Claude Agent SDK
used in
9
stacks
Anthropic's official SDK for building production agents on Claude.
Provides agent loops, tool use, structured outputs, prompt caching, streaming. Includes patterns for context management, subagents, and skill loading. Compatible with the Skills standard.
Strengths
- First-class Claude features (prompt caching, extended thinking)
- Designed around production agent patterns
- Compatible with the Skills standard
Tradeoffs
- Claude-only (cross-provider needs a gateway like Portkey)
Used in 9 stacks
Reference: Pay-per-Call API Agent
reference
agent-payments
Public: Claude Code as an agent harness
researched
coding-assistant
Reference: Single-User Coding Pair Programmer
reference
coding-assistant
Reference: Team-Scale Coding Assistant
reference
coding-assistant
Reference: Natural-Language Data Analyst
reference
data-analysis
Reference: Contract Redline Assistant
reference
legal-review
Reference: Incident Response Agent
reference
ops-incident-response
Reference: Mid-Volume Support Triage Agent
reference
customer-support-triage
Reference: Inbound Voice Support Agent
reference
voice-support