Claude API
13 articles
Build Claude API Integrations With Claude Code
Build Your First Managed Agent: Agent, Environment, Session
What Are Claude Managed Agents? The Agent Loop, Hosted
Claude API Context Management: 4 Patterns for Long Agents
MCP in the Claude API: Connect to Third-Party Services
Skills in the Claude API: Procedures for Consistent Output
Claude API Built-in Tools: Web Search and Code Execution
Thinking in the Claude API: Adaptive Thinking and Effort
Tool Use in the Claude API: Connect Claude to Your Systems
The Claude Agent Loop Explained: How AI Agents Work
Build Claude API Integrations With Claude Code
Why write API code yourself? Let Claude Code fill in stubs, run them and fix errors. See how to use the Claude API skill and a good prompt formula.
Build Your First Managed Agent: Agent, Environment, Session
A step-by-step guide to building your first Claude managed agent: create an agent, an environment and a session, then send and stream events.
What Are Claude Managed Agents? The Agent Loop, Hosted
Claude Managed Agents run the agent loop on Anthropic's infrastructure. See 3 real examples and building blocks like sessions, environments and memory.
Claude API Context Management: 4 Patterns for Long Agents
Context is limited and expensive. Learn 4 patterns for managing context in the Claude API: just-in-time, compaction, prompt caching and the memory tool.
MCP in the Claude API: Connect to Third-Party Services
MCP hands integration maintenance to the service provider. Learn how tools, skills and MCP differ, how to connect an MCP server, and how to limit tools.
Skills in the Claude API: Procedures for Consistent Output
Skills teach Claude how you do things through a SKILL.md file. Learn the difference between tools and skills, how to upload one, and how to attach it.
Claude API Built-in Tools: Web Search and Code Execution
Anthropic provides ready-made tools like web search, code execution, web fetch, memory and bash. Learn the difference between server and client tools.
Thinking in the Claude API: Adaptive Thinking and Effort
Extended thinking gives Claude room to reason before answering. Learn adaptive thinking, the effort parameter, and when to use it or skip it.
Tool Use in the Claude API: Connect Claude to Your Systems
Tool use gives Claude access to outside data and actions. Learn how to write tool definitions, why descriptions matter, and how the tool runner saves code.
The Claude Agent Loop Explained: How AI Agents Work
An agent is Claude in a loop: think, act, check, repeat. Get to know the agent loop with a simple, casual Python code example.