Claude API Patterns: Streaming, Tool Use, and Prompt Caching

Claude API Patterns: Streaming, Tool Use, and Prompt Caching Three implementation patterns for calling the Claude API from a Supabase Edge Function. 1. Streaming Responses Essential for long-form generation (blog drafts, summaries). Dramatically reduces perceived latency — users see the first tokens in under a second. // supabase/functions/ai-assistant/index.ts import Anthropic from " npm:@anthropic-ai/sdk " ; const client = new Anthropic ({ apiKey : Deno . env . get ( " ANTHROPIC_API_KEY " ) })