A comprehensive interactive course to master the Anthropic API with Claude.
This repository contains an interactive Python course for learning the Anthropic API with 12 comprehensive chapters covering everything from basic requests to advanced prompt engineering and evaluation techniques.
The tutorial includes:
- Step-by-step lessons with live code examples
- Interactive quizzes to test your knowledge
- Hands-on exercises with Claude
- Visual learning aids and ASCII art for better retention
- 12 Interactive Chapters: From basic API calls to advanced prompt engineering
- Hands-on Code Examples: Live demonstrations with real API calls
- Interactive Quizzes: Test your knowledge after each chapter
- Quick Start Script: Automated setup with virtual environment
- Progressive Learning: From simple requests to complex workflows
- Get your API key from Anthropic Console
- Set your API key:
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key"
- Run the tutorial launcher:
./start-claude-tutorial.sh
- Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Set your API key:
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key"
- Run the interactive tutorial:
Or run the full course with quizzes:
python3 anthropic_api_tutorial.py
python3 main.py
Learn how to make your first call to Claude and understand the response structure.
Build multi-turn conversations and manage conversation history.
Create reusable utilities for common API operations.
Build a simple interactive chat application.
Master system prompts to control Claude's behavior and responses.
Learn how temperature affects creativity and consistency in responses.
Implement real-time streaming responses for better user experience.
Advanced techniques using prefilled messages and stop sequences.
Get clean JSON, code, and structured data without formatting issues.
Understanding the difference between writing prompts and measuring their effectiveness.
Create systematic workflows for testing and improving your prompts.
Implement code graders, model graders, and understand when to use human evaluation.
Learn the iterative improvement process for developing high-quality prompts.
Master the art of crafting clear, direct opening lines for better results.
Use guidelines and process steps to dramatically improve output quality.
Organize complex prompts with XML tags for clarity and maintainability.
Harness the power of one-shot and multi-shot prompting techniques.
- Interactive Learning: Hands-on coding with real API calls
- Visual Elements: ASCII art and diagrams for better understanding
- Practical Focus: Real-world examples and use cases
- Self-Paced: Complete chapters at your own speed
- Comprehensive Coverage: From basics to advanced techniques
- Python 3.7+ installed
- Basic Python programming knowledge
- Command line familiarity
- Anthropic API account and key
- Complete chapters in order - they build on each other
- Run the code examples yourself
- Experiment with different parameters
- Take the quizzes to test your understanding
- Apply learnings to your own projects
Complete all 8 chapters and you'll be able to:
- Build applications that integrate with Claude
- Handle conversations and manage context
- Control Claude's behavior with system prompts
- Optimize responses with temperature settings
- Implement streaming for real-time interactions
- Use advanced output control techniques
MIT License
Feel free to submit improvements or additional exercises via pull requests!
Happy learning! 🚀 May your Claude Code journey be productive and enjoyable.