Anthropic Architecture Variants

Overview

Four validated architecture patterns for Claude API integrations at different scales and use cases.

Variant 1: Serverless (AWS Lambda / Cloud Functions)

# Best for: < 100 RPM, event-driven, pay-per-invocation
# lambda_function.py
import anthropic
import json

def handler(event, context):
    client = anthropic.Anthropic()  # Key from Lambda env var