July 2024 Updates
July 28, 2024
Welcome to our inaugural Developer Newsletter. Every few weeks, we’ll share product updates, resources, and news for Anthropic developers.
Product updates
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet, our latest release, outperforms competitor models and Claude 3 Opus across a variety of evaluations while maintaining the speed and cost of our previous mid-tier model. Try it in the Anthropic Console Workbench or explore our API docs.
Extended outputs for Claude 3.5 Sonnet
We’ve doubled the max output token limit for Claude 3.5 Sonnet from 4096 to 8192 in the API. To extend outputs, add this header to your calls: “anthropic-beta”: “max-tokens-3-5-sonnet-2024-07-15”.
Workbench enhancements
New features in the Anthropic Console Workbench:
- Prompt generator: Describe your task (e.g. “Triage inbound customer support requests”) and have Claude generate a high-quality prompt for you.
- Evaluate mode: Compare the outputs of two or more prompts side by side and rate Claude’s outputs on a 5-point scale.
Usage and cost dashboards
Track API usage and billing by dollar amount, token count, and API keys in the new Usage and Cost tabs in the Developer Console.
Release notes
We’ve added comprehensive release notes to our docs, covering updates across our API, Anthropic Console, and Claude apps.
Developer Resources
Revamped Anthropic Docs
Our overhauled docs now include a prompt optimization guide and Claude-powered search.
New educational courses
Two free, self-serve courses available now:
- Anthropic API fundamentals: Master the basics of our API and SDKs.
- Tool use with Claude: Learn to connect Claude with external client-side tools and generate structured JSON outputs.
Expanding Anthropic Cookbook
New guides on core Claude skills: citations, retrieval augmented generation, and classification.