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basic.py
"""
Azure AI Foundry Claude Basic
==============================

Cookbook example for `azure/claude/basic.py`.

Set the following environment variables:
- ANTHROPIC_FOUNDRY_API_KEY: Your Azure AI Foundry API key
- ANTHROPIC_FOUNDRY_RESOURCE: Your Azure resource name
"""

import asyncio

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.azure.claude import Claude

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

agent = Agent(model=Claude(id="claude-sonnet-4-6"), markdown=True)

# String syntax alternative:
# agent = Agent(model="azure-foundry-claude:claude-sonnet-4-5", markdown=True)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Agent
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    # --- Sync ---
    agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story")

    # --- Sync + Streaming ---
    agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story", stream=True)

    # --- Async ---
    asyncio.run(agent.aprint_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story"))

    # --- Async + Streaming ---
    asyncio.run(agent.aprint_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story", stream=True))

​
Run the Example

1

Set up your virtual environment

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

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

Install dependencies

uv pip install -U agno aiohttp azure-ai-inference
3

Export your Azure API key

export AZURE_API_KEY="your_azure_api_key_here"

$Env:AZURE_API_KEY="your_azure_api_key_here"
4

Run the example

Save the code above as basic.py, then run:
python basic.py
Full source: cookbook/90_models/azure/claude/basic.py