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Claude Agent SDK
Agent SDK from Anthropic
The Claude Agent SDK exposes the agent loop, tools and context management of Claude Code as a library for Python and TypeScript. Agents can read and edit files, run commands, search the web and spawn subagents for subtasks; hooks, permissions, sessions and MCP servers are built in. It was formerly called the Claude Code SDK. Use is governed by Anthropic's Commercial Terms, while the Python package itself is MIT licensed.
Good fit if
Focus: Developers embedding coding, research or automation agents with Claude in their own applications
- your project is about Coding agents, Research and analysis agents or Automation with file and shell access
- someone on your team writes code
Probably not if
- nobody on your team writes code (1/5 for use without developers)
Key figures
- Usable without developers
- 1/5
- Scalability
- 4/5
- Integrations
- 4/5
- Versioning
- 2/5
- Observability
- 3/5
Editorial rating on a scale from 1 to 5. Methodology
Fact sheet
- Category
- Developer
- Type
- Agent SDK from Anthropic
- Licence
- Anthropic Commercial Terms (Python-Paket MIT)
- Pricing
- Usage-basedSDK without license fee. Usage of the Claude API is billed per token, alternatively via Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud or Microsoft Foundry.
- Deployment
- Self-Hosted, Cloud, Any
- Models
- Anthropic (Claude), Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, Microsoft Foundry
- RAG
- Yes
- Multi-Agent
- Yes
- SSO, roles (RBAC)
- SSO no, RBAC no
- Latest version
- 0.2.165 (Python)
- GitHub stars
- 8,200
Key features
- Built-in tools (files, shell, web search)
- Subagents
- Hooks and permissions
- Sessions and MCP
- Skills and plugins
Typical use cases
- Coding agents
- Research and analysis agents
- Automation with file and shell access
- Internal assistants
Sources
- Dokumentation(opens in a new tab)
- GitHub (Python)(opens in a new tab)
- GitHub (TypeScript)(opens in a new tab)
Checked on 9 Oct 2026
Implementation
Get Claude Agent SDK implemented
Free for you. Partners only pay for requests they accept.
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