Code Editing Agent Demo

A demonstration of building agents with Claude using the Anthropic API.

Examples

Simple Chat (chat.py)

A minimal chat loop showing basic conversation with Claude.

Tool Use Agent (agent.py)

A full-featured agent that can read, list, and edit files through tool use.

Available tools:

• read_file - Read file contents
• list_files - List directory contents recursively
• edit_file - Search/replace text editing with file creation support

Setup

uv sync
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Usage

# Simple chat
uv run python chat.py

# Agent with file tools
uv run python agent.py

Example Interaction

$ python agent.py
Chat with Claude (use 'ctrl-c' to quit)
You: What files are in this directory?
tool: list_files({})
Claude: I can see the following files...