Claude SDK for TypeScript
The Claude SDK for TypeScript provides access to the Claude API from server-side TypeScript or JavaScript applications.
Documentation
Full documentation is available at platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/sdks/typescript.
Installation
npm install @anthropic-ai/sdk
Getting started
import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';
const client = new Anthropic({
apiKey: process.env['ANTHROPIC_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});
const message = await client.messages.create({
max_tokens: 1024,
messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello, Claude' }],
model: 'claude-opus-4-6',
});
console.log(message.content);
Requirements
TypeScript >= 4.9 is supported.
The following runtimes are supported:
- Node.js 20 LTS or later (non-EOL) versions.
- Deno v1.28.0 or higher.
- Bun 1.0 or later.
- Cloudflare Workers.
- Vercel Edge Runtime.
- Jest 28 or greater with the
"node"environment ("jsdom"is not supported at this time). - Nitro v2.6 or greater.
- Web browsers: disabled by default to avoid exposing your secret API credentials (see API key best practices). Enable browser support by explicitly setting
dangerouslyAllowBrowsertotrue.
Note that React Native is not supported at this time.
If you are interested in other runtime environments, open or upvote an issue.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.