Claude Agent SDK

Anthropic's official SDK for production-grade Claude agents

Live preview of docs.anthropic.com/en/api/agent-sdk-overview

Overview

Claude Agent SDK is the layer Anthropic ships for teams that want to build agents on Claude without rebuilding the orchestration loop themselves. It handles tool calls, multi-turn reasoning, subagents, MCP server wiring, and computer use behind one consistent API across Python and TypeScript.

For ManasFlow, this is the default starting point whenever a client asks for a Claude agent that does real work: research, data extraction, ticket triage, browser automation. Skipping the SDK usually means rewriting state, retries, and tool-call parsing from scratch.

The SDK ships in lockstep with Claude model releases, so new features (thinking, computer use, memory) land here first.

Key Features

Tool Use

Define tools as functions; the SDK handles the loop

Subagents

Spawn child agents with scoped context for sub-tasks

MCP Support

First-class Model Context Protocol server integration

Computer Use

Drive a sandboxed desktop directly from the agent

Memory

Long-running context that persists across sessions

TypeScript + Python

Same API surface across both ecosystems

Why We Recommend Claude Agent SDK

It's the shortest path from idea to a working Claude agent. The state model is sound, tool calls are predictable, and you get every Claude capability the day it ships.

Quick Info

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