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anthropic

Anthropic Claude API integration — chat completions, streaming, vision, tool use, and batch processing via the Anthropic Messages API. Generate text with Claude Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku models, process images, use tool calling, and manage conversations. Built for AI agents — Python stdlib only, zero dependencies. Use for AI text generation, multimodal analysis, tool-augmented AI, batch processing, and Claude model interaction.

Install

$npx clawhub@latest install anthropic
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🔮 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

VariableRequiredDescription
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

ScriptDescription
{baseDir}/scripts/anthropic.pyMain 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

Built by M. Abidi | agxntsix.ai YouTube | GitHub Part of the AgxntSix Skill Suite for OpenClaw agents.

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