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PydanticAI

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Type-safe Python agent framework from the Pydantic team — build agents with structured inputs/outputs validated by Pydantic models.

License

MIT

Language

Python

82
Trust
Strong

Why PydanticAI?

You want full type safety and IDE autocompletion for agent code

Structured output validation is critical for your pipeline

Teams already using Pydantic and FastAPI who want familiar patterns

Signal Breakdown

What drives the Trust Score

PyPI downloads
180k / wk
Commits (90d)
290 commits
GitHub stars
9k ★
Stack Overflow
80 q's
Community
Growing
Weighted Trust Score82 / 100

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Last 12 months

Tradeoffs & Caveats

Know before you commit

You need multi-agent orchestration — PydanticAI is single-agent focused

JavaScript/TypeScript projects

Pricing

Free tier & paid plans

Free tier

Open source, free to use

Paid

Free & open-source

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Learning Resources

Docs, videos, tutorials, and courses

Get Started

Repository and installation options

View on GitHub

github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai

pippip install pydantic-ai

Quick Start

Copy and adapt to get going fast

from pydantic_ai import Agent
from pydantic import BaseModel

class Response(BaseModel):
    answer: str
    confidence: float

agent = Agent('openai:gpt-4o', result_type=Response)
result = agent.run_sync('What is 2+2?')
print(result.data.answer)

Community Notes

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