Anthropic API Driver

A specialized AgentDriver for the Anthropic Messages API, providing access to the Claude family of models.

Value

An AnthropicAPIDriver object.

Details

Setup: To use this driver, you must set the ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable. It is recommended to add this to your .Renviron file: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."

Super class

HydraR::AgentDriver -> AnthropicAPIDriver

Public fields

api_url

String. Base URL.

Methods

Public methods

• AnthropicAPIDriver$new()

• AnthropicAPIDriver$get_capabilities()

• AnthropicAPIDriver$call()

• AnthropicAPIDriver$clone()

Inherited methods

• HydraR::AgentDriver$exec_in_dir()
• HydraR::AgentDriver$filter_llm_noise()
• HydraR::AgentDriver$format_cli_opts()
• HydraR::AgentDriver$validate_cli_opts()
• HydraR::AgentDriver$validate_no_injection()

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Method new()

Initialize AnthropicAPIDriver

Usage

AnthropicAPIDriver$new(
  id = "anthropic_api",
  model = "claude-sonnet-4-6",
  validation_mode = "warning",
  working_dir = NULL
)

Arguments

id

String. Unique identifier for this driver instance.

model

String. The Anthropic model ID (e.g., "claude-3-sonnet").

validation_mode

String. Driver validation strictness level.

working_dir

String. Optional. Base directory for file-system operations.

Returns

A new AnthropicAPIDriver object. Get Capabilities

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Method get_capabilities()

Usage

AnthropicAPIDriver$get_capabilities()

Returns

A list of capabilities. Call Anthropic API

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Method call()

Usage

AnthropicAPIDriver$call(
  prompt,
  model = NULL,
  system_prompt = NULL,
  cli_opts = list(),
  ...
)

Arguments

prompt

String. The prompt text.

model

String. Optional model override.

system_prompt

String. Optional system prompt.

cli_opts

List. Additional API options.

...

Additional arguments.

Returns

String. LLM response.

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Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

AnthropicAPIDriver$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# 1. Initialize the Claude Messages API driver
driver <- AnthropicAPIDriver$new(model = "claude-3-opus-20240229")

# 2. Perform a research task with reasoning constraints
response <- driver$call(
  prompt = "Summarize the differences between S3 and R6 classes in R.",
  system_prompt = "You are a technical documentarian. Use markdown tables.",
  cli_opts = list(
    temperature = 0.2,
    max_tokens = 1024,
    stop_sequences = list("### Conclusion")
  )
)
message(response)
} # }