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Claude API Cookbook — 12 Production Recipes

The Claude API patterns you need in production. Not in a tutorial. 12 recipes covering everything from streaming and tool use to agent loops, RAG, cost optimization, and production architecture. Python + TypeScript for every recipe.

✓What you wish existed 50 hours into production usage.
New May 23, 2026 · Initial release. 12 Python + 12 TypeScript recipe files, 60-page guide, all production-ready patterns.

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Best for

  • +Developer shipping a Claude-powered product for the first time
  • +Engineer adding AI features to an existing app
  • +Indie hacker who has gone past the tutorial phase and hit real production issues

Not for

  • -Prompt engineering guides or beginner Claude introductions
  • -People who have not yet made a basic API call

What you get

+Streaming Responses — SSE proxy, abort signals, reconnect logic that holds in production
+Tool Use / Function Calling — parallel tools, schema validation, result routing
+Agent Loops — self-directing agents that do not infinite-loop
+RAG Pipelines — retrieval, re-ranking, citation patterns
+Structured Output — JSON extraction that does not break on edge cases
+Prompt Caching — cache prefixes, when it is worth it, measuring hit rate
+Cost Optimization — token counting, caching strategy, model routing
+Error Handling and Retry — rate limits, overloaded errors, exponential backoff
+Multi-Turn Conversations — state management, context trimming, token budgets
+Vision / Image Analysis — multi-image, base64 vs URL, file size limits
+Production Architecture — async, queues, rate limits, multi-tenant patterns
+First API Call — stop_reason, error wrapping, model constants from day one

Package includes

  • •claude-api-cookbook-v1.0.zip (188KB)
  • •GUIDE.md — 60-page reference guide covering all 12 recipe areas
  • •12 Python recipe files (production-ready, copy-paste)
  • •12 TypeScript recipe files (production-ready, copy-paste)
  • •Inline explanations for every non-obvious design decision

FAQ

Is this Python only?

No. Every recipe has both Python and TypeScript versions. You get 24 files total.

How is this different from the Anthropic docs?

The docs show you how to make an API call. The cookbook shows you why your streaming drops mid-token in production, how to structure an agent loop that does not spiral, and what error handling you would actually want in a real codebase. The docs show concepts. This shows production patterns.

Does this cover the latest Claude models?

Yes. Recipes use model constants with the latest Claude 4 models and show how to swap them cleanly when new versions release.

I already use LangChain / LlamaIndex. Is this for me?

The cookbook uses the raw Anthropic SDK, not wrappers. If you want to understand what the wrappers are doing under the hood, or if you want leaner production code without framework overhead, this is for you.

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