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Using Claude 2 on Anthropic

Implementation guide · Claude 2 · Anthropic

Serverless

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Anthropic and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Anthropic SDK or REST API to call claude-2 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $8.00/1M input, $24.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

Install
pip install anthropic
API key
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
Model ID
claude-2

Use the versioned model ID, e.g. "claude-sonnet-4-6" or "claude-opus-4-7-20251101".

import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()  # reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from env
message = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-2",
    max_tokens=1024,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(message.content[0].text)

About Anthropic

Creator of Claude AI models, accessed via the Anthropic API and the Anthropic Console (console.anthropic.com). The Console hosts the Workbench prompt playground, API keys, usage analytics, and team billing.

Anthropic is a safety-focused AI research company and creator of the Claude model family, offering API access through the Anthropic Console for text generation, analysis, and coding tasks.

Pricing on Anthropic

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$8.00
Output tokens$24.00

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About Claude 2

Claude 2, crafted by Anthropic, represents a leap forward in large language model technology, striving to be helpful, harmless, and honest. It's recognized for its improved performance, longer responses, and a remarkable 100,000-token context window, allowing it to handle extensive text inputs with ease. Excelling in coding, math, and reasoning tasks, Claude 2 performs exceptionally on standardized tests like the Bar exam and GRE. Despite its achievements, it faces challenges such as generating inaccurate information ("hallucinations") and simulating emotional responses rather than possessing true empathy. The model's knowledge extends up to early 2023, so it might miss the latest updates. While not immune to "jailbreaks," it aims to enhance AI safety significantly 135.

Model Specs

Released2023-07-11
Context100K
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2023-01

Provider

Anthropic
Anthropic

San Francisco, California, United States