Building the future of agents with Claude

Anthropic’s Alex Albert (Claude Relations), Brad Abrams (Product) and Katelyn Lesse (Engineering) discuss the evolution of building agents with Claude, the latest Claude Developer Platform features, and why agents perform best when developers “unhobble” their model with tools. Learn more about the Claude Developer Platform: https://www.claude.com/platform/api 00:00 - Introductions 00:30 - What is the Claude Developer Platform? 2:30 - What is an AI agent 3:15 - Building frontier intelligence for AI agents 4:00 - Reducing model scaffolding to build better agents 5:05 - The evolution of agentic frameworks 6:40 - Unhobbling the model with tools like web fetch 8:35 - Building agents with the Claude Agent SDK (formerly the Claude Code SDK) 10:50 - Best practices for identifying agentic use cases 11: 40 - Driving better agentic outcomes with the SDK 14:35 - Best practices for managing context and memory with Claude 19:00 - The future of the Claude Developer Platform (observability, computer use, and other ways to unhobble the model)

Brad AbramshostAlex AlberthostKatelyn Lessehost

Oct 2, 202522mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: October 2, 2025
Duration: 22m
Channel: Anthropic
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Anthropic’s Alex Albert (Claude Relations), Brad Abrams (Product) and Katelyn Lesse (Engineering) discuss the evolution of building agents with Claude, the latest Claude Developer Platform features, and why agents perform best when developers “unhobble” their model with tools. Learn more about the Claude Developer Platform: https://www.claude.com/platform/api 00:00 - Introductions 00:30 - What is the Claude Developer Platform? 2:30 - What is an AI agent 3:15 - Building frontier intelligence for AI agents 4:00 - Reducing model scaffolding to build better agents 5:05 - The evolution of agentic frameworks 6:40 - Unhobbling the model with tools like web fetch 8:35 - Building agents with the Claude Agent SDK (formerly the Claude Code SDK) 10:50 - Best practices for identifying agentic use cases 11: 40 - Driving better agentic outcomes with the SDK 14:35 - Best practices for managing context and memory with Claude 19:00 - The future of the Claude Developer Platform (observability, computer use, and other ways to unhobble the model)

SPEAKERS

Brad Abrams
host
Runs the PM team on the Claude Developer Platform at Anthropic.
Alex Albert
host
Leads Claude Relations at Anthropic and serves as the episode’s primary facilitator.
Katelyn Lesse
host
Leads the Engineering team for the Claude Developer Platform at Anthropic.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Anthropic, featuring Brad Abrams and Alex Albert, Building the future of agents with Claude explores claude’s agent future: unhobble models with tools and SDKs The Claude Developer Platform expands beyond an API into a full platform—APIs, SDKs, docs, console, and built-in tools like web search/fetch, code execution, batching, and prompt caching—to help developers build on Claude end-to-end.

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