Basic Agent

Code

1from kern.agent import Agent, RunOutput  # noqa
2from kern.models.azure.claude import Claude
3
4agent = Agent(model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-6"), markdown=True)
5
6# String syntax alternative:
7# agent = Agent(model="azure-foundry-claude:claude-sonnet-4-6", markdown=True)
8
9# Get the response in a variable
10# run: RunOutput = agent.run("Share a 2 sentence horror story")
11# print(run.content)
12
13# Print the response in the terminal
14agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story")

Usage

Set up your virtual environment

1uv venv --python 3.12
2source .venv/bin/activate

1uv venv --python 3.12
2.venv\Scripts\activate

Set your environment variables

1export ANTHROPIC_FOUNDRY_API_KEY=xxx
2export ANTHROPIC_FOUNDRY_RESOURCE=xxx

1setx ANTHROPIC_FOUNDRY_API_KEY xxx
2  setx ANTHROPIC_FOUNDRY_RESOURCE xxx

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U anthropic kern-ai

Run Agent

1python cookbook/90_models/azure/claude/basic.py