Ai Ml · intermediate
AI-Powered Apps with the Claude API
Build production-ready AI features using the Anthropic Claude API. Master tool use, prompt caching, streaming, document Q&A, and multi-turn chatbots. Go from API key to shipped product.
- 6 hours
- 20 lessons
- 5 modules
- updated April 2026
Module 1 freeNo credit cardFull course from $8.99/mo
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The Messages API: Anatomy of a Request
The Claude API is a single HTTP endpoint: POST https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages. Every interaction — a simple question, a multi-turn chat, a document analysis — is a call to this endpoint with a structured JSON…
question 1 of 3 · from the Module 1 quiz
The Claude API is stateless. What does this mean for building a chatbot?
Pick an answer.
curriculum
5 modules, 20 lessons
Module 1 is free — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz.
- readThe Messages API: Anatomy of a Request30 min
- hands-onYour First Claude API Calls20 min
- videoGetting Started with the Anthropic API20 min
- quizClaude API Foundations Quiz10 min
how it's built
Built by the CloudaQube team
No celebrity instructor — here is exactly what goes into the course instead.
- 01 5 guided hands-on walkthroughs you run in a real environment.
- 02 5 module quizzes — every answer comes with an explanation.
- 03 Last updated April 2026.
- 04 Any module can become a hands-on lab in Labs Studio.
outcomes
What you'll be able to do
- 01 Call the Claude API from Python and Node.js
- 02 Design multi-turn chat systems with conversation memory
- 03 Build document Q&A pipelines with citations
- 04 Use tool use (function calling) to connect LLMs to real data
- 05 Implement prompt caching to cut costs by up to 90%
- 06 Stream responses for real-time user experiences
- 07 Deploy a full-stack AI feature to production
before you start
- — Python basics (functions, dicts, requests)
- — Basic understanding of REST APIs
- — Familiarity with pip and virtual environments
questions
Before you start
How long does it take?
About 6 hours of lessons, videos and hands-on walkthroughs across 5 modules.
What’s free?
Module 1 in full — lessons, hands-on walkthrough and quiz — with no card required. Any paid plan (from $8.99/mo) unlocks all 5 modules, and starts with a 14-day free trial.
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