Anthropic Known Pitfalls

Overview

This reference is a review aid for common Anthropic API integration mistakes. Apply the checks to the actual SDK/API version in use and confirm changing behavior against Anthropic’s current documentation before making a compatibility claim.

Pitfall 1: Wrong Import / Class Name

# WRONG — common mistake from OpenAI muscle memory
from anthropic import AnthropicClient  # Does not exist

# CORRECT
import anthropic
client = anthropic.Anthropic()

// WRONG
import { Anthropic } from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';