Claude Quickstarts — 5 Official Deployable AI App Templates

What it is

Claude Quickstarts is Anthropic's official collection of five deployable AI application templates. Each quickstart is a complete, working project that demonstrates a specific Claude API capability: a customer support agent with tool use, a financial data analyst with structured output, a computer use demo, a browser tools integration, and an autonomous coding agent.

The collection targets developers who want production-ready starting points rather than minimal hello-world examples. Each template includes dependency management, error handling, and deployment configuration.

How it saves time or tokens

Starting from a working template eliminates the typical 2-4 hours of boilerplate setup for a new Claude-powered application. The templates already implement best practices like streaming responses, proper error handling, and tool use patterns. Developers fork the closest template, modify the business logic, and deploy -- rather than wiring up the SDK from scratch.

How to use

1. Clone the repository and pick a quickstart:

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-quickstarts
cd anthropic-quickstarts/customer-support-agent

1. Install dependencies and set your API key:

pip install -r requirements.txt
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-key-here

1. Run the application:

python main.py

Example

# From the customer-support-agent quickstart
import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

tools = [{
    'name': 'lookup_order',
    'description': 'Look up order status by order ID',
    'input_schema': {
        'type': 'object',
        'properties': {
            'order_id': {'type': 'string'}
        },
        'required': ['order_id']
    }
}]

response = client.messages.create(
    model='claude-sonnet-4-20250514',
    max_tokens=1024,
    tools=tools,
    messages=[{
        'role': 'user',
        'content': 'Where is my order #12345?'
    }]
)

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Common pitfalls

• Each quickstart has its own dependency file; installing from the root directory will not set up any individual project
• The computer use quickstart requires specific system permissions and a display server; it will not work in headless CI environments without configuration
• API key rate limits apply per-account; running multiple quickstarts simultaneously can exhaust your tier limits quickly