> ## Documentation Index
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# Agent with Structured Outputs

> Return a validated Pydantic object from a Groq agent using JSON mode.

Set `output_schema` and `use_json_mode=True` to get a validated `MovieScript` object back 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.groq import Groq
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!"
    )

json_mode_agent = Agent(
    model=Groq(id="llama-3.3-70b-versatile"),
    description="You help people write movie scripts.",
    output_schema=MovieScript,
    use_json_mode=True,
)

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

# json_mode_agent.print_response("New York")
```

## Usage

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

  <Step title="Set your API key">
    ```bash theme={null}
    export GROQ_API_KEY=xxx
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install dependencies">
    ```bash theme={null}
    uv pip install -U groq 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>

## Developer Resources

* [Structured output](/input-output/structured-output/agent)