pay for.

Caveat — Query limits are tier-bound; it still misattributes claims occasionally, and paywalled/niche sources are largely out of reach.

OpenAI Agents SDK

Teams on OpenAI models who want minimal scaffolding for supervisor→specialist delegation without a heavyweight framework.

Caveat — OpenAI-first (other providers via community adapters); handoffs transfer a single conversation rather than providing a general messaging fabric.

CAP

Capability coverage

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Head-to-head (3)

PLUG

Integrations (8)

WIRE

Transports (3)

PEER

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