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Eric Harmeling 7029232b92 Add claude-api skill (#515)
Documentation skill for building applications with the Claude API
and Agent SDK. Covers Python, TypeScript, Java, Go, Ruby, C#, PHP,
and cURL with language-specific guides for:

- Messages API basics, streaming, and error handling
- Tool use (tool runner and manual agentic loop)
- Structured outputs and adaptive thinking
- Batches and Files APIs
- Agent SDK patterns (Python/TypeScript)
- Model catalog and selection guidance
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# Claude API — PHP
> **Note:** The PHP SDK is the official Anthropic SDK for PHP. Tool runner and Agent SDK are not available. Bedrock, Vertex AI, and Foundry clients are supported.
## Installation
```bash
composer require "anthropic-ai/sdk"
```
## Client Initialization
```php
use Anthropic\Client;
// Using API key from environment variable
$client = new Client(apiKey: getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"));
```
### Amazon Bedrock
```php
use Anthropic\BedrockClient;
$client = new BedrockClient(
region: 'us-east-1',
);
```
### Google Vertex AI
```php
use Anthropic\VertexClient;
$client = new VertexClient(
region: 'us-east5',
projectId: 'my-project-id',
);
```
### Anthropic Foundry
```php
use Anthropic\FoundryClient;
$client = new FoundryClient(
authToken: getenv("ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN"),
);
```
---
## Basic Message Request
```php
$message = $client->messages->create(
model: 'claude-opus-4-6',
maxTokens: 1024,
messages: [
['role' => 'user', 'content' => 'What is the capital of France?'],
],
);
echo $message->content[0]->text;
```
---
## Streaming
```php
$stream = $client->messages->createStream(
model: 'claude-opus-4-6',
maxTokens: 1024,
messages: [
['role' => 'user', 'content' => 'Write a haiku'],
],
);
foreach ($stream as $event) {
echo $event;
}
```
---
## Tool Use (Manual Loop)
The PHP SDK supports raw tool definitions via JSON schema. See the [shared tool use concepts](../shared/tool-use-concepts.md) for the tool definition format and agentic loop pattern.