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+# Tool Use — TypeScript
+
+For conceptual overview (tool definitions, tool choice, tips), see [shared/tool-use-concepts.md](../../shared/tool-use-concepts.md).
+
+## Tool Runner (Recommended)
+
+**Beta:** The tool runner is in beta in the TypeScript SDK.
+
+Use `betaZodTool` with Zod schemas to define tools with a `run` function, then pass them to `client.beta.messages.toolRunner()`:
+
+```typescript
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+import { betaZodTool } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk/helpers/beta/zod";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+const client = new Anthropic();
+
+const getWeather = betaZodTool({
+  name: "get_weather",
+  description: "Get current weather for a location",
+  inputSchema: z.object({
+    location: z.string().describe("City and state, e.g., San Francisco, CA"),
+    unit: z.enum(["celsius", "fahrenheit"]).optional(),
+  }),
+  run: async (input) => {
+    // Your implementation here
+    return `72°F and sunny in ${input.location}`;
+  },
+});
+
+// The tool runner handles the agentic loop and returns the final message
+const finalMessage = await client.beta.messages.toolRunner({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  tools: [getWeather],
+  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What's the weather in Paris?" }],
+});
+
+console.log(finalMessage.content);
+```
+
+Zod is optional — `betaTool()` from `@anthropic-ai/sdk/helpers/beta/json-schema` accepts a raw JSON Schema `inputSchema` plus a `run` function if you don't want a Zod dependency.
+
+**Key benefits of the tool runner:**
+
+- No manual loop — the SDK handles calling tools and feeding results back
+- Type-safe tool inputs via Zod schemas (or raw JSON Schema via `betaTool()`)
+- Tool schemas are generated automatically from Zod definitions
+- Iteration stops automatically when Claude has no more tool calls
+
+### Server tools with the tool runner
+
+The runner's `tools` array accepts raw server-tool definitions (`web_search_20260209`, `web_fetch_20260209`, code execution) alongside runnable tools — pass the literal tool object; server tools run on Anthropic's servers, so there is no `run` function.
+
+**Caution — the runner does not auto-resume `pause_turn` (as of `@anthropic-ai/sdk` 0.110.0).** A long-running server-tool turn can stop with `stop_reason: "pause_turn"`. The runner only continues after a client tool produces a result, so a paused turn ends the loop and is returned as the final message — no error, no warning, just a silently truncated answer. If you mix server tools into the runner, check `stop_reason` on every iteration and resume by pushing the paused assistant turn back:
+
+```typescript
+const params = {
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  tools: [getWeather, { type: "web_search_20260209", name: "web_search", max_uses: 5 }],
+  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Compare this week's forecasts for Paris across two sources" }],
+};
+
+const runner = client.beta.messages.toolRunner(params);
+
+// Non-streaming: each iteration yields a complete message
+for await (const message of runner) {
+  if (message.stop_reason === "pause_turn") {
+    runner.pushMessages({ role: "assistant", content: message.content });
+  }
+}
+
+// Streaming alternative — construct the runner with `stream: true` (same
+// params as above). Each iteration then yields a stream, not a message — a
+// bare `message.stop_reason` check never fires. Resolve the stream first:
+const streamingRunner = client.beta.messages.toolRunner({ ...params, stream: true });
+for await (const stream of streamingRunner) {
+  const message = await stream.finalMessage();
+  if (message.stop_reason === "pause_turn") {
+    streamingRunner.pushMessages({ role: "assistant", content: message.content });
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Each pause–resume consumes a `max_iterations` tick, so a capped run can still end paused — check the final message's `stop_reason` before trusting the result (after the loop, call `.done()` on the runner you iterated to get the final message). Alternatively, use the manual loop below, which handles `pause_turn` explicitly.
+
+---
+
+## Manual Agentic Loop
+
+Prefer the tool runner above. Drop to a manual loop only when you need control the runner does not expose (e.g., a custom transport, request shapes the SDK cannot build, or avoiding a beta dependency — the runner is beta, and it supports per-token streaming via `stream: true`). Human-in-the-loop approval does *not* require a manual loop — gate inside the tool's `run()` function (return a "user declined" result) or inspect pending `tool_use` blocks and call `setMessagesParams()` between iterations.
