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RAG Pipeline with Pydantic AI
Build a Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipeline that searches documents with vector embeddings and answers questions with citations — using Pydantic AI.
RAGvector storeembeddingsdocuments
Working Code
from pydantic_ai import Agent, RunContext
agent = Agent( "openai:gpt-4o", system_prompt="You are a document Q&A assistant. Search documents before answering. Cite sources using [1], [2] format.",)
@agent.toolasync def search_documents(ctx: RunContext, query: str, top_k: int = 5) -> str: """Search uploaded documents for relevant content.""" results = await vector_store.asimilarity_search(query, k=top_k) return "\n\n".join( f"[{i+1}] {r.metadata.get('source', 'unknown')}: {r.page_content}" for i, r in enumerate(results) )
result = await agent.run("What does the refund policy say about digital products?")print(result.output)Step by Step
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Install dependencies
Install Pydantic AI and the required tools for this use case.
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Define your tools
Create the domain-specific tool functions your agent will use to interact with external services.
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Create the agent and run
Initialize the Pydantic AI agent with your tools, set the system prompt, and execute a query.
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