Anthropic releases new API features for building agents: a code execution tool, an MCP connector, a Files API, and extended prompt caching, all in public beta
Today, we're announcing four new capabilities on the Anthropic API that enable developers to build more powerful AI agents …
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Discussion
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@timfduffy.com
Tim Duffy
on bluesky
Lots to be excited about from Anthropic today, but one I'm particularly jazzed about is that they did a bunch of welfare testing on Opus 4. I think current models are most likely not meaningfully sentient, but if they are it's of huge moral importance. See sec 5 here: www.anthr…
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@tedunderwood.me
Ted Underwood
on bluesky
Just ran Claude 4 Opus on a project outline that I had already revised after getting feedback from o3 — and it gave me useful feedback on risks and missed opportunities that had eluded both me and o3. — Not sure whether to be happy about this or miserable. [embedded post]
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@viticci@mastodon.macstories.net
@viticci@mastodon.macstories.net
on mastodon
I had early access to Claude Opus 4, and I've been very impressed by its ability to reason between multiple tool executions. — Here's my story on how I tested it, and the complex MCP workflows I built with it: — https://www.macstories.net/... [image]
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@natolambert
Nathan Lambert
on x
Anthropic sliding into that code tooling company role instead of AGI race role
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@stevenheidel
Steven Heidel
on x
a large part of why MCP has been so successful is due to how open the Anthropic team has been to collaboration. it's been great working with them, and congrats to their team on the launch of Claude 4 today!
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@zapier
@zapier
on x
Big MCP news today from Anthropic. Claude x Zapier just got a serious upgrade 👇 Claude 3.7 Sonnet can now take real-world actions (like sending a Slack message, updating a CRM record, or editing a Google Sheet) across nearly 8,000+ @zapier-connected apps. This is a BIG leap [vide…
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@codydearkland
Cody De Arkland
on x
Big day for the folks at @AnthropicAI! Super cool to see @getsentry pop up in their announcement today around all the work done on the Sentry MCP server. It's been a fun project to work on and see start to grow. Congrats on the announcements Anthropic! [image]
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@paypaldev
@paypaldev
on x
PayPal's remote #MCP server now supports the @AnthropicAI API, alongside our new #OpenAI integration. Bring together the power of #Anthropic plus PayPal's currently enabled #commerce capabilities today to build smarter, faster, and safer! Watch a short video. 👇 #AgenticAI [video]
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@alexalbert__
Alex Albert
on x
We've added four new features to the Anthropic API today: - Code execution tool - MCP connector - Files API - Extended prompt caching Let's dive in:
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@mikeknoop
Mike Knoop
on x
And now available via Anthropic API — today Anthropic announced the Zapier MCP connector support: https://www.anthropic.com/...
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@hive_echo
@hive_echo
on x
Also importantly, now Anthropic API will auto handle MCP servers from just the URL 🥳 No more client harness [image]
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@anthropicai
@anthropicai
on x
Today, we're announcing four new capabilities on the Anthropic API to help developers build more powerful AI agents. A code execution tool, MCP connector, Files API, and extended prompt caching: [video]
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r/RooCode
r
on reddit
claude-4 is here !