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Anthropic SDK Python — Development skill for Claude Code

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How to install Anthropic SDK Python

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Anthropic SDK Python does

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README

Claude SDK for Python

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The Claude SDK for Python provides access to the [Claude API](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/) from Python applications.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at **[platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/sdks/python](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/sdks/python)**.

Installation

pip install anthropic

Upgrading from a `0.x` release? See the [v1 migration guide](MIGRATION.md).

Getting started

import os
from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key=os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)

message = client.messages.create(
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Hello, Claude",
        }
    ],

    model="claude-opus-5-5",
)

print(message.content)