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Claude Agent SDK

Runtime & OrchestrationOpen source · MIT (SDK); Claude Code CLI under Anthropic commercial terms★ 8,215(2026-10-04)Self-hosted

Anthropic's SDK for building agents on the Claude Code harness.

The Claude Agent SDK was renamed from the Claude Code SDK on 29 September 2025 and ships for Python and TypeScript under MIT for the SDK code itself; the underlying Claude Code CLI remains governed by Anthropic's commercial terms.

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CategoryRuntime & Orchestration
LicenseMIT (SDK); Claude Code CLI under Anthropic commercial terms
LanguagePython, TypeScript
Self-hostedYes
GitHub stars8,215 (2026-10-04)
Last push2026-10-03
Last verified2026-10-04
Repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-python

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