agentic-development

Agentic Development Skill

For building autonomous AI agents that perform multi-step tasks with tools.

Sources: Claude Agent SDK | Anthropic Claude Code Best Practices | Pydantic AI | Google Gemini Agent Development | OpenAI Building Agents

Framework Selection by Language

Python: Pydantic AI (Default)

from pydantic_ai import Agent
from pydantic import BaseModel

class SearchResult(BaseModel):
    title: str
    url: str
    summary: str

agent = Agent(
    'claude-sonnet-4-6',
    result_type=list[SearchResult],
    system_prompt='You are a research assistant.',
)

# Type-safe result
result = await agent.run('Find articles about AI agents')
for item in result.data:
    print(f"{item.title}: {item.url}")

Node.js / Next.js: Claude Agent SDK (Default)

import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const client = new Anthropic();

// Define tools
const tools: Anthropic.Tool[] = [
  {
    name: "web_search",
    description: "Search the web for information",
    input_schema: {
      type: "object",
      properties: {
        query: { type: "string", description: "Search query" },
      },
      required: ["query"],
    },
  },
];

// Agentic loop
async function runAgent(prompt: string) {
  const messages: Anthropic.MessageParam[] = [
    { role: "user", content: prompt },
  ];

  while (true) {
    const response = await client.messages.create({
      model: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
      max_tokens: 4096,
      tools,
      messages,
    });

    // Check for tool use
    if (response.stop_reason === "tool_use") {
      const toolUse = response.content.find((b) => b.type === "tool_use");
      if (toolUse) {
        const result = await executeTool(toolUse.name, toolUse.input);
        messages.push({ role: "assistant", content: response.content });
        messages.push({
          role: "user",
          content: [{ type: "tool_result", tool_use_id: toolUse.id, content: result }],
        });
        continue;
      }
    }

    // Done - return final response
    return response.content.find((b) => b.type === "text")?.text;
  }
}