+
+If you do need a manual loop:
+
+```typescript
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+
+const client = new Anthropic();
+const tools: Anthropic.Tool[] = [...]; // Your tool definitions
+let messages: Anthropic.MessageParam[] = [{ role: "user", content: userInput }];
+
+while (true) {
+  const response = await client.messages.create({
+    model: "claude-opus-5",
+    max_tokens: 16000,
+    tools: tools,
+    messages: messages,
+  });
+
+  if (response.stop_reason === "end_turn") break;
+
+  // Server-side tool hit iteration limit; append assistant turn and re-send to continue
+  if (response.stop_reason === "pause_turn") {
+    messages.push({ role: "assistant", content: response.content });
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  const toolUseBlocks = response.content.filter(
+    (b): b is Anthropic.ToolUseBlock => b.type === "tool_use",
+  );
+
+  messages.push({ role: "assistant", content: response.content });
+
+  const toolResults: Anthropic.ToolResultBlockParam[] = [];
+  for (const tool of toolUseBlocks) {
+    const result = await executeTool(tool.name, tool.input);
+    toolResults.push({
+      type: "tool_result",
+      tool_use_id: tool.id,
+      content: result,
+    });
+  }
+
+  messages.push({ role: "user", content: toolResults });
+}
+```
+
+### Streaming Manual Loop
+
+Use `client.messages.stream()` + `finalMessage()` instead of `.create()` when you need streaming within a manual loop. Text deltas are streamed on each iteration; `finalMessage()` collects the complete `Message` so you can inspect `stop_reason` and extract tool-use blocks:
+
+```typescript
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+
+const client = new Anthropic();
+const tools: Anthropic.Tool[] = [...];
+let messages: Anthropic.MessageParam[] = [{ role: "user", content: userInput }];
+
+while (true) {
+  const stream = client.messages.stream({
+    model: "claude-opus-5",
+    max_tokens: 64000,
+    tools,
+    messages,
+  });
+
+  // Stream text deltas on each iteration
+  stream.on("text", (delta) => {
+    process.stdout.write(delta);
+  });
+
+  // finalMessage() resolves with the complete Message — no need to
+  // manually wire up .on("message") / .on("error") / .on("abort")
+  const message = await stream.finalMessage();
+
+  if (message.stop_reason === "end_turn") break;
+
+  // Server-side tool hit iteration limit; append assistant turn and re-send to continue
+  if (message.stop_reason === "pause_turn") {
+    messages.push({ role: "assistant", content: message.content });
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  const toolUseBlocks = message.content.filter(
+    (b): b is Anthropic.ToolUseBlock => b.type === "tool_use",
+  );
+
+  messages.push({ role: "assistant", content: message.content });
+
+  const toolResults: Anthropic.ToolResultBlockParam[] = [];
+  for (const tool of toolUseBlocks) {
+    const result = await executeTool(tool.name, tool.input);
+    toolResults.push({
+      type: "tool_result",
+      tool_use_id: tool.id,
+      content: result,
+    });
+  }
+
+  messages.push({ role: "user", content: toolResults });
+}
+```
+
+> **Important:** Don't wrap `.on()` events in `new Promise()` to collect the final message — use `stream.finalMessage()` instead. The SDK handles all error/abort/completion states internally.
+
+> **Error handling in the loop:** Use the SDK's typed exceptions (e.g., `Anthropic.RateLimitError`, `Anthropic.APIError`) — see [Error Handling](./README.md#error-handling) for examples. Don't check error messages with string matching.
+
+> **SDK types:** Use `Anthropic.MessageParam`, `Anthropic.Tool`, `Anthropic.ToolUseBlock`, `Anthropic.ToolResultBlockParam`, `Anthropic.Message`, etc. for all API-related data structures. Don't redefine equivalent interfaces.
+
+---
+
+## Handling Tool Results
+
+```typescript
+const response = await client.messages.create({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  tools: tools,
+  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What's the weather in Paris?" }],
+});
+
+for (const block of response.content) {
+  if (block.type === "tool_use") {
+    const result = await executeTool(block.name, block.input);
+
+    const followup = await client.messages.create({
+      model: "claude-opus-5",
+      max_tokens: 16000,
+      tools: tools,
+      messages: [
+        { role: "user", content: "What's the weather in Paris?" },
+        { role: "assistant", content: response.content },
+        {
+          role: "user",
+          content: [
+            { type: "tool_result", tool_use_id: block.id, content: result },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  }
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Tool Choice
+
+```typescript
+const response = await client.messages.create({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  tools: tools,
+  tool_choice: { type: "tool", name: "get_weather" },
+  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What's the weather in Paris?" }],
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## Anthropic-Defined Tools
+
+Version-suffixed `type` literals; `name` is fixed per interface. Web search and code execution are server-executed; bash and text editor are client-executed (you handle the `tool_use` locally — see `shared/tool-use-concepts.md`). Pass plain object literals — the `ToolUnion` type is satisfied structurally. **The `name`/`type` pair must match the interface**: mixing `str_replace_based_edit_tool` (20250728 name) with `text_editor_20250124` (which expects `str_replace_editor`) is a TS2322.
