Anthropic Claude Cheatsheet

Anthropic Claude Cheatsheet¶

Overview¶

Claude is a family of large language models (LLMs) developed by Anthropic. They are designed to be helpful, harmless, and honest. Claude models can be used for a variety of natural language processing tasks, such as summarization, question answering, and code generation.

Models¶

Claude 3 Opus: The most powerful model, for top-tier performance on highly complex tasks.
Claude 3 Sonnet: The ideal balance of intelligence and speed for enterprise workloads.
Claude 3 Haiku: The fastest, most compact model for near-instant responsiveness.

Key Features¶

Large Context Window: Claude models have a large context window, allowing them to process and understand long documents.
Safety: Claude models are designed to be safe and avoid generating harmful or biased content.
Honesty: Claude models are designed to be honest and avoid making up false information.
Helpfulness: Claude models are designed to be helpful and provide useful information to users.

Getting Started¶

Sign up for an API key: Sign up for an API key on the Anthropic website.
Install the Anthropic Python library:
```
pip install anthropic
```

Start making API calls:

import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

message = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-3-opus-20240229",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Claude!"}
    ]
)

print(message.content)

Prompting Techniques¶

Be clear and specific: The more clear and specific your prompt, the better the results will be.
Provide context: Provide as much context as possible to help Claude understand your request.
Use examples: Use examples to show Claude what you want.
Iterate: Don't be afraid to iterate on your prompts to get the best results.

Common Use Cases¶

Summarization: Summarize long documents, articles, and conversations.
Question Answering: Answer questions about a wide range of topics.
Code Generation: Generate code in a variety of programming languages.
Creative Writing: Write poems, stories, and other creative content.
Chatbots: Build conversational AI applications.