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Pure Responses Agent

What this agent does

Minimal agent with no framework: only the OpenAI Python client and an Action/Observation loop with tools. Requires the OpenAI Responses API — works with OpenAI or any endpoint that supports the Responses API.

Prerequisites

  • uv — Python package manager
  • Podman or Docker — for local container builds (Option A)
  • oc — for OpenShift deployment
  • Helm — for deploying to Kubernetes/OpenShift
  • GNU Make and a bash-compatible shell — on Windows, use WSL (recommended) or Git Bash

Local Development

Note: This agent uses the OpenAI Responses API, which is specific to OpenAI. It does not use Ollama or Llama Stack for local model serving.

Initiating base

make init creates a .env file from .env.example. Set your environment variables in the .env file.

cd agents/vanilla_python/openai_responses_agent
make init

Tracing (optional)

Tracing is optional. If MLflow tracing is required, enable it by uncommenting and setting the following environment variables in the .env file.

Tracing with a local MLflow server

MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI="http://localhost:5000"
MLFLOW_EXPERIMENT_NAME="openai-responses-agent"
MLFLOW_HTTP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=2
MLFLOW_HTTP_REQUEST_MAX_RETRIES=0

Then start the MLflow server in a separate terminal:

# Start the MLflow server
uv run --extra tracing mlflow server --port 5000

When MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI is set, make run-app and make run-cli will automatically install the tracing dependency.

Tracing with an OpenShift MLflow server

To enable tracing and logging with MLflow on your OpenShift cluster, add the following environment variables to your .env file:

MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI="https://<openshift-dashboard-url>/mlflow"
MLFLOW_TRACKING_TOKEN="<your-openshift-token>"
MLFLOW_EXPERIMENT_NAME="openai-responses-agent"
MLFLOW_TRACKING_INSECURE_TLS="true"
MLFLOW_WORKSPACE="default"

Notes:

  • MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI - URL of your MLflow server. For local development, use http://localhost:5000. If using MLflow on an OpenShift cluster, replace <openshift-dashboard-url> with your cluster's data science gateway URL.

  • MLFLOW_TRACKING_TOKEN - Required for OpenShift only. Your OpenShift authentication token, obtained from the OpenShift console.

  • MLFLOW_EXPERIMENT_NAME - A descriptive name for your experiment (e.g., "OpenAI Responses Demo")

  • MLFLOW_TRACKING_INSECURE_TLS - Required for OpenShift only. Set to "true" if your cluster does not use trusted certificates.

  • MLFLOW_WORKSPACE - Required for OpenShift only. Project name.

  • Tracing is optional; if you do not set MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI, the application will run without MLflow logging.

  • If MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI is set, the application will attempt to connect to the MLflow server at startup. If the server is unreachable, the application will log a warning and continue running without tracing.

  • You can control how long the application waits for the MLflow server by setting MLFLOW_HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT (in seconds, default: 5).

Creating environment

Now you will remove old .venv and create new. Next dependencies will be installed.

make env

Run the interactive web application

Keep this terminal open – the app needs to keep running. You should see output indicating the app started on http://localhost:8000.

cd agents/vanilla_python/openai_responses_agent
make run-app           # fails if port is already in use and print steps TO-DO

Interactive CLI

For terminal-based testing without a browser:

cd agents/vanilla_python/openai_responses_agent
make run-cli

This launches an interactive prompt where you can pick predefined questions or type your own. Tool calls and results are displayed inline with colored output.

Deploying to OpenShift

Setup

cd agents/vanilla_python/openai_responses_agent
make init

Configuration

Edit .env with your model endpoint and container image:

API_KEY = your-openai-api-key
BASE_URL = https://api.openai.com/v1
MODEL_ID = gpt-4o-mini
CONTAINER_IMAGE = quay.io/your-username/openai-responses-agent:latest

Notes:

  • API_KEY - your OpenAI API key

  • BASE_URL - should end with /v1

  • MODEL_ID - model identifier available on your endpoint

  • CONTAINER_IMAGE – full image path where the agent container will be pushed and pulled from. The image is built locally, pushed to this registry, and then deployed to OpenShift.

    Format: <registry>/<namespace>/<image-name>:<tag>

    Examples:

    • Quay.io: quay.io/your-username/openai-responses-agent:latest
    • Docker Hub: docker.io/your-username/openai-responses-agent:latest
    • GHCR: ghcr.io/your-org/openai-responses-agent:latest

    Note: OpenShift must be able to pull the container image. Make the image public, or configure an image pull secret for private registries.

Building the Container Image

Login to OC

oc login -u "login" -p "password" https://super-link-to-cluster:111

Login ex. Docker

docker login -u='login' -p='password' quay.io

Option A: Build locally and push to a registry

Requires Podman (or Docker) and a registry account (e.g., Quay.io).

make build    # builds the image locally
make push     # pushes to the registry specified in CONTAINER_IMAGE

Option B: Build in-cluster via OpenShift BuildConfig

No Podman, Docker, or registry account needed — just the oc CLI.

make build-openshift

After the build completes, set CONTAINER_IMAGE in your .env to the internal registry URL printed after the build.

Deploying

Preview manifests (make dry-run)

make dry-run          # preview rendered Helm manifests (secrets redacted)

Deploy (make deploy)

make deploy

Verify deployment

After deploying, the application may take about a minute to become available while the pod starts up.

The route URL is printed after make deploy. You can also retrieve it manually:

oc get route openai-responses-agent -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}'

Remove deployment (make undeploy)

make undeploy

See OpenShift Deployment for more details.

Tests

make test

API Endpoints

POST /chat/completions

Non-streaming:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "How much does a Lenovo Laptop cost and what are the reviews?"}], "stream": false}'

Streaming:

curl -sN -X POST http://localhost:8000/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "How much does a Lenovo Laptop cost and what are the reviews?"}], "stream": true}'

Pretty Printed Stream:

curl -sN -X POST http://localhost:8000/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "How much does a Lenovo Laptop cost and what are the reviews?"}], "stream": true}' |
   jq -R -r -j 'scan("^data:(.*)") | .[0] | select(. != " [DONE]") | fromjson.choices[0].delta.content // empty'

GET /health

curl http://localhost:8000/health

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