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81 practical guides across 15 categories, covering agents, tools, RAG, evals, multimodal apps, Skills, integrations, and production workflows by @AnthropicAI https://t.co/lgkTL6Av8F

Claude Cookbook

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Practical guides and examples for using Claude effectively

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TitleCategoriesAuthor(s)DateMultiagent: coordinate a specialist teamMay 2026• Claude Managed AgentsTools Heterogeneous team via the multiagent coordinator config — a coordinator runs three specialists (web-search researcher, file-reading librarian, rules-based pricer) with scoped toolsets to assemble a sales proposal. Covers the multiagent field, the thread_created / thread_message_received event types, and per-role tool scoping.Claude Managed AgentsTools

Mark Nowicki

May 2026Outcomes: agents that verify their own workMay 2026• Claude Managed AgentsEvals Build a grade-and-revise loop with Outcomes: a writer drafts a cited research brief, a stateless grader fetches every URL and checks every quote against a rubric, and feedback drives revisions until the brief passes. Covers user.define_outcome, the span.outcome_evaluation_* events, and how to write a rubric the grader can act on.Claude Managed AgentsEvals

Mark Nowicki

Gagan Bhat

May 2026Build agents that remember your usersApr 2026• Claude Managed AgentsTools Give your Claude Managed Agents a Memory store so they learn and remember your users’ preferences across multiple interactions.Claude Managed AgentsTools

Gagan Bhat

Apr 2026The vulnerability detection agentApr 2026• Claude Agent SDKCybersecurity Build a vulnerability-discovery agent with the Claude Agent SDK that threat-models a C target, hunts memory-safety bugs with built-in file tools, and triages findings into a structured report.Claude Agent SDKCybersecurity

Eugene Yan

Apr 2026Build an SRE incident response agent with Claude Managed AgentsApr 2026• Claude Managed AgentsObservability Wire Claude into your on-call flow: when an alert fires, the agent reads logs and runbooks, pinpoints the root cause, opens a fix PR, and waits for your approval before merging.Claude Managed AgentsObservability

Gagan Bhat

Apr 2026Build a data analyst agent with Claude Managed AgentsApr 2026• Claude Managed AgentsTools Build an analyst that turns a CSV into a narrative HTML report with interactive charts, using a sandboxed environment and file mounting.Claude Managed AgentsTools

Charmaine Lee

Jess Yan

Apr 2026Build a Slack data analyst bot with Claude Managed AgentsApr 2026• Claude Managed AgentsIntegrations Mention the bot with a CSV to get an analysis report in-thread, with multi-turn follow-ups on the same session.Claude Managed AgentsIntegrations

Charmaine Lee

Apr 2026Managed Agents tutorial: iterate on a failing test suiteApr 2026• Claude Managed AgentsTools Entry-point tutorial for the Claude Managed Agents API. Walks through agent / environment / session creation, file mounts, and the streaming event loop by getting an agent to fix three planted bugs in a calc.py package.Claude Managed AgentsTools

Paul Yang

Apr 2026Managed Agents tutorial: production setupApr 2026• Claude Managed AgentsIntegrations End-to-end production story for Managed Agents — vault-backed MCP credentials, the session.status_idled webhook pattern for human-in-the-loop without long-lived connections, and the resource lifecycle CRUD verbs.Claude Managed AgentsIntegrations

Paul Yang

Apr 2026Managed Agents tutorial: prompt versioning and rollbackApr 2026• Claude Managed AgentsEvals Server-side prompt versioning — create v1, evaluate against a labelled test set, ship v2, detect a regression, roll back by pinning sessions to version 1. Covers agents.update, version pinning on sessions.create, and where the review gate moves when prompts are not code.Claude Managed AgentsEvals

Mark Nowicki

Apr 2026Threat intelligence enrichment agentApr 2026• ToolsAgent PatternsCybersecurity Build an agent that autonomously investigates IOCs by querying multiple threat intel sources, cross-referencing findings, mapping to MITRE ATT&CK, and producing structured reports for SIEM and SOAR integration.ToolsAgent PatternsCybersecurity

Jannet Park

Apr 2026Building a session browserMar 2026• Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns List, read, rename, tag, and fork Agent SDK sessions on disk to build a conversation history sidebar without writing a transcript parser.Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns

Qing Wang

Mar 2026Knowledge graph construction with ClaudeMar 2026• RAG & RetrievalTools Build knowledge graphs from unstructured text using Claude for entity extraction, relation mining, deduplication, and multi-hop graph querying.RAG & RetrievalTools

