Introducing Web Search on the Anthropic API
a year ago
- #Web Search
- #AI
- #API
- Anthropic API introduces web search, enabling Claude to access current web information.
- Developers can build AI applications with up-to-date insights using the Messages API.
- Claude uses reasoning to decide when to search, generating targeted queries and analyzing results.
- Supports multiple progressive searches for comprehensive answers, controlled by max_uses parameter.
- Use cases include financial services, legal research, developer tools, and productivity enhancements.
- Responses include citations for verification, with admin controls like domain allow/block lists.
- Web search is now available in Claude Code for accessing current technical documentation.
- Customer testimonials from Poe and Adaptive.ai highlight the tool's effectiveness and accuracy.
- Pricing starts at $10 per 1,000 searches plus standard token costs for Claude 3.7 Sonnet, 3.5 Sonnet, and 3.5 Haiku.