# Building Agents With Heroku AI and Pydantic AI

DevFeed: [Building Agents With Heroku AI and Pydantic AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-agents-with-heroku-ai-and-pydantic-ai-26380.md>)

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Author: Anush DSouza

Published: 2025-08-08T16:33:37Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [Pydantic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pydantic.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Agent Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-framework.md>), [Model Context Protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol.md>), [A2A protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/a2a-protocol.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

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## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to build production-grade AI agents with Heroku Managed Inference and Agents and the Pydantic AI Python framework. It covers Claude model integration, secure code execution, OpenAI-compatible APIs, environment-variable configuration, MCP client and server support, and exposing agents through the A2A protocol.

## Source excerpt

Building production-grade AI applications can be complex, but with Heroku and Pydantic AI, developers gain a powerful and reliable solution for integrating advanced AI capabilities. Heroku makes it easy to integrate AI into your applications with Heroku Managed Inference and Agents. With a single click, you can attach powerful Large Language Models like Anthropic's Claude [...] The post Building Agents With Heroku AI and Pydantic AI appeared first on Heroku.