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    First steps

    Intro to ClaudeQuickstart

    Models & pricing

    Models overviewChoosing a modelWhat's new in Claude 4.5Migrating to Claude 4.5Model deprecationsPricing

    Build with Claude

    Features overviewUsing the Messages APIContext windowsPrompting best practices

    Capabilities

    Prompt cachingContext editingExtended thinkingStreaming MessagesBatch processingCitationsMultilingual supportToken countingEmbeddingsVisionPDF supportFiles APISearch resultsGoogle Sheets add-on

    Tools

    OverviewHow to implement tool useToken-efficient tool useFine-grained tool streamingBash toolCode execution toolComputer use toolText editor toolWeb fetch toolWeb search toolMemory tool

    Agent Skills

    OverviewQuickstartBest practicesUsing Skills with the API

    Agent SDK

    OverviewTypeScript SDKPython SDK

    Guides

    Streaming InputHandling PermissionsSession ManagementHosting the Agent SDKModifying system promptsMCP in the SDKCustom ToolsSubagents in the SDKSlash Commands in the SDKAgent Skills in the SDKTracking Costs and UsageTodo ListsPlugins in the SDK

    MCP in the API

    MCP connectorRemote MCP servers

    Claude on 3rd-party platforms

    Amazon BedrockVertex AI

    Prompt engineering

    OverviewPrompt generatorUse prompt templatesPrompt improverBe clear and directUse examples (multishot prompting)Let Claude think (CoT)Use XML tagsGive Claude a role (system prompts)Prefill Claude's responseChain complex promptsLong context tipsExtended thinking tips

    Test & evaluate

    Define success criteriaDevelop test casesUsing the Evaluation ToolReducing latency

    Strengthen guardrails

    Reduce hallucinationsIncrease output consistencyMitigate jailbreaksStreaming refusalsReduce prompt leakKeep Claude in character

    Administration and monitoring

    Admin API overviewUsage and Cost APIClaude Code Analytics API
    Console
    First steps

    Get started with Claude

    Make your first API call to Claude and build a simple web search assistant

    Prerequisites

    • An Anthropic Console account
    • An API key

    Call the API

    Next steps

    Now that you have made your first Claude API request, it's time to explore what else is possible:

    Working with Messages

    Learn common patterns for the Messages API.

    Features Overview

    Explore Claude's advanced features and capabilities.

    Client SDKs

    Discover Anthropic client libraries.

    Claude Cookbook

    Learn with interactive Jupyter notebooks.

    • Prerequisites
    • Call the API
    • Next steps
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    Products

    • Claude
    • Claude Code
    • Max plan
    • Team plan
    • Enterprise plan
    • Download app
    • Pricing
    • Log in

    Features

    • Claude and Slack
    • Claude in Excel

    Models

    • Opus
    • Sonnet
    • Haiku

    Solutions

    • AI agents
    • Code modernization
    • Coding
    • Customer support
    • Education
    • Financial services
    • Government
    • Life sciences

    Claude Developer Platform

    • Overview
    • Developer docs
    • Pricing
    • Amazon Bedrock
    • Google Cloud’s Vertex AI
    • Console login

    Learn

    • Blog
    • Catalog
    • Courses
    • Connectors
    • Customer stories
    • Engineering at Anthropic
    • Events
    • Powered by Claude
    • Service partners
    • Startups program

    Company

    • Anthropic
    • Careers
    • Economic Futures
    • Research
    • News
    • Responsible Scaling Policy
    • Security and compliance
    • Transparency

    Help and security

    • Availability
    • Status
    • Support center

    Terms and policies

    • Privacy policy
    • Responsible disclosure policy
    • Terms of service: Commercial
    • Terms of service: Consumer
    • Usage policy

    Products

    • Claude
    • Claude Code
    • Max plan
    • Team plan
    • Enterprise plan
    • Download app
    • Pricing
    • Log in

    Features

    • Claude and Slack
    • Claude in Excel

    Models

    • Opus
    • Sonnet
    • Haiku

    Solutions

    • AI agents
    • Code modernization
    • Coding
    • Customer support
    • Education
    • Financial services
    • Government
    • Life sciences

    Claude Developer Platform

    • Overview
    • Developer docs
    • Pricing
    • Amazon Bedrock
    • Google Cloud’s Vertex AI
    • Console login

    Learn

    • Blog
    • Catalog
    • Courses
    • Connectors
    • Customer stories
    • Engineering at Anthropic
    • Events
    • Powered by Claude
    • Service partners
    • Startups program

    Company

    • Anthropic
    • Careers
    • Economic Futures
    • Research
    • News
    • Responsible Scaling Policy
    • Security and compliance
    • Transparency

    Help and security

    • Availability
    • Status
    • Support center

    Terms and policies

    • Privacy policy
    • Responsible disclosure policy
    • Terms of service: Commercial
    • Terms of service: Consumer
    • Usage policy
    © 2025 ANTHROPIC PBC