> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.agno.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Agent with Structured Outputs

> Return a validated Pydantic object from a Vertex AI Claude agent.

Set `output_schema` to return a validated Pydantic object instead of free-form text.

## Code

```python structured_output.py theme={null}
from typing import List

from agno.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
from agno.models.vertexai.claude import Claude
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
from rich.pretty import pprint  # noqa

class MovieScript(BaseModel):
    setting: str = Field(
        ..., description="Provide a nice setting for a blockbuster movie."
    )
    ending: str = Field(
        ...,
        description="Ending of the movie. If not available, provide a happy ending.",
    )
    genre: str = Field(
        ...,
        description="Genre of the movie. If not available, select action, thriller or romantic comedy.",
    )
    name: str = Field(..., description="Give a name to this movie")
    characters: List[str] = Field(..., description="Name of characters for this movie.")
    storyline: str = Field(
        ..., description="3 sentence storyline for the movie. Make it exciting!"
    )

movie_agent = Agent(
    model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4@20250514"),
    description="You help people write movie scripts.",
    output_schema=MovieScript,
)

# Get the response in a variable
run: RunOutput = movie_agent.run("New York")
pprint(run.content)
```

## Usage

<Steps>
  <Snippet file="create-venv-step.mdx" />

  <Step title="Set your environment variables">
    <CodeGroup>
      ```bash Mac theme={null}
      export CLOUD_ML_REGION=xxx
      export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=xxx
      ```

      ```bash Windows theme={null}
      setx CLOUD_ML_REGION xxx
      setx GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT xxx
      ```
    </CodeGroup>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Authenticate your CLI session">
    ```bash theme={null}
    gcloud auth application-default login
    ```

    <Note>You don't need to authenticate your CLI every time.</Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install dependencies">
    ```bash theme={null}
    uv pip install -U 'anthropic[vertex]' agno
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run Agent">
    Save the code above as `structured_output.py`, then run:

    ```bash theme={null}
    python structured_output.py
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>