GitHub - anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python

pip install claude-agent-sdk

import anyio
from claude_agent_sdk import query

async def main():
    async for message in query(prompt="What is 2 + 2?"):
        print(message)

anyio.run(main)

from claude_agent_sdk import query, ClaudeAgentOptions, AssistantMessage, TextBlock

# Simple query
async for message in query(prompt="Hello Claude"):
    if isinstance(message, AssistantMessage):
        for block in message.content:
            if isinstance(block, TextBlock):
                print(block.text)

# With options
options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    system_prompt="You are a helpful assistant",
    max_turns=1
)

async for message in query(prompt="Tell me a joke", options=options):
    print(message)

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    allowed_tools=["Read", "Write", "Bash"],
    permission_mode='acceptEdits'  # auto-accept file edits
)

async for message in query(
    prompt="Create a hello.py file",
    options=options
):
    # Process tool use and results
    pass

from pathlib import Path

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    cwd="/path/to/project"  # or Path("/path/to/project")
)

from claude_agent_sdk import tool, create_sdk_mcp_server, ClaudeAgentOptions, ClaudeSDKClient

# Define a tool using the @tool decorator
@tool("greet", "Greet a user", {"name": str})
async def greet_user(args):
    return {
        "content": [
            {"type": "text", "text": f"Hello, {args['name']}!"}
        ]
    }

# Create an SDK MCP server
server = create_sdk_mcp_server(
    name="my-tools",
    version="1.0.0",
    tools=[greet_user]
)

# Use it with Claude
options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    mcp_servers={"tools": server},
    allowed_tools=["mcp__tools__greet"]
)

async with ClaudeSDKClient(options=options) as client:
    await client.query("Greet Alice")

    # Extract and print response
    async for msg in client.receive_response():
        print(msg)

# BEFORE: External MCP server (separate process)
options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    mcp_servers={
        "calculator": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "python",
            "args": ["-m", "calculator_server"]
        }
    }
)

# AFTER: SDK MCP server (in-process)
from my_tools import add, subtract  # Your tool functions

calculator = create_sdk_mcp_server(
    name="calculator",
    tools=[add, subtract]
)

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    mcp_servers={"calculator": calculator}
)

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    mcp_servers={
        "internal": sdk_server,      # In-process SDK server
        "external": {                # External subprocess server
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "external-server"
        }
    }
)

from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeAgentOptions, ClaudeSDKClient, HookMatcher

async def check_bash_command(input_data, tool_use_id, context):
    tool_name = input_data["tool_name"]
    tool_input = input_data["tool_input"]
    if tool_name != "Bash":
        return {}
    command = tool_input.get("command", "")
    block_patterns = ["foo.sh"]
    for pattern in block_patterns:
        if pattern in command:
            return {
                "hookSpecificOutput": {
                    "hookEventName": "PreToolUse",
                    "permissionDecision": "deny",
                    "permissionDecisionReason": f"Command contains invalid pattern: {pattern}",
                }
            }
    return {}

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    allowed_tools=["Bash"],
    hooks={
        "PreToolUse": [
            HookMatcher(matcher="Bash", hooks=[check_bash_command]),
        ],
    }
)

async with ClaudeSDKClient(options=options) as client:
    # Test 1: Command with forbidden pattern (will be blocked)
    await client.query("Run the bash command: ./foo.sh --help")
    async for msg in client.receive_response():
        print(msg)

    print("\n" + "=" * 50 + "\n")

    # Test 2: Safe command that should work
    await client.query("Run the bash command: echo 'Hello from hooks example!'")
    async for msg in client.receive_response():
        print(msg)

from claude_agent_sdk import (
    ClaudeSDKError,      # Base error
    CLINotFoundError,    # Claude Code not installed
    CLIConnectionError,  # Connection issues
    ProcessError,        # Process failed
    CLIJSONDecodeError,  # JSON parsing issues
)

try:
    async for message in query(prompt="Hello"):
        pass
except CLINotFoundError:
    print("Please install Claude Code")
except ProcessError as e:
    print(f"Process failed with exit code: {e.exit_code}")
except CLIJSONDecodeError as e:
    print(f"Failed to parse response: {e}")

./scripts/initial-setup.sh

# Install build dependencies
pip install build twine

# Build wheel with bundled CLI
python scripts/build_wheel.py

# Build with specific version
python scripts/build_wheel.py --version 0.1.4

# Build with specific CLI version
python scripts/build_wheel.py --cli-version 2.0.0

# Clean bundled CLI after building
python scripts/build_wheel.py --clean

# Skip CLI download (use existing)
python scripts/build_wheel.py --skip-download