# OpenAI's guides on agents and AI use cases

> Two OpenAI guides: building AI agents and scaling use cases

- Category: Guides & reading (`guides`)
- Tags: `learning`
- Official: https://openai.com/business/guides-and-resources/a-practical-guide-to-building-ai-agents
- See also: https://openai.com/business/guides-and-resources/identifying-and-scaling-ai-use-cases
- Wunderlust: https://wunderlust.xyz/r/openai-guias-ia
- Image: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/openai-guias-ia-poster.jpg
- Video preview: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/openai-guias-ia.webm
- Added: 2026-11-05

## What it is

Two official OpenAI guides. The practical guide to agents covers tools, orchestration and guardrails; the other covers identifying and prioritizing AI use cases.

## What it’s for

Reading for anyone about to build agents or decide where to apply AI in a company.

## Benefits

- The agents guide covers tools, orchestration and guardrails
- The use cases guide covers identification and prioritization

## Caveats

- The official page returned a 403 error at the last check, so the content wasn't verified there
- Some editions may differ from the version originally shown

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