anthropic

# 🔮 Anthropic

Anthropic Claude API integration — chat completions, streaming, vision, tool use, and batch processing via the Anthropic Messages API.

## Features

- **Messages API** — Claude Opus, Sonnet, Haiku completions
- **Streaming** — real-time token streaming responses
- **Vision** — image analysis and understanding
- **Tool use** — function calling with structured output
- **System prompts** — custom system instructions
- **Multi-turn conversations** — context management
- **Batch API** — bulk message processing
- **Token counting** — estimate usage before sending
- **Extended thinking** — deep reasoning mode
- **Model listing** — available models and capabilities

## Requirements

| Variable | Required | Description |
|----------|----------|-------------|
| `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` | ✅ | API key/token for Anthropic |

## Quick Start

```bash
# Send a message to Claude
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py chat "What is the meaning of life?" --model claude-sonnet-4-20250514
```

```bash
# Chat with system prompt
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py chat-system --system "You are a financial analyst" "Analyze AAPL stock"
```

```bash
# Analyze an image
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py chat-image --image photo.jpg 'What do you see in this image?'
```

```bash
# Stream a response
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py stream "Write a short story about a robot" --model claude-sonnet-4-20250514
```



## Commands

### `chat`
Send a message to Claude.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py chat "What is the meaning of life?" --model claude-sonnet-4-20250514
```

### `chat-system`
Chat with system prompt.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py chat-system --system "You are a financial analyst" "Analyze AAPL stock"
```

### `chat-image`
Analyze an image.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py chat-image --image photo.jpg 'What do you see in this image?'
```

### `stream`
Stream a response.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py stream "Write a short story about a robot" --model claude-sonnet-4-20250514
```

### `batch-create`
Create a batch request.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py batch-create requests.jsonl
```

### `batch-list`
List batch jobs.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py batch-list
```

### `batch-get`
Get batch status.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py batch-get batch_abc123
```

### `batch-results`
Get batch results.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py batch-results batch_abc123
```

### `count-tokens`
Count tokens in a message.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py count-tokens "How many tokens is this message?"
```

### `models`
List available models.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py models
```

### `tools`
Chat with tool use.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py tools --tools '[{"name":"get_weather","description":"Get weather","input_schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"location":{"type":"string"}}}}]' "What is the weather in NYC?"
```

### `thinking`
Extended thinking mode.
```bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py thinking "Solve this math problem step by step: what is 123 * 456?" --budget 10000
```


## Output Format

All commands output JSON by default. Add `--human` for readable formatted output.

```bash
# JSON (default, for programmatic use)
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py chat --limit 5

# Human-readable
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py chat --limit 5 --human
```

## Script Reference

| Script | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `{baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.py` | Main CLI — all Anthropic operations |

## Data Policy

This skill **never stores data locally**. All requests go directly to the Anthropic API and results are returned to stdout. Your data stays on Anthropic servers.

## Credits
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Built by [M. Abidi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-ali-abidi) | [agxntsix.ai](https://www.agxntsix.ai)
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