Claude Api · anthropics/skills
Reference for building apps with the Claude API
Provides accurate reference for the Claude API and Anthropic SDKs, covering model IDs, pricing, streaming, tool use, MCP, prompt caching, and token counting. Useful when writing or debugging code that calls Claude models in any supported language.
Good for
- Write Claude API calls in Python or TypeScript
- Debug streaming, tool-use, or token count issues
- Compare Claude model IDs, pricing, and limits
- Source repository
- anthropics/skills
- Category
- Coding
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A good place to start
Show me how to call the Claude API with tool use and prompt caching in Python.

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