# Anthropic Cookbook — Official Claude Recipes

> Official collection of notebooks and recipes for building with Claude. Prompt engineering, tool use, RAG, agents, multimodal, and enterprise patterns. By Anthropic. 37K+ stars.

## Install

Paste the prompt below into your AI tool:

## Quick Use

```bash
git clone https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-cookbook.git
cd anthropic-cookbook
pip install anthropic
```

Browse recipes in Jupyter notebooks. Each is self-contained with explanations and runnable code.

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## Intro

The Anthropic Cookbook is the official collection of recipes and notebooks for building applications with Claude. Covers prompt engineering patterns, tool use, RAG pipelines, multi-agent workflows, multimodal inputs, structured outputs, and enterprise integration patterns. Written by the Anthropic team with production-grade examples. 37,000+ GitHub stars, MIT licensed.

**Best for**: Developers building with Claude API who want proven patterns and best practices
**Works with**: Claude (Sonnet, Opus, Haiku), Anthropic API, Claude Code

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## Recipe Categories

### Prompt Engineering
- System prompt design patterns
- Chain-of-thought reasoning
- Few-shot learning with examples
- XML tag structuring for complex tasks

### Tool Use & Function Calling
- Defining and using tools
- Multi-tool orchestration
- Error handling and retries
- Calculator, search, and custom tools

### RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
- Document ingestion and chunking
- Contextual retrieval with embeddings
- Citation generation
- Multi-document Q&A

### Agents
- ReAct pattern implementation
- Multi-step reasoning agents
- Agent handoffs and delegation
- Tool-augmented agents

### Multimodal
- Image analysis and description
- PDF document processing
- Chart and graph understanding
- Multi-image comparison

### Enterprise Patterns
- Content moderation and guardrails
- Structured data extraction
- Classification and routing
- Batch processing pipelines

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### FAQ

**Q: What is the Anthropic Cookbook?**
A: The official collection of 50+ notebooks and recipes by Anthropic for building with Claude. Covers prompt engineering, tool use, RAG, agents, and multimodal patterns. 37K+ stars.

**Q: Do I need a paid API key?**
A: Yes, you need an Anthropic API key. Most recipes work with Claude Sonnet for cost-effective experimentation.

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## Source & Thanks

> Created by [Anthropic](https://github.com/anthropics). Licensed under MIT.
> [anthropics/anthropic-cookbook](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-cookbook) — 37,000+ GitHub stars

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Source: https://tokrepo.com/en/workflows/464d4ded-c30e-4c66-9637-12a76a6d2fcb
Author: Prompt Lab