# Building Effective AI Agents Anthropic

<https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents>

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- Saved: June 19, 2025 (2025-06-19T17:11:58Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

Good reading on approach to creating agents.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT324: Weekly Thing 324 / Agents, Shortcuts, Joy](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/324/), Briefly

## Same host

- [Introducing Claude 4 Anthropic](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d8691d06cebc/) (anthropic.com, May 22, 2025)
- [How we built our multi-agent research system Anthropic](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4deb2178b18c/) (anthropic.com, June 17, 2025)
- [Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?) Anthropic](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/eb9f89f8c8dd/) (anthropic.com, July 6, 2025)
- [Customize Claude Code with plugins Anthropic](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/98d99aa751fb/) (anthropic.com, October 16, 2025)
- [A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size Anthropic](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/65bde153ed6b/) (anthropic.com, October 16, 2025)

## Saved the same week

- [Is there a Half-Life for the Success Rates of AI Agents? — Toby Ord](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fd363642e7c1/) (tobyord.com, June 19, 2025)
- [Websites Are Tracking You Via Browser Fingerprinting | Texas A&M University Engineering](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b777e4d3226b/) (engineering.tamu.edu, June 19, 2025)
- [Yancey Strickler: Forget hustle culture. Behold the Artist Corporation | TED Talk](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/981c54ceb3fc/) (ted.com, June 19, 2025)
- [Coding agents require skilled operators](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8b405227b581/) (simonwillison.net, June 19, 2025)
- [The Conversational SDLC | Joseph Bironas | Medium](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/68941166ba38/) (josebiro.medium.com, June 19, 2025)

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