+
+**Don't type-annotate as `Tool[]`** — `Tool` is just the custom-tool variant. Let structural typing infer from the `tools` param, or annotate as `Anthropic.Messages.ToolUnion[]` if you must:
+
+```typescript
+// ✓ let inference work — no annotation
+const response = await client.messages.create({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  tools: [
+    { type: "text_editor_20250728", name: "str_replace_based_edit_tool" },
+    { type: "bash_20250124", name: "bash" },
+    { type: "web_search_20260209", name: "web_search" },
+    { type: "code_execution_20260120", name: "code_execution" },
+  ],
+  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "..." }],
+});
+
+// ✗ this is a TS2352 — Tool is the CUSTOM tool variant only
+// const tools: Anthropic.Tool[] = [{ type: "text_editor_20250728", ... }]
+```
+
+| Interface | `name` | `type` |
+|---|---|---|
+| `ToolTextEditor20250124` | `str_replace_editor` | `text_editor_20250124` |
+| `ToolTextEditor20250429` | `str_replace_based_edit_tool` | `text_editor_20250429` |
+| `ToolTextEditor20250728` | `str_replace_based_edit_tool` | `text_editor_20250728` |
+| `ToolBash20250124` | `bash` | `bash_20250124` |
+| `WebSearchTool20260209` | `web_search` | `web_search_20260209` |
+| `WebFetchTool20260209` | `web_fetch` | `web_fetch_20260209` |
+| `CodeExecutionTool20260120` | `code_execution` | `code_execution_20260120` |
+
+**Don't mix beta and non-beta types**: if you call `client.beta.messages.create()`, the response `content` is `BetaContentBlock[]` — you cannot pass that to a non-beta `ContentBlockParam[]` without narrowing each element.
+
+---
+
+
+## Code Execution
+
+### Basic Usage
+
+```typescript
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+
+const client = new Anthropic();
+
+const response = await client.messages.create({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  messages: [
+    {
+      role: "user",
+      content:
+        "Calculate the mean and standard deviation of [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]",
+    },
+  ],
+  tools: [{ type: "code_execution_20260120", name: "code_execution" }],
+});
+```
+
+### Reading Local Files (ESM note)
+
+`__dirname` doesn't exist in ES modules. For script-relative paths use `import.meta.url`:
+
+```typescript
+import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { dirname, join } from "path";
+
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const pdfBytes = readFileSync(join(__dirname, "sample.pdf"));
+```
+
+Or use a CWD-relative path if the script runs from a known directory: `readFileSync("./sample.pdf")`.
+
+### Upload Files for Analysis
+
+```typescript
+import Anthropic, { toFile } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+import { createReadStream } from "fs";
+
+const client = new Anthropic();
+
+// 1. Upload a file
+const uploaded = await client.beta.files.upload({
+  file: await toFile(createReadStream("sales_data.csv"), undefined, {
+    type: "text/csv",
+  }),
+  betas: ["files-api-2025-04-14"],
+});
+
+// 2. Pass to code execution
+// Code execution is GA; Files API is still beta (pass via RequestOptions)
+const response = await client.messages.create(
+  {
+    model: "claude-opus-5",
+    max_tokens: 16000,
+    messages: [
+      {
+        role: "user",
+        content: [
+          {
+            type: "text",
+            text: "Analyze this sales data. Show trends and create a visualization.",
+          },
+          { type: "container_upload", file_id: uploaded.id },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+    tools: [{ type: "code_execution_20260120", name: "code_execution" }],
+  },
+  { headers: { "anthropic-beta": "files-api-2025-04-14" } },
+);
+```
+
+### Retrieve Generated Files
+
+```typescript
+import path from "path";
+import fs from "fs";
+
+const OUTPUT_DIR = "./claude_outputs";
+await fs.promises.mkdir(OUTPUT_DIR, { recursive: true });
+
+for (const block of response.content) {
+  if (block.type === "bash_code_execution_tool_result") {
+    const result = block.content;
+    if (result.type === "bash_code_execution_result" && result.content) {
+      for (const fileRef of result.content) {
+        if (fileRef.type === "bash_code_execution_output") {
+          const metadata = await client.beta.files.retrieveMetadata(
+            fileRef.file_id,
+          );
+          const downloadResponse = await client.beta.files.download(fileRef.file_id);
+          const fileBytes = Buffer.from(await downloadResponse.arrayBuffer());
+          const safeName = path.basename(metadata.filename);
+          if (!safeName || safeName === "." || safeName === "..") {
+            console.warn(`Skipping invalid filename: ${metadata.filename}`);
+            continue;
+          }
+          const outputPath = path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, safeName);
+          await fs.promises.writeFile(outputPath, fileBytes);
