References

Every external source cited in this book, grouped by tier in descending authority.

Cited sources

External sources cited inline via <Citation>, grouped by tier in descending authority.

T1 · Official 44 entries

Vendor-official documentation or release notes. Highest trust for factual claims about the vendor’s own tool.

  1. Building multi-agent systems: When and how to use them
    original id: when-to-use-multi-agent
  2. Building agents with the Claude Agent SDK
    original id: building-agents-with-the-sdk
  3. How we built our multi-agent research system
    original id: multi-agent-research-system
  4. Building effective agents
    original id: building-effective-agents
  5. How the agent loop works
    original id: agent-sdk-agent-loop
  6. Use Claude Code features in the SDK
    original id: agent-sdk-claude-code-features
  7. Intercept and control agent behavior with hooks
    original id: agent-sdk-hooks
  8. Connect to external tools with MCP
    original id: agent-sdk-mcp
  9. Agent SDK overview
    original id: agent-sdk-overview
  10. Configure permissions
    original id: agent-sdk-permissions
  11. Work with sessions
    original id: agent-sdk-sessions
  12. Get structured output from agents
    original id: agent-sdk-structured-outputs
  13. Subagents in the SDK
    original id: agent-sdk-subagents
  14. Handle approvals and user input
    original id: agent-sdk-user-input
  15. An update on recent Claude Code quality reports
    original id: anthropic-april-23-postmortem
  16. Batch processing (Message Batches API)
    original id: anthropic-batch-processing
  17. Citations
    original id: anthropic-citations
  18. Prompting best practices
    original id: anthropic-claude-4-best-practices
  19. Extracting Structured JSON using Claude and Tool Use
    original id: anthropic-cookbook-structured-json
  20. Define tools
    original id: anthropic-define-tools
  21. Handle tool calls
    original id: anthropic-handle-tool-calls
  22. Increase output consistency
    original id: anthropic-increase-consistency
  23. Models overview
    original id: anthropic-models-overview
  24. Prompting best practices: Use examples effectively (multishot / few-shot)
    original id: anthropic-multishot-prompting
  25. Parallel tool use
