anth-upgrade-migration

name	anth-upgrade-migration
description	Upgrade Anthropic SDK versions and migrate between Claude API versions. Use when upgrading the Python/TypeScript SDK, migrating from Text Completions to Messages API, or adopting new API features like tool use or batches. Trigger with phrases like "upgrade anthropic sdk", "anthropic migration", "update claude sdk", "migrate to messages api".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(pip:*), Bash(git:*)
version	1.6.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","ai","anthropic"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Anthropic Upgrade & Migration

Overview

Guide for upgrading the Anthropic SDK and migrating between API versions. The SDK follows semver — major versions may have breaking changes.

Check Current Versions

# Python
pip show anthropic | grep Version
# Version: 0.40.0

# TypeScript
npm list @anthropic-ai/sdk
# @anthropic-ai/sdk@0.35.0

# Check latest available
pip index versions anthropic 2>/dev/null | head -1
npm view @anthropic-ai/sdk version

Upgrade Path

Step 1: Create Upgrade Branch

git checkout -b upgrade/anthropic-sdk

Step 2: Upgrade SDK

# Python
pip install --upgrade anthropic
pip show anthropic | grep Version

# TypeScript
npm install @anthropic-ai/sdk@latest

Step 3: Review Breaking Changes

Key breaking changes by version:

Python SDK 0.20+ (anthropic-version: 2023-06-01)

# OLD: Text Completions API (deprecated)
response = client.completions.create(
    model="claude-2",
    prompt="\n\nHuman: Hello\n\nAssistant:",
    max_tokens_to_sample=256
)

# NEW: Messages API
response = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
    max_tokens=256,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)

Python SDK 0.30+ (streaming changes)

# OLD: Manual SSE parsing
response = client.messages.create(..., stream=True)
for line in response.iter_lines():
    ...

# NEW: High-level streaming
with client.messages.stream(...) as stream:
    for text  stream.text_stream:
        (text)