Anthropic
Building with the Claude API

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Anthropic

Building with the Claude API

Stephen Grider

Instructor: Stephen Grider

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build applications where Claude uses tools to interact with external systems and data

  • Implement retrieval systems and autonomous workflows for complex tasks

Details to know

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November 2025

Assessments

14 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 7 modules in this course

In this module, you'll learn the fundamentals of working with Claude's API to build AI-powered applications. You'll start by understanding the different Claude model variants and how to choose the right one for your use case. Then you'll learn to authenticate, make requests, and handle responses.

What's included

10 videos7 readings2 assignments

In this module, you'll learn systematic approaches to creating and testing effective prompts for Claude. You'll start by building evaluation pipelines that let you test prompts objectively using automated grading methods. You'll learn to generate comprehensive test datasets that expose both strengths and weaknesses in your prompts.

What's included

12 videos2 readings2 assignments

In this module, you'll explore Claude's advanced features and learn to build applications where Claude can call functions and interact with external systems. You'll start with features like extended thinking for complex reasoning, image and PDF support for multimodal applications, and prompt caching to reduce latency and costs.

What's included

22 videos2 readings2 assignments

In this module, you'll learn the Model Context Protocol, a standardized way to build servers and clients that provide tools and resources to Claude applications. MCP lets you create reusable integrations that work across different applications instead of building custom tool implementations for each project.

What's included

10 videos3 readings2 assignments

In this module, you'll learn to build retrieval augmented generation systems that provide Claude with relevant information from your documents and data. RAG addresses Claude's context limits by retrieving only the relevant portions of large document collections based on user queries.

What's included

9 videos2 readings2 assignments

In this module, you'll learn to use Claude Code for development tasks and build applications using Computer Use for automated interface interactions. Claude Code accelerates development by helping with code generation, refactoring, debugging, and documentation tasks.

What's included

8 videos2 readings2 assignments

In this module, you'll learn to design and implement agentic workflows that handle complex, multi-step tasks. You'll start by understanding when to use workflows versus simple prompts, then learn three core workflow patterns: parallelization for executing multiple tasks simultaneously, chaining for sequential processing where outputs feed into subsequent steps, and routing for conditional branching based on intermediate results.

What's included

7 videos2 readings2 assignments

Instructor

Stephen Grider
Anthropic
10 Courses5 learners

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