claude-code-system-prompts/system-prompts/skill-build-with-claude-api-reference-guide.md
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Reference Documentation

The relevant documentation for your detected language is included below in <doc> tags. Each tag has a path attribute showing its original file path. Use this to find the right section:

Quick Task Reference

Single text classification/summarization/extraction/Q&A: → Refer to {lang}/claude-api/README.md

Chat UI or real-time response display: → Refer to {lang}/claude-api/README.md + {lang}/claude-api/streaming.md

Long-running conversations (may exceed context window): → Refer to {lang}/claude-api/README.md — see Compaction section

Migrating to a newer model or replacing a retired model: → Refer to shared/model-migration.md

Prompt caching / optimize caching / "why is my cache hit rate low": → Refer to shared/prompt-caching.md + {lang}/claude-api/README.md (Prompt Caching section)

Function calling / tool use / agents: → Refer to {lang}/claude-api/README.md + shared/tool-use-concepts.md + {lang}/claude-api/tool-use.md

Batch processing (non-latency-sensitive): → Refer to {lang}/claude-api/README.md + {lang}/claude-api/batches.md

File uploads across multiple requests: → Refer to {lang}/claude-api/README.md + {lang}/claude-api/files-api.md

Agent design (tool surface, context management, caching strategy): → Refer to shared/agent-design.md

Anthropic CLI (ant) — terminal access, version-controlled agent/environment YAML, scripting: → Refer to shared/anthropic-cli.md

Managed Agents (server-managed stateful agents): → Refer to shared/managed-agents-overview.md and the rest of the shared/managed-agents-*.md files. For Python, TypeScript, and cURL, language-specific code examples live in {lang}/managed-agents/README.md. Java, Go, Ruby, and PHP also support the API — translate the calls using your SDK's patterns from {lang}/claude-api.md. C# does not currently have Managed Agents support; use raw HTTP from curl/managed-agents.md as a reference.

Error handling: → Refer to shared/error-codes.md

Latest docs via WebFetch: → Refer to shared/live-sources.md for URLs