How to integrate Lakera Guard MCP with Pydantic AI

This guide walks you through connecting Lakera Guard to Pydantic AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Lakera Guard agent that can screen your content, detect prompt attacks, manage your policies, and organize your projects through natural language commands. This guide will help you understand how to give your Pydantic AI agent real control over a Lakera Guard account through Composio's Lakera Guard MCP server. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Lakera Guard to Pydantic AI using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Lakera Guard agent that can screen your content, detect prompt attacks, manage your policies, and organize your projects through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your Pydantic AI agent real control over a Lakera Guard account through Composio's Lakera Guard MCP server.

Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

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TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
  • How to set up your Composio API key and User ID
  • How to create a Composio Tool Router session for Lakera Guard
  • How to attach an MCP Server to a Pydantic AI agent
  • How to stream responses and maintain chat history
  • How to build a simple REPL-style chat interface to test your Lakera Guard workflows

What is Pydantic AI?

Pydantic AI is a Python framework for building AI agents with strong typing and validation. It leverages Pydantic's data validation capabilities to create robust, type-safe AI applications.

Key features include:

  • Type Safety: Built on Pydantic for automatic data validation
  • MCP Support: Native support for Model Context Protocol servers
  • Streaming: Built-in support for streaming responses
  • Async First: Designed for async/await patterns

What is the Lakera Guard MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Lakera Guard MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Lakera Guard account. It provides structured and secure access to content screening, detector evaluations, guardrail policies, and projects, so your agent can screen interactions, assess risks, configure policies, manage projects, and review safety settings on your behalf.

  • AI interaction screening: Have your agent screen the latest LLM or agent interaction and return the policy decision before your application continues.
  • Focused risk evaluation: Direct your agent to evaluate content against configured detectors and review the confidence result from each detector.
  • Guardrail policy management: Let the agent create, review, update, or delete policies that combine built-in detectors with custom guardrails.
  • Safety project management: Instruct your agent to create, inspect, update, or delete projects while assigning policies, metadata, and detection or flagging behavior.
  • Configuration review: Have your agent retrieve policy and project details to check detector settings, custom guardrails, assigned projects, metadata, and configured actions.

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

Composio's Composio SDK helps agents find the right tools for a task at runtime. You can plug in multiple toolkits (like Gmail, HubSpot, and GitHub), and the agent will identify the relevant app and action to complete multi-step workflows. This can reduce token usage and improve the reliability of tool calls. Read more here: Getting started with Composio SDK

The tool router generates a secure MCP URL that your agents can access to perform actions.

How the Composio SDK works

The Composio SDK follows a three-phase workflow:

  1. Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
  2. Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
  3. Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

Step by step09 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have:
  • Python 3.9 or higher
  • A Composio account with an active API key
  • Basic familiarity with Python and async programming
2

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
  • Go to the OpenAI dashboard and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models, or you can connect to another model provider.
  • Keep the API key safe.
Composio API Key
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
  • Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.
3

Install dependencies

bash
pip install composio pydantic-ai python-dotenv

Install the required libraries.

What's happening:

  • composio connects your agent to external SaaS tools like Lakera Guard
  • pydantic-ai lets you create structured AI agents with tool support
  • python-dotenv loads your environment variables securely from a .env file
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
USER_ID=your_user_id_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates your agent to Composio's API
  • USER_ID associates your session with your account for secure tool access
  • OPENAI_API_KEY to access OpenAI LLMs
5

Import dependencies

python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from pydantic_ai.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHTTP

load_dotenv()
What's happening:
  • We load environment variables and import required modules
  • Composio manages connections to Lakera Guard
  • MCPServerStreamableHTTP connects to the Lakera Guard MCP server endpoint
  • Agent from Pydantic AI lets you define and run the AI assistant
6

Create a Tool Router Session

python
async def main():
    api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
    user_id = os.getenv("USER_ID")
    if not api_key or not user_id:
        raise RuntimeError("Set COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID in your environment")

    # Create a Composio Tool Router session for Lakera Guard
    composio = Composio(api_key=api_key)
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=user_id,
        toolkits=["lakera_guard"],
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
    if not url:
        raise ValueError("Composio session did not return an MCP URL")
What's happening:
  • We're creating a Tool Router session that gives your agent access to Lakera Guard tools
  • The create method takes the user ID and specifies which toolkits should be available
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP server URL that your agent will use
7

Initialize the Pydantic AI Agent

python
# Attach the MCP server to a Pydantic AI Agent
lakera_guard_mcp = MCPServerStreamableHTTP(url, headers={"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY})
agent = Agent(
    "openai:gpt-5",
    toolsets=[lakera_guard_mcp],
    instructions=(
        "You are a Lakera Guard assistant. Use Lakera Guard tools to help users "
        "with their requests. Ask clarifying questions when needed."
    ),
)
What's happening:
  • The MCP client connects to the Lakera Guard endpoint
  • The agent uses GPT-5 to interpret user commands and perform Lakera Guard operations
  • The instructions field defines the agent's role and behavior
8

