Claude Agent SDK
AI Agents & Automation
Overview
Claude Agent SDK provides programmatic access to the Claude Code runtime, including an agent loop, hooks, in-process MCP servers, file and shell access, subagents, and granular tool permissions. It offers the same tool-execution loop, context management, hooks, subagents, sessions, and built-in coding and web tools that power Claude Code. The SDK enables developers to build custom agent applications leveraging Anthropic Claude capabilities with precise control over tool access and execution.
- Pricing model
- Free
- Deployment
- Self-hosted / on-premises, API / SDK, CLI / IDE plugin
- Regions served
- Global
- Categories
- Language (LLM / NLP), CLI / IDE plugin, Free, Software & technology, Workflow orchestration, API / SDK, Self-hosted / on-premises, Agent framework / SDK, AI Agents & Automation, Agentic / autonomous, Code generation & assistance, Enterprise / custom quote
- Last updated
- 2 October 2026
- Published
- 2 October 2026
Use cases
Deployment options
Data sources & provenance
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- Data quality
- Data quality: Editorially Reviewed
- Primary source
- resources.rework.com
- Sources cited
- 2
- Last reviewed
- 28 September 2026
- Last updated
- 2 October 2026
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