AI AGENTS

Claude Agent SDK

by Anthropic

agent-sdkcoding-agentsMCPAnthropic

Overview

SDK for building production agents with Claude Code capabilities for codebases, tools, files, and terminal workflows.

Details

Claude Agent SDK is Anthropic’s SDK for building production agents using Claude Code’s agent capabilities. It supports workflows involving codebases, tools, files, and terminals. Official Python documentation covers installation of the claude-agent-sdk package, query(), ClaudeSDKClient, custom tools, sessions, hooks, permissions, and MCP support. Anthropic’s Agent SDK cookbook also includes recipes for MCP integration, subagent orchestration, deployment, session handling, and production workflows.

When to Use

Build an agent that needs to work with a codebase files tools or terminal workflows. Use Claude Code agent capabilities programmatically in a production-oriented application. Add MCP integrations custom tools hooks session handling or subagent orchestration to an agent workflow.

Getting Started

Read the Agent SDK overview documentation.
Install the Python claude-agent-sdk package or inspect the official TypeScript repository.
Start with query() or ClaudeSDKClient
then add tools
sessions
permissions
hooks
or MCP support as needed.
Review Anthropic’s Agent SDK cookbook recipes for integration and production workflow examples.

Key Features

•Claude Code agent capabilities available through an SDK.
•Support for codebase
•file
•tool
•and terminal workflows.
•Python APIs including query() and ClaudeSDKClient.
•Custom tools
•sessions
•hooks
•and permissions.
•MCP support and cookbook recipes for subagents and deployment.

Capabilities

•codebase workflows
•tool use
•file workflows
•terminal workflows
•MCP integration
•session handling
•subagent orchestration

Last updated Sep 7, 2026