Claude Agent SDK Demos

⚠️ 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.

Available Demos

📧 Email Agent

An in-development IMAP email assistant that can:

• Display your inbox
• Perform agentic search to find emails
• Provide AI-powered email assistance

📊 Excel Demo

Demonstrations of working with spreadsheets and Excel files using Claude.

👋 Hello World

A simple getting-started example to help you understand the basics of the Claude Agent SDK.

🔬 Research Agent

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

Quick Start

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.

Prerequisites

• Bun runtime (or Node.js 18+)
• An Anthropic API key (get one here)

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-demos.git
   cd claude-agent-sdk-demos

2. Choose a demo and navigate to its directory

   cd email-agent  # or excel-demo, or hello-world

3. Follow the demo-specific README for setup and usage instructions

Resources

• Claude Agent SDK Documentation
• API Reference
• GitHub Issues

Support

These are demo applications provided as-is. For issues related to:

• Claude Agent SDK: SDK Documentation
• Demo Issues: GitHub Issues
• API Questions: Anthropic Support

License

MIT - This is sample code for demonstration purposes.