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Claude Agent SDK
Build agents on the Claude Code harness
🧩 Agent frameworks open source / open weights
A
76
/ 100
Anthropic's SDK exposing the Claude Code agent loop, tools, and context management for custom agents.
Use it when…
You want Claude Code's proven agent loop inside your own product.
Skip it if…
You need to use non-Claude models.
Score breakdown
Initial editorial estimate from public info; not yet hands-on tested. How we score →
Details
- Pricing
- Free SDK; pay for Claude API usageUnverified. Unverified: editorial summary. We couldn't confirm this on an official pricing page (JS-rendered, no public pricing, or usage-based) as of Oct 18, 2026.
- Free tier
- Yes (unverified)
- Platforms
- Python SDK · TypeScript SDK
- Open source
- Yes
- Official URL
- https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-sdk/overview
- URL verified
- Oct 18, 2026 (curl (followed redirect; official URL updated to destination))
- Last reviewed
- Oct 18, 2026 by agent
- Sources
Changelog
- Oct 18, 2026: Initial listing; score 76 (A) as editorial estimate.
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