Building Effective AI Agents
… We expand on best practices for tool development in Appendix 2 "Prompt Engineering your Tools" . …
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Introducing advanced tool use on the Claude Developer Platform
… Most beneficial when: Complex nested structures where valid JSON doesn't imply correct usage Tools with many optional parameters and inclusion patterns matter APIs with domain-specific conventions not captured in schemas Similar tools where examples clarify which one to use e.g., create ticket vs c… …
Introducing Claude Opus 4.8
… In terms of positive traits, our Alignment team concluded that Opus 4.8 “reaches new highs on our measures of prosocial traits like supporting user autonomy and acting in the user’s best interest.” The assessment also showed Opus 4.8 to have rates of misaligned behavior such as deception or coopera… …
Partnering with Mozilla to improve Firefox’s security
… Towards that end, we want to share a few technical and procedural best practices we’ve found while performing this analysis. …
Equipping agents for the real world with Agent Skills
… In this article, we explain what Skills are, show how they work, and share best practices for building your own. …
Agents for financial services
… Related content Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX We’ve raised Claude's usage limits and agreed a new compute partnership with SpaceX that will substantially increase our capacity in the near term. …
Claude for Financial Services
… Expert implementation support : Tailored onboarding, training, and best practices for rapid value realization. …
Introducing Sonnet 4.6
… Related content Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX We’ve raised Claude's usage limits and agreed a new compute partnership with SpaceX that will substantially increase our capacity in the near term. …
Claude Code auto mode: a safer way to skip permissions
… While this is best-effort based on real-world usage, any list will inevitably be incomplete. …
How we contain Claude across products
… Yet even with best-in-class defenses, protection in the model layer will never be 100% effective, which is why it can't stand alone. …