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Claude Agent SDK (Python)

Build agents on the same harness as Claude Code

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Last commit18 Oct 2026
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Anthropic's SDK exposes Claude Code's agent loop, tools, skills and MCP support to your own Python programs.

At a glance

Runs asLibrary
TypeAgent tooling
Maintained byOfficial
InstallPyPI: claude-agent-sdk

Sources: github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python, checked 19 Oct 2026. “Runs as” is from this listing. Blank means we haven't found it in official docs yet, not that it's unsupported.

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