clade-architecture-variants

name	clade-architecture-variants
description	Build different types of Claude-powered applications — chatbots, RAG systems, Use when working with architecture-variants patterns. agents, content pipelines, and code generation tools. Trigger with "claude architecture", "anthropic rag", "build with claude", "claude agent pattern", "anthropic app design".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit
version	1.0.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
compatible-with	claude-code
tags	["saas","anthropic","claude","architecture","rag","agents"]

Claude Architecture Variants

Overview

Five architecture patterns for Claude-powered applications: Chatbot (stateless API wrapper), RAG (retrieval-augmented generation with vector search), Agent (tool use loop), Content Pipeline (batch processing), and Evaluation (using Claude as a judge). Each includes complete code and a comparison table.

1. Chatbot (Stateless API Wrapper)

Simplest pattern — proxy Claude with a system prompt.

// api/chat.ts
export async function POST(req: Request) {
  const { messages } = await req.json();
  const response = await client.messages.create({
    model: 'claude-sonnet-4-20250514',
    max_tokens: 2048,
    system: 'You are a helpful assistant for our SaaS product.',
    messages,
    stream: true,
  });
  return new Response(response.toReadableStream());
}

Best for: Customer support, Q&A, simple conversational interfaces.

2. RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

Fetch relevant context, inject into prompt, generate grounded answer.

async function ragQuery(question: string) {
  // 1. Embed the question (use Voyage, OpenAI, or Cohere — not Anthropic)
  const embedding = await embeddingClient.embed(question);

  
   chunks =  vectorDb.(embedding, { :  });

  
   message =  client..({
    : ,
    : ,
    : ,
    : [{
      : ,
      : ,
    }],
  });
   message.[].;
}