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description: Ruby SDK reference including installation, client initialization, basic requests, streaming, and beta tool runner
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# Claude API — Ruby
> **Note:** The Ruby SDK supports the Claude API. A tool runner is available in beta via `client.beta.messages.tool_runner()`. Agent SDK is not yet available for Ruby.
## Installation
```bash
gem install anthropic
```
## Client Initialization
```ruby
require "anthropic"
# Default (uses ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env var)
client = Anthropic::Client.new
# Explicit API key
client = Anthropic::Client.new(api_key: "your-api-key")
```
---
## Basic Message Request
```ruby
message = client.messages.create(
model: :"{{OPUS_ID}}",
max_tokens: 16000,
messages: [
{ role: "user", content: "What is the capital of France?" }
]
)
# content is an array of polymorphic block objects (TextBlock, ThinkingBlock,
# ToolUseBlock, ...). .type is a Symbol — compare with :text, not "text".
# .text raises NoMethodError on non-TextBlock entries.
message.content.each do |block|
puts block.text if block.type == :text
end
```
---
## Streaming
```ruby
stream = client.messages.stream(
model: :"{{OPUS_ID}}",
max_tokens: 64000,
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Write a haiku" }]
)
stream.text.each { |text| print(text) }
```
---
## Tool Use
The Ruby SDK supports tool use via raw JSON schema definitions and also provides a beta tool runner for automatic tool execution.
### Tool Runner (Beta)
```ruby
class GetWeatherInput < Anthropic::BaseModel
required :location, String, doc: "City and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA"
end
class GetWeather < Anthropic::BaseTool
doc "Get the current weather for a location"
input_schema GetWeatherInput
def call(input)
"The weather in #{input.location} is sunny and 72°F."
end
end
client.beta.messages.tool_runner(
model: :"{{OPUS_ID}}",
max_tokens: 16000,
tools: [GetWeather.new],
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What's the weather in San Francisco?" }]
).each_message do |message|
puts message.content
end
```
### Manual Loop
See the [shared tool use concepts](../shared/tool-use-concepts.md) for the tool definition format and agentic loop pattern.