Build the chat interface

python
# Simple REPL with message history
history = []
print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")
print("Try asking the agent to help you with Lakera Guard.\n")

while True:
    user_input = input("You: ").strip()
    if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit", "bye"}:
        print("\nGoodbye!")
        break
    if not user_input:
        continue

    print("\nAgent is thinking...\n", flush=True)

    async with agent.run_stream(user_input, message_history=history) as stream_result:
        collected_text = ""
        async for chunk in stream_result.stream_output():
            text_piece = None
            if isinstance(chunk, str):
                text_piece = chunk
            elif hasattr(chunk, "delta") and isinstance(chunk.delta, str):
                text_piece = chunk.delta
            elif hasattr(chunk, "text"):
                text_piece = chunk.text
            if text_piece:
                collected_text += text_piece
        result = stream_result

    print(f"Agent: {collected_text}\n")
    history = result.all_messages()
What's happening:
  • The agent reads input from the terminal and streams its response
  • Lakera Guard API calls happen automatically under the hood
  • The model keeps conversation history to maintain context across turns
9

Run the application

python
if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())
What's happening:
  • The asyncio loop launches the agent and keeps it running until you exit

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Lakera Guard and Pydantic AI:

python
import asyncio
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from composio import Composio
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from pydantic_ai.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHTTP

load_dotenv()

async def main():
    api_key = os.getenv("COMPOSIO_API_KEY")
    user_id = os.getenv("USER_ID")
    if not api_key or not user_id:
        raise RuntimeError("Set COMPOSIO_API_KEY and USER_ID in your environment")

    # Create a Composio Tool Router session for Lakera Guard
    composio = Composio(api_key=api_key)
    session = composio.create(
        user_id=user_id,
        toolkits=["lakera_guard"],
    )
    url = session.mcp.url
    if not url:
        raise ValueError("Composio session did not return an MCP URL")

    # Attach the MCP server to a Pydantic AI Agent
    lakera_guard_mcp = MCPServerStreamableHTTP(url, headers={"x-api-key": COMPOSIO_API_KEY})
    agent = Agent(
        "openai:gpt-5",
        toolsets=[lakera_guard_mcp],
        instructions=(
            "You are a Lakera Guard assistant. Use Lakera Guard tools to help users "
            "with their requests. Ask clarifying questions when needed."
        ),
    )

    # Simple REPL with message history
    history = []
    print("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end.\n")
    print("Try asking the agent to help you with Lakera Guard.\n")

    while True:
        user_input = input("You: ").strip()
        if user_input.lower() in {"exit", "quit", "bye"}:
            print("\nGoodbye!")
            break
        if not user_input:
            continue

        print("\nAgent is thinking...\n", flush=True)

        async with agent.run_stream(user_input, message_history=history) as stream_result:
            collected_text = ""
            async for chunk in stream_result.stream_output():
                text_piece = None
                if isinstance(chunk, str):
                    text_piece = chunk
                elif hasattr(chunk, "delta") and isinstance(chunk.delta, str):
                    text_piece = chunk.delta
                elif hasattr(chunk, "text"):
                    text_piece = chunk.text
                if text_piece:
                    collected_text += text_piece
            result = stream_result

        print(f"Agent: {collected_text}\n")
        history = result.all_messages()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Conclusion

You've built a Pydantic AI agent that can interact with Lakera Guard through Composio's Tool Router. With this setup, your agent can perform real Lakera Guard actions through natural language. You can extend this further by:
  • Adding other toolkits like Gmail, HubSpot, or Salesforce
  • Building a web-based chat interface around this agent
  • Using multiple MCP endpoints to enable cross-app workflows (for example, Gmail + Lakera Guard for workflow automation)
This architecture makes your AI agent "agent-native", able to securely use APIs in a unified, composable way without custom integrations.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Lakera Guard action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Policy

Create an Enterprise Lakera policy with built-in detectors and/or custom guardrails.

Create Project

Create an Enterprise Lakera project, optionally assigning a policy, metadata, and detect-or-flag action.

Delete Policy

Permanently delete an Enterprise Lakera policy by ID.

Delete Project

Permanently and irreversibly delete an Enterprise Lakera project by ID.

Evaluate Detectors

Evaluate content and return one confidence result per configured detector without producing an aggregate flagging decision or Guard screening log.

Get Policy

Retrieve an Enterprise Lakera policy by ID, including its detector configuration, custom guardrails, version, and assigned projects.

Get Project

Retrieve an Enterprise Lakera project by ID, including its assigned policy, metadata, and detect-or-flag action.

Screen Content

Screen the latest LLM or agent interaction with Lakera Guard and return the policy decision.

Update Policy

Replace an Enterprise Lakera policy's complete configuration and create a new policy version.

Update Project

Update an Enterprise Lakera project by ID.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Lakera Guard MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Lakera Guard tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Lakera Guard and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Pydantic AI fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Lakera Guard tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Lakera Guard scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Lakera Guard data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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