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Pydantic AI

Pydantic AI is an open-source Python SDK and typed agent loop for building AI-powered applications. It connects agents to model interfaces and can expose them through web frontends, terminal interfaces and voice calls; the same SDK also includes image-generation and embedding capabilities.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Pydantic AI when you are building an AI-enabled Python application and want an agent loop that can be connected to different interfaces. Consider the separate Harness package when the workflow needs capabilities such as memory, planning, sub-agents or persistence.

Who it is for

  • Python developers building applications that use AI models.
  • Teams that need to present an agent through a web, terminal or voice interface.
  • Developers assembling more complex agent workflows with memory, planning, guardrails or sub-agents.

Documented uses

  • Build a typed agent that calls an AI model.
  • Connect an agent to a web frontend, terminal or voice-call interface.
  • Add image-generation or embedding capabilities to a Python application.
  • Assemble a terminal coding agent with file access, shell tools and repository context.
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Requirements & limits

The project repository is public and licensed under MIT.

  • Pydantic AI is a developer framework, not a hosted end-user agent service.
  • Harness, Graph and Evals are separate packages with distinct roles.
  • The README demonstrates package installation with uv and model selection in agent configuration.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Build a typed sentiment agent with a validated result

Create a Python agent that returns sentiment labels and scores in a typed structure.

Before you start

  • Python project with pydantic-ai installed (uv add pydantic-ai is shown).
  • A model identifier and provider credentials when using a real model; the documented example uses openai:gpt-6-sol. The README also identifies Agent('test') as an offline option.

Steps

  1. Define a Pydantic model for the result, such as a sentiment label and bounded score.

  2. Create an Agent with that model as its output_type.

  3. Optionally register a tool with @agent.tool; the example uses a RunContext and returns review snippets.

  4. Call agent.run_sync(...) and read the typed value from result.output.

Expected outcome

The example produces a validated `Sentiment` result, such as `label='positive'` and `score=0.9`.

Guide limitations

  • The documented example uses a synchronous run; it does not describe deployment or a web interface.
  • The real-model example requires a configured provider; the offline test model does not call an LLM.
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Source-based practical guide

Generate an image file with the standalone image API

Generate an image from a prompt and write its returned bytes to a local file.

Before you start

  • Python project with pydantic-ai installed (uv add pydantic-ai is shown).
  • The example uses the openai:gpt-image-2 image model; provider setup details are not included in the documented example.

Steps

  1. Import Path and ImageGenerator from pydantic_ai.

  2. Create an ImageGenerator for openai:gpt-image-2.

  3. Call generate_sync with an image prompt.

  4. Write result.image.data to a file, as shown with Path('logo.png').write_bytes(...).

Expected outcome

The example writes generated image data to `logo.png`.

Guide limitations

  • This is a standalone image-generation API, not an agent run.
  • The example does not document provider credential configuration or image-generation tests.
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These projects document a common task and share a project role. This is a source-based comparison, not an execution benchmark or a guarantee of interchangeability.

ProjectDocumented purposePlatformAccess and requirements
Pydantic AIBuild a typed agent that calls an AI model.CLI, Cloud, Linux, macOSThe project repository is public and licensed under MIT.
DextoDefine agents in YAML with a model, tools, storage and permissions.CLI
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