⚠️ IMPORTANT: These are demo applications by Anthropic. They are intended for local development only and should NOT be deployed to production or used at scale.
This repository contains multiple demonstrations of the Claude Agent SDK, showcasing different ways to build AI-powered applications with Claude.
An in-development IMAP email assistant that can:
- Display your inbox
- Perform agentic search to find emails
- Provide AI-powered email assistance
Demonstrations of working with spreadsheets and Excel files using Claude.
A simple getting-started example to help you understand the basics of the Claude Agent SDK.
Examples for the V2 Session API (unstable_v2_*): separate send()/stream() instead of a single query() generator, with multi-turn conversation and session persistence patterns.
A multi-agent research system that coordinates specialized subagents to research topics and generate comprehensive reports:
- Breaks research requests into subtopics
- Spawns parallel researcher agents to search the web
- Synthesizes findings into detailed reports
- Demonstrates detailed subagent activity tracking
A branding assistant that renders AskUserQuestion options as visual HTML preview cards instead of plain text labels:
- Opts in to
previewFormat: "html"so each option includes a styled HTML mockup - Round-trips questions from the SDK's
canUseToolcallback to a browser over WebSocket - Demonstrates plan mode steering Claude toward clarifying questions before acting
A React + Express chat UI backed by the SDK, showing a full conversation loop over WebSocket with streaming responses.
Generates a one-page .docx resume by web-searching a person's name (LinkedIn, GitHub, news) and assembling the findings.
Each demo has its own directory with dedicated setup instructions. Navigate to the specific demo folder and follow its README for setup and usage details.
- Bun runtime (or Node.js 18+)
- An Anthropic API key (get one here)
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-demos.git
cd claude-agent-sdk-demos- Choose a demo and navigate to its directory
cd email-agent # or excel-demo, or hello-world- Follow the demo-specific README for setup and usage instructions
These are demo applications provided as-is. For issues related to:
- Claude Agent SDK: SDK Documentation
- Demo Issues: GitHub Issues
- API Questions: Anthropic Support
MIT - This is sample code for demonstration purposes.
