claude cookbook (anthropic)
About Claude Cookbook
Official collection of Jupyter notebooks and code recipes from Anthropic for building with the Claude API. Covers tool use, MCP integration, agent patterns, extended thinking, RAG, prompt caching, multimodal capabilities, and production patterns.
Key Capabilities
Official Anthropic resource, maintained by the team that builds Claude
Executable Jupyter notebooks with copy-paste code for every pattern
Covers agent SDK, tool use, MCP integration, extended thinking, and production patterns
RAG, embeddings, prompt caching, and multimodal examples included
Python-first with concepts adaptable to any language with Claude API access
Standout Features
Executable Notebooks
Jupyter notebooks with working code you can run immediately; not just documentation.
Tool Use & MCP Patterns
Practical examples of Claude tool use, dynamic tool discovery, and MCP server integration.
Agent SDK Patterns
Claude Agent SDK recipes including observability agents, workflow orchestration, and skill patterns.
Prompt Caching & Optimization
Techniques for efficient prompt caching, context management, and cost optimization.
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