Claude SDK for TypeScript

The Claude SDK for TypeScript provides access to the Claude API from server-side TypeScript or JavaScript applications.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/sdks/typescript.

Installation

npm install @anthropic-ai/sdk

Getting started

import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';

const client = new Anthropic({
  apiKey: process.env['ANTHROPIC_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const message = await client.messages.create({
  max_tokens: 1024,
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello, Claude' }],
  model: 'claude-opus-4-6',
});

console.log(message.content);

Requirements

Node.js 18+

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.