Building AI Agents with Pydantic AI

Pydantic AI is a Python agent framework for building production-grade Generative AI applications. This skill provides patterns, architecture guidance, and tested code examples for building applications with Pydantic AI.

When to Use This Skill

Invoke this skill when:

• User asks to build an AI agent, create an LLM-powered app, or mentions Pydantic AI
• User wants to add tools, capabilities (thinking, web search), or structured output to an agent
• User asks to define agents from YAML/JSON specs or use template strings
• User wants to stream agent events, delegate between agents, or test agent behavior
• Code imports pydantic_ai or references Pydantic AI classes (Agent, RunContext, Tool)
• User asks about hooks, lifecycle interception, or agent observability with Logfire

Do not use this skill for:

• The Pydantic validation library alone (pydantic/BaseModel without agents)
• Other AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AutoGen)
• General Python development unrelated to AI agents