Anthropic

Mar 2026Context engineering: memory, compaction, and tool clearingMar 2026• ToolsAgent Patterns Compare context engineering strategies for long-running agents and learn when each applies, what it costs, and how they compose.ToolsAgent Patterns

Isabella He

Mar 2026Migrating from the OpenAI Agents SDKMar 2026• Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns Port an OpenAI Agents SDK app to the Claude Agent SDK, mapping each primitive (tools, guardrails, sessions, handoffs) through a single expense-approval agent example.Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns

Preston Tuggle

Mar 2026The site reliability agentFeb 2026• Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns Build an incident response agent with read-write MCP tools for autonomous diagnosis, remediation, and post-mortem documentation.Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns

Ben Lehrburger

Isabella He

Feb 2026Session memory compactionJan 2026• Agent PatternsResponses Manage long-running Claude conversations with instant session memory compaction using background threading and prompt caching.Agent PatternsResponses

Joe Shamon

Jan 2026Programmatic tool calling (PTC)Nov 2025• Tools Reduce latency and token consumption by letting Claude write code that calls tools programmatically in the code execution environment.Tools

Pedram Navid

Nov 2025Tool search with embeddingsNov 2025• ToolsRAG & Retrieval Scale Claude applications to thousands of tools using semantic embeddings for dynamic tool discovery.ToolsRAG & Retrieval

Henry Keetay

Nov 2025Automatic context compactionNov 2025• ToolsAgent Patterns Manage context limits in long-running agentic workflows by automatically compressing conversation history.ToolsAgent Patterns

Pedram Navid

Nov 2025Low latency voice assistant with ElevenLabsNov 2025• Integrations Build a low-latency voice assistant using ElevenLabs for speech-to-text and text-to-speech combined with Claude.Integrations

Adriaan Engelbrecht

Nov 2025Giving Claude a crop tool for better image analysisNov 2025• MultimodalTools Give Claude a crop tool to zoom into image regions for detailed analysis of charts, documents, and diagrams.MultimodalTools

Nadine Yasser

Nov 2025Prompting for frontend aestheticsOct 2025• ResponsesSkills Guide to prompting Claude for distinctive, polished frontend designs avoiding generic aesthetics.ResponsesSkills

Prithvi Rajasekaran

Oct 2025Claude Skills for financial applicationsOct 2025• Skills Build financial dashboards and portfolio analytics using Claude’s Excel, PowerPoint, PDF skills.Skills

Alex Notov

Oct 2025Building custom Skills for ClaudeOct 2025• Skills Create, deploy, and manage custom skills extending Claude with specialized organizational workflows.Skills

Alex Notov

Oct 2025Introduction to Claude SkillsOct 2025• Skills Create documents, analyze data, automate workflows with Claude’s Excel, PowerPoint, PDF skills.Skills

Alex Notov

Oct 2025The one-liner research agentSep 2025• Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns Build a research agent using Claude Code SDK with WebSearch for autonomous research.Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns

Rodrigo Olivares

Jiri De Jonghe

Sep 2025The chief of staff agentSep 2025• Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns Build multi-agent systems with subagents, hooks, output styles, and plan mode features.Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns

Rodrigo Olivares

Jiri De Jonghe

Sep 2025The observability agentSep 2025• Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns Connect agents to external systems via MCP servers for GitHub monitoring and CI workflows.Claude Agent SDKAgent Patterns

Rodrigo Olivares

Jiri De Jonghe

Sep 2025Tool evaluationSep 2025• Evals Run parallel agent evaluations on tools independently from evaluation task files.Evals

Anthropic

Sep 2025Usage & cost Admin API cookbookAug 2025• Observability Programmatically access and analyze your Claude API usage and cost data via Admin API.Observability

Anthropic

Aug 2025Memory & context management with Claude Sonnet 4.6May 2025• ToolsAgent Patterns Build AI agents with persistent memory using Claude’s memory tool and context editing.ToolsAgent Patterns

Alex Notov

May 2025Speculative prompt cachingMay 2025• Responses Reduce time-to-first-token by warming cache speculatively while users formulate their queries.Responses

Anthropic

May 2025Parallel tool calls on Claude 3.7 SonnetMar 2025• Tools Enable parallel tool calls on Claude 3.7 Sonnet using batch tool meta-pattern workaround.Tools

Anthropic

Mar 2025Extended thinkingFeb 2025• Thinking Use Claude’s extended thinking for transparent step-by-step reasoning with budget management.Thinking

