Building more effective AI agents

In this episode of the Anthropic podcast, Alex Albert interviews Erik Schluntz about building effective agents using Claude. They discuss Claude's training process, its proficiency in coding and other domains, and the use of Claude Code SDK, Claude MD files, and Claude Skills. They explore the evolution from workflows to agent loops and multi-agent systems, highlighting the challenges of observability and verification. Erik shares best practices for developers building agents, emphasizing simplicity and understanding the agent's perspective, and provides insights into the future of agents, including their increasing pervasiveness and ability to verify their own work.