Anthropic Production Checklist

Overview

Complete checklist for deploying Claude API integrations to production with reliability, observability, and cost controls.

Pre-Launch Checklist

Authentication & Keys

• Production API key from dedicated Workspace
• Key stored in secret manager (not env files on servers)
• Key rotation procedure documented and tested
• Separate keys for each environment (dev/staging/prod)

Error Handling

• All 5 error types handled: authentication_error, invalid_request_error, rate_limit_error, api_error, overloaded_error
• SDK maxRetries set (recommended: 3-5 for production)
• Custom error logging with request-id captured
• Circuit breaker for sustained API failures