diff --git a/examples/agent/README.md b/examples/agent/README.md
index 52b78f8ee..3ec35433f 100644
--- a/examples/agent/README.md
+++ b/examples/agent/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   > [!WARNING]
   > The command above gives tools (and your agent) access to the web (and read-only access to `examples/agent/**`. If you're concerned about unleashing a rogue agent on the web, please explore setting up proxies for your docker (and contribute back!)
 
-- Run the agent with a given goal:
+- Run the agent with a given goal
 
   ```bash
   uv run examples/agent/run.py --tools http://localhost:8088 \
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@
     "Search for, fetch and summarize the homepage of llama.cpp"
   ```
 
+- To compare the above results w/ OpenAI's tool usage behaviour, just add `--openai` to the agent invocation (other providers can easily be added, just use the `--endpoint`, `--api-key`, and `--model` flags)
+
+  ```bash
+  export OPENAI_API_KEY=...
+  uv run examples/agent/run.py --tools http://localhost:8088 \
+    "Search for, fetch and summarize the homepage of llama.cpp" \
+    --openai
+  ```
+
 ## TODO
 
 - Implement code_interpreter using whichever tools are builtin for a given model.
diff --git a/examples/agent/run.py b/examples/agent/run.py
index 90cddfc99..40d18622b 100644
--- a/examples/agent/run.py
+++ b/examples/agent/run.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 # ///
 import json
 import asyncio
+import logging
+import os
 import aiohttp
 from functools import wraps
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ class OpenAPIMethod:
         if self.body:
             body = kwargs.pop(self.body['name'], None)
             if self.body['required']:
-                assert body is not None, f'Missing required body parameter: {self.body["name"]}'
+                assert body is not None, f'Missing required body parameter: {self.body['name']}'
         else:
             body = None
 
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ class OpenAPIMethod:
             assert param['in'] == 'query', 'Only query parameters are supported'
             query_params[name] = value
 
-        params = "&".join(f"{name}={urllib.parse.quote(str(value))}" for name, value in query_params.items() if value is not None)
+        params = '&'.join(f'{name}={urllib.parse.quote(str(value))}' for name, value in query_params.items() if value is not None)
         url = f'{self.url}?{params}'
         async with session.post(url, json=body) as response:
             response.raise_for_status()
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ class OpenAPIMethod:
 
         return response_json
 
-async def discover_tools(tool_endpoints: list[str], verbose: bool = False) -> tuple[dict, list]:
+async def discover_tools(tool_endpoints: list[str], logger) -> tuple[dict, list]:
     tool_map = {}
     tools = []
 
@@ -108,10 +110,9 @@ async def discover_tools(tool_endpoints: list[str], verbose: bool = False) -> tu
             for path, descriptor in catalog['paths'].items():
                 fn = OpenAPIMethod(url=f'{url}{path}', name=path.replace('/', ' ').strip().replace(' ', '_'), descriptor=descriptor, catalog=catalog)
                 tool_map[fn.__name__] = fn
-                if verbose:
-                    sys.stderr.write(f'# PARAMS SCHEMA ({fn.__name__}): {json.dumps(fn.parameters_schema, indent=2)}\n')
+                logger.debug('Function %s: params schema: %s', fn.__name__, fn.parameters_schema)
                 tools.append(dict(
-                        type="function",
+                        type='function',
                         function=dict(
                             name=fn.__name__,
                             description=fn.__doc__ or '',
@@ -134,26 +135,41 @@ def typer_async_workaround():
 @typer_async_workaround()
 async def main(
     goal: str,
-    api_key: str = '<unset>',
+    model: str = 'gpt-4o',
     tools: Optional[list[str]] = None,
     max_iterations: Optional[int] = 10,
     verbose: bool = False,
     cache_prompt: bool = True,
     seed: Optional[int] = None,
-    endpoint: str = "http://localhost:8080/v1/",
+    openai: bool = False,
+    endpoint: Optional[str] = None,
+    api_key: Optional[str] = None,
 ):
-    tool_map, tools = await discover_tools(tools or [], verbose)
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG if verbose else logging.INFO, format='%(message)s')
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-    sys.stdout.write(f'🛠️  {", ".join(tool_map.keys())}\n')
+    if endpoint is None:
+        if openai:
+            endpoint = 'https://api.openai.com/v1/'
+        else:
+            endpoint = 'http://localhost:8080/v1/'
+    if api_key is None:
+        if openai:
+            api_key = os.environ.get('OPENAI_API_KEY')
+
+    tool_map, tools = await discover_tools(tools or [], logger=logger)
+
+    sys.stdout.write(f'🛠️  Tools: {", ".join(tool_map.keys()) if tool_map else "<none>"}\n')
 
     messages = [
         dict(
-            role="user",
+            role='user',
             content=goal,
         )
     ]
 
     headers = {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         'Authorization': f'Bearer {api_key}'
     }
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(headers=headers) as session:
@@ -161,22 +177,26 @@ async def main(
             url = f'{endpoint}chat/completions'
             payload = dict(
                 messages=messages,
-                model="gpt-4o",
+                model=model,
                 tools=tools,
-                seed=seed,
-                cache_prompt=cache_prompt,
             )
+            if not openai:
+                payload.update(dict(
+                    seed=seed,
+                    cache_prompt=cache_prompt,
+                )) # type: ignore
+
+            logger.debug('Calling %s with %s', url, json.dumps(payload, indent=2))
             async with session.post(url, json=payload) as response:
-                if verbose:
-                    sys.stderr.write(f'# RESPONSE: {response}\n')
+                logger.debug('Response: %s', response)
                 response.raise_for_status()
                 response = await response.json()
 
-            assert len(response["choices"]) == 1
-            choice = response["choices"][0]
+            assert len(response['choices']) == 1
+            choice = response['choices'][0]
 
             content = choice['message']['content']
-            if choice['finish_reason'] == "tool_calls":
+            if choice['finish_reason'] == 'tool_calls':
                 messages.append(choice['message'])
                 assert choice['message']['tool_calls']
                 for tool_call in choice['message']['tool_calls']:
@@ -186,14 +206,16 @@ async def main(
                     name = tool_call['function']['name']
                     args = json.loads(tool_call['function']['arguments'])
                     pretty_call = f'{name}({", ".join(f"{k}={v.model_dump_json() if isinstance(v, BaseModel) else json.dumps(v)}" for k, v in args.items())})'
-                    sys.stdout.write(f'⚙️  {pretty_call}')
+                    logger.info(f'⚙️  {pretty_call}')
                     sys.stdout.flush()
                     tool_result = await tool_map[name](session, **args)
-                    sys.stdout.write(f" → {tool_result}\n")
+                    tool_result_str = json.dumps(tool_result)
+                    logger.info(' → %d chars', len(tool_result_str))
+                    logger.debug('%s', tool_result_str)
                     messages.append(dict(
                         tool_call_id=tool_call.get('id'),
-                        role="tool",
-                        content=json.dumps(tool_result),
+                        role='tool',
+                        content=tool_result_str,
                     ))
             else:
                 assert content
@@ -201,7 +223,7 @@ async def main(
                 return
 
         if max_iterations is not None:
-            raise Exception(f"Failed to get a valid response after {max_iterations} tool calls")
+            raise Exception(f'Failed to get a valid response after {max_iterations} tool calls')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     typer.run(main)