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

## Querying This Documentation

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# Raise Content Filter Error

[`RaiseContentFilterError`](/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/capabilities/#pydantic_ai.capabilities.RaiseContentFilterError) is a [capability](/docs/ai/capabilities/overview/) that opts into treating any model response with `finish_reason='content_filter'` as a [`ContentFilterError`](/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/exceptions/#pydantic_ai.exceptions.ContentFilterError), even when the provider returns partial text or refusal text:

raise\_content\_filter\_error.py

```python
from pydantic_ai import Agent
from pydantic_ai.capabilities import RaiseContentFilterError
from pydantic_ai.exceptions import ContentFilterError
from pydantic_ai.messages import ModelMessage, ModelResponse, TextPart
from pydantic_ai.models.function import AgentInfo, FunctionModel


def filtered_response(messages: list[ModelMessage], info: AgentInfo) -> ModelResponse:
    return ModelResponse(
        parts=[TextPart(content='I cannot help with that.')],
        finish_reason='content_filter',
        provider_details={'finish_reason': 'content_filter'},
    )


agent = Agent(FunctionModel(filtered_response), capabilities=[RaiseContentFilterError()])

try:
    agent.run_sync('Tell me how to make a weapon.')
except ContentFilterError as exc:
    print(exc.message)
    #> Content filter triggered. Finish reason: 'content_filter'
```

_(This example is complete, it can be run "as is")_

By default, Pydantic AI only raises [`ContentFilterError`](/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/exceptions/#pydantic_ai.exceptions.ContentFilterError) when a `content_filter` response is _empty_: if the provider returns partial text or refusal text alongside `finish_reason='content_filter'`, that text becomes ordinary agent output and no error is raised (see [finish reason handling](/docs/ai/models/overview/#finish-reason-example)). This capability extends the check to _every_ `content_filter` response, so partial and refusal text raise too. When it raises, the full [`ModelResponse`](/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/messages/#pydantic_ai.messages.ModelResponse) is serialized into [`ContentFilterError.body`](/docs/ai/api/pydantic-ai/exceptions/#pydantic_ai.exceptions.UnexpectedModelBehavior.body) so the partial text remains inspectable.