Anthropic Claude handler for launchdarkly-ai-server using the Anthropic Messages API (anthropic). Runs a manual tool-use loop without the Claude Agent SDK layer.
provides_for: ['Anthropic', 'messages'] — matches flag variations where provider.name is "Anthropic" and meta.mode is "messages".
pip install launchdarkly-ai-server launchdarkly-ai-claude-messagesSet ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in your environment (the Anthropic SDK reads it automatically).
import asyncio
from launchdarkly_ai_server import config, shutdown
from launchdarkly_ai_claude_messages import create_claude_messages_handler
async def main():
result = await config(
key="my-ai-config-flag",
handler=create_claude_messages_handler(),
tool_handlers={"search": lambda q: "..."},
).invoke("What is feature flagging?", {"kind": "user", "key": "user-123"})
print(result.response)
await shutdown()
asyncio.run(main())import asyncio
from launchdarkly_ai_claude_messages import claude_messages
async def main():
user_input = "What is feature flagging?"
result = await claude_messages(
user_input,
{"kind": "user", "key": "user-123"},
{"key": "my-ai-config-flag"},
variables={"user_input": user_input},
)
print(result.response)
asyncio.run(main())- Uses the system prompt and conversation history defined in your LaunchDarkly flag config.
- Template placeholders (
{{variable}}) in the prompt are substituted usingvariablesbefore the call. - If tools are defined in the flag config, executes them as the model requests and feeds results back until the model produces a final response.
- Emits an OTel span and LaunchDarkly telemetry for every call.
claude-agents |
claude-messages |
|
|---|---|---|
| Underlying SDK | claude-agent-sdk |
anthropic |
| Tool loop | Managed by the Claude Agent SDK | Executed and fed back manually |
| Complexity | Lower (SDK manages loop) | More explicit control |
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY |
Anthropic API key (read automatically by the Anthropic SDK) |
LD_SDK_KEY |
LaunchDarkly server-side SDK key |
LD_SERVICE_NAME |
OTel service.name resource attribute (default: python-sdk) |
LD_ENVIRONMENT |
deployment.environment attribute attached to telemetry |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT |
OTLP endpoint override (default: LaunchDarkly Observability backend) |