building-pydantic-ai-agents
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_aior 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/BaseModelwithout agents) - Other AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AutoGen)
- General Python development unrelated to AI agents
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