Alex Albert

Feb 2025Extended thinking with tool useFeb 2025• ThinkingTools Combine extended thinking with tools for transparent reasoning during multi-step workflows.ThinkingTools

Alex Albert

Feb 2025Basic workflowsDec 2024• Agent Patterns Three simple multi-LLM workflow patterns trading cost or latency for improved performance.Agent Patterns

Anthropic

Dec 2024Evaluator optimizerDec 2024• Agent PatternsEvals Workflow pattern using one LLM for generation and another for evaluation feedback loop.Agent PatternsEvals

Anthropic

Dec 2024Orchestrator workersDec 2024• Agent Patterns Central LLM dynamically delegates tasks to worker LLMs and synthesizes their combined results.Agent Patterns

Anthropic

Dec 2024Batch processing with Message Batches APIOct 2024• Responses Process large volumes of Claude requests asynchronously with 50% cost reduction using batches.Responses

Alex Albert

Oct 2024Text to SQL with ClaudeSep 2024• RAG & Retrieval Convert natural language queries to SQL using RAG, chain-of-thought, and self-improvement techniques.RAG & Retrieval

Mahesh Murag

Sep 2024Enhancing RAG with contextual retrievalSep 2024• RAG & Retrieval Improve RAG accuracy by adding context to chunks before embedding with prompt caching.RAG & Retrieval

Anthropic

Sep 2024Finetuning Claude 3 Haiku on BedrockAug 2024• Fine-Tuning Step-by-step guide to finetuning Claude 3 Haiku on Amazon Bedrock for custom tasks.Fine-Tuning

David Hershey

Aug 2024Generate synthetic test data for your prompt templateAug 2024• Evals Generate synthetic test cases to evaluate and improve your Claude prompt templates effectively.Evals

Anthropic

Aug 2024Prompt caching through the Claude APIAug 2024• Responses Cache and reuse prompt context for cost savings and faster responses with detailed instructions.Responses

Alex Albert

Aug 2024Summarization with ClaudeAug 2024• RAG & RetrievalResponses Comprehensive guide to summarizing legal documents with evaluation and advanced techniques.RAG & RetrievalResponses

Alexander Bricken

Aug 2024Retrieval augmented generationJul 2024• RAG & Retrieval Build and optimize RAG systems with Claude using summary indexing and reranking techniques.RAG & Retrieval

Anthropic

Jul 2024Classification with ClaudeMay 2024• RAG & Retrieval Build classification systems with Claude using RAG and chain-of-thought for insurance tickets.RAG & Retrieval

Garvan Doyle

May 2024Tool choiceMay 2024• Tools Control how Claude selects tools using tool_choice parameter for forced or auto selection.Tools

Alex Albert

May 2024Using vision with toolsMay 2024• MultimodalTools Combine Claude’s vision with tools to extract structured data from images like nutrition labels.MultimodalTools

Alex Albert

May 2024Sampling responses from Claude beyond the max tokens limitMay 2024• Responses Generate longer responses beyond max_tokens limit using prefill technique with message continuation.Responses

Anthropic

May 2024Best practices for using vision with ClaudeMay 2024• Multimodal Tips and techniques for optimal image processing performance with Claude’s vision capabilities.Multimodal

Alex Albert

May 2024Note-saving tool with Pydantic and Anthropic tool useApr 2024• Tools Create validated tools using Pydantic models for type-safe Claude tool use interactions.Tools

Alex Albert

Apr 2024Transcribe an audio file with Deepgram & use Anthropic to prepare interview questions!Apr 2024• IntegrationsMultimodal Transcribe audio with Deepgram and generate interview questions using Claude for preparation.IntegrationsMultimodal

john-vajda

Apr 2024Using the Wolfram Alpha LLM API as a tool with ClaudeApr 2024• IntegrationsTools Integrate Wolfram Alpha LLM API as Claude tool for computational queries and answers.IntegrationsTools

Alex Albert

Apr 2024Using a calculator tool with ClaudeApr 2024• Tools Provide Claude with calculator tool for arithmetic operations and mathematical problem solving.Tools

Alex Albert

Apr 2024Creating a customer service agent with client-side toolsApr 2024• ToolsAgent Patterns Build customer service chatbot with Claude using tools for customer lookup and order management.ToolsAgent Patterns

Alex Albert

Apr 2024Extracting structured JSON using Claude and tool useApr 2024• ResponsesTools Extract structured JSON data from various inputs using Claude’s tool use capabilities.ResponsesTools

