Build with Claude

Learn to build applications with Claude's API. Find detailed documentation, integration guides, code examples, and best practices for developing with our AI capabilities.

Syllabus

NEW! Claude 4
- Learn how to harness the intelligence and capability of our latest models, Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4
APIs & SDKs
- Learn about Anthropic's APIs, SDKs, and other development tools
Agents
- Build autonomous agents and agentic systems that understand, plan, and execute complex tasks
Model Context Protocol
- Build advanced applications with the Model Context Protocol
Claude Code
- Speed up your development with Claude Code
Tool use
- Extend Claude's capabilities by connecting to external tools and APIs
Extended thinking
- Improve Claude's ability to solve complex tasks by allowing it to reason
Retrieval augmented generation (RAG)
- Build effective RAG systems to enhance Claude's responses with external data
Prompt engineering
- Create effective prompts that maximize Claude's performance
Evaluations
- Test and improve Claude's performance with structured evaluations
Prompt caching
- Optimize performance and reduce costs by reusing Claude's responses
Vision
- Harness Claude's ability to understand and analyze visual information
Computer use
- Learn how to use Claude models to interact with a computer desktop environment
Hackathon hacker guide
- Resources to help you get started with Claude, whether you're hacking with us at an event or on your own