Python SDK documentation

Build durable workflow workers and Conductor agents with Python. These guides cover OSS and Orkes; pages call out capabilities that require Orkes.

Start here

Goal	Guide	Expected result
Connect to a server	Server setup and connection/authentication	The SDK can reach an OSS or Orkes API endpoint.
Build a workflow and worker	Core quickstart	The hello-world workflow prints its result.
Build a Conductor agent	Agent quickstart	An LLM-backed agent completes through Conductor.

Build

• Workflows, workflow lifecycle, and workers
• Workflow testing, schemas, and schedules/events
• Conductor agents, tools, and framework bridges
• Recommended examples; examples/README.md is the full catalog.

Operate

• Reliability, security, and deployment/scaling
• Metrics and logging and debugging

Reference and upgrades

• Core API map, compatibility, and upgrading
• Agent runtime, control plane, and agent definition
• Java/Python documentation parity — intentional Python mappings and unsupported Java-only surfaces.

Documentation conventions

Primary guides follow the documentation standard. Provider credentials belong on the Conductor server or its secret provider, not in workflow input, example source, or a client-side .env committed to Git.