Alex Albert

Apr 2024MetapromptMar 2024• Responses Prompt engineering tool that generates starting prompts for your tasks to solve blank-page problem.Responses

Anthropic

Mar 2024CitationsMar 2024• ResponsesRAG & Retrieval Enable Claude to provide detailed source citations when answering document-based questions for verification.ResponsesRAG & Retrieval

Anthropic

Mar 2024Claude 3 RAG agents with LangChain v1Mar 2024• IntegrationsRAG & RetrievalAgent Patterns Build RAG agents with Claude 3 using LangChain v1’s updated agent framework patterns.IntegrationsRAG & RetrievalAgent Patterns

james-briggs

Mar 2024Summarizing web page content with Claude 3 HaikuMar 2024• RAG & Retrieval Fetch and summarize web page content using Claude 3 Haiku via URL extraction.RAG & Retrieval

Alex Albert

Mar 2024Using Haiku as a sub-agentMar 2024• Agent Patterns Analyze financial reports using Haiku sub-agents for extraction and Opus for synthesis.Agent Patterns

Alex Albert

Mar 2024Multi-modalMar 2024• IntegrationsMultimodal Use LlamaIndex’s Anthropic MultiModal LLM abstraction for image understanding and reasoning.IntegrationsMultimodal

Ravi Theja

Mar 2024How to build a RAG system using Claude 3 and MongoDBMar 2024• IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval Build chatbot RAG system with Claude and MongoDB using tech news as knowledge base.IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval

Richmond Alake

Mar 2024Building evalsMar 2024• Evals Build robust evaluation systems to measure and improve Claude’s performance on key metrics.Evals

Alex Albert

Mar 2024Building a moderation filter with ClaudeMar 2024• Responses Build customizable content moderation filters by defining rules and categories in prompts.Responses

Alex Albert

Mar 2024Prompting Claude for “JSON mode“Mar 2024• Responses Get reliable JSON output from Claude using effective prompting techniques without constrained sampling.Responses

Alex Albert

Mar 2024How to make SQL queries with ClaudeMar 2024• RAG & Retrieval Generate SQL queries from natural language questions using Claude with database schema context.RAG & Retrieval

Alex Albert

Mar 2024Getting started - how to pass images into ClaudeMar 2024• Multimodal Tutorial on passing images to Claude 3 API for vision-based text analysis.Multimodal

Alex Albert

Mar 2024How to transcribe documents with ClaudeMar 2024• Multimodal Extract and structure unstructured text from images and PDFs using Claude 3’s vision.Multimodal

Alex Albert

Mar 2024Working with charts, graphs, and slide decksMar 2024• Multimodal Extract insights from charts, graphs, and presentations using Claude’s vision analysis capabilities.Multimodal

Alex Albert

Mar 2024Multi-document agentsMar 2024• IntegrationsRAG & RetrievalAgent Patterns Build RAG for large document collections using DocumentAgents with ReAct Agent pattern.IntegrationsRAG & RetrievalAgent Patterns

Ravi Theja

Mar 2024ReAct agentMar 2024• IntegrationsAgent PatternsTools Create ReAct agents with LlamaIndex for tool-based reasoning and action workflows.IntegrationsAgent PatternsTools

Ravi Theja

Mar 2024RAG pipeline with LlamaIndexMar 2024• IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval Build basic RAG pipeline with LlamaIndex for document retrieval and question answering.IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval

Ravi Theja

Mar 2024RouterQuery engineMar 2024• IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval Route queries to different indices using LlamaIndex RouterQueryEngine for multi-document search.IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval

Ravi Theja

Mar 2024SubQuestionQueryEngineMar 2024• IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval Decompose complex queries into sub-questions across multiple documents using LlamaIndex engine.IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval

Ravi Theja

Mar 2024Retrieval-augmented generation using PineconeFeb 2024• IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval Connect Claude with Pinecone vector database for retrieval-augmented generation and semantic search.IntegrationsRAG & Retrieval

Alex Albert

Feb 2024“Uploading” PDFs to Claude via the APIAug 2023• RAG & Retrieval Process and summarize PDF documents using Claude API with text extraction and encoding.RAG & Retrieval

Anthropic

Aug 2023Iteratively searching Wikipedia with ClaudeAug 2023• Integrations Legacy notebook showing iterative Wikipedia searches with Claude 2 for research workflows.Integrations

Anthropic

Aug 2023

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