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+import agentops
+from openai import OpenAI
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+agentops.init(default_tags=["openai-assistants-test"])
+openai = OpenAI()
+
+try:
+    # Create an assistant
+    assistant = openai.beta.assistants.create(
+        name="Math Tutor",
+        instructions="You are a personal math tutor. Write and run code to answer math questions.",
+        tools=[{"type": "code_interpreter"}],
+        model="gpt-4o-mini",
+    )
+    print(f"Created assistant: {assistant.id}")
+
+    # Create a thread
+    thread = openai.beta.threads.create()
+    print(f"Created thread: {thread.id}")
+
+    # Add a message to the thread
+    message = openai.beta.threads.messages.create(
+        thread_id=thread.id, role="user", content="I need to solve the equation `3x + 11 = 14`. Can you help me?"
+    )
+    print(f"Added message: {message.id}")
+
+    # Run the assistant
+    run = openai.beta.threads.runs.create(thread_id=thread.id, assistant_id=assistant.id)
+    print(f"Started run: {run.id}")
+
+    # Wait for the run to complete
+    while run.status not in ["completed", "failed"]:
+        run = openai.beta.threads.runs.retrieve(thread_id=thread.id, run_id=run.id)
+        print(f"Run status: {run.status}")
+
+    if run.status == "failed":
+        print("\nRun failed!")
+        if run.last_error:
+            print(f"Error code: {run.last_error.code}")
+            print(f"Error message: {run.last_error.message}")
+
+    # Retrieve messages and print in reverse order (most recent first)
+    messages = openai.beta.threads.messages.list(thread_id=thread.id)
+    print("\nThread Messages:")
+    for msg in reversed(messages.data):
+        print(f"{msg.role.capitalize()}: {msg.content[0].text.value}")
+    print()
+
+finally:
+    # Clean up
+    if "assistant" in locals():
+        openai.beta.assistants.delete(assistant.id)
+        print(f"Deleted assistant: {assistant.id}")
+
+agentops.end_session(end_state="Success")