+          console.log(`Saved: ${outputPath}`);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Container Reuse
+
+```typescript
+// First request: set up environment
+const response1 = await client.messages.create({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  messages: [
+    {
+      role: "user",
+      content: "Install tabulate and create data.json with sample user data",
+    },
+  ],
+  tools: [{ type: "code_execution_20260120", name: "code_execution" }],
+});
+
+// Reuse container
+// container is nullable — set only when using server-side code execution
+const containerId = response1.container!.id;
+
+const response2 = await client.messages.create({
+  container: containerId,
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  messages: [
+    {
+      role: "user",
+      content: "Read data.json and display as a formatted table",
+    },
+  ],
+  tools: [{ type: "code_execution_20260120", name: "code_execution" }],
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## Memory Tool
+
+### Basic Usage
+
+```typescript
+const response = await client.messages.create({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  messages: [
+    {
+      role: "user",
+      content: "Remember that my preferred language is TypeScript.",
+    },
+  ],
+  tools: [{ type: "memory_20250818", name: "memory" }],
+});
+```
+
+### SDK Memory Helper
+
+Use `betaMemoryTool` with a `MemoryToolHandlers` implementation:
+
+```typescript
+import {
+  betaMemoryTool,
+  type MemoryToolHandlers,
+} from "@anthropic-ai/sdk/helpers/beta/memory";
+
+const handlers: MemoryToolHandlers = {
+  async view(command) { ... },
+  async create(command) { ... },
+  async str_replace(command) { ... },
+  async insert(command) { ... },
+  async delete(command) { ... },
+  async rename(command) { ... },
+};
+
+const memory = betaMemoryTool(handlers);
+
+const runner = client.beta.messages.toolRunner({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  tools: [memory],
+  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Remember my preferences" }],
+});
+
+for await (const message of runner) {
+  console.log(message);
+}
+```
+
+For full implementation examples, use WebFetch:
+
+- `https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-typescript/blob/main/examples/tools-helpers-memory.ts`
+
+---
+
+## Structured Outputs
+
+### JSON Outputs (Zod — Recommended)
+
+```typescript
+import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { zodOutputFormat } from "@anthropic-ai/sdk/helpers/zod";
+
+const ContactInfoSchema = z.object({
+  name: z.string(),
+  email: z.string(),
+  plan: z.string(),
+  interests: z.array(z.string()),
+  demo_requested: z.boolean(),
+});
+
+const client = new Anthropic();
+
+const response = await client.messages.parse({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  messages: [
+    {
+      role: "user",
+      content:
+        "Extract: Jane Doe (jane@co.com) wants Enterprise, interested in API and SDKs, wants a demo.",
+    },
+  ],
+  output_config: {
+    format: zodOutputFormat(ContactInfoSchema),
+  },
+});
+
+// parsed_output is null if parsing failed — assert or guard
+console.log(response.parsed_output!.name); // "Jane Doe"
+```
+
+### Strict Tool Use
+
+```typescript
+const response = await client.messages.create({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  messages: [
+    {
+      role: "user",
+      content: "Book a flight to Tokyo for 2 passengers on March 15",
+    },
+  ],
+  tools: [
+    {
+      name: "book_flight",
+      description: "Book a flight to a destination",
+      strict: true,
+      input_schema: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {
+          destination: { type: "string" },
+          date: { type: "string", format: "date" },
+          passengers: {
+            type: "integer",
+            enum: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
+          },
+        },
+        required: ["destination", "date", "passengers"],
+        additionalProperties: false,
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## Agent Skills
+
+Enable an Anthropic-managed skill (e.g., `pptx`) via `container.skills` + the `code_execution` tool on the beta path. Both beta headers are required. Outputs land as files in the response content — download by file ID via the Files API.
+
+```typescript
+const response = await client.beta.messages.create({
+  model: "claude-opus-5",
+  max_tokens: 16000,
+  container: {
+    skills: [{ type: "anthropic", skill_id: "pptx", version: "latest" }],
+  },
+  tools: [{ type: "code_execution_20260521", name: "code_execution" }],
+  betas: ["code-execution-2025-08-25", "skills-2025-10-02"],
+  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Create a 3-slide deck about X." }],
+});
+// Find the file_id in response.content, then:
+// await client.beta.files.download(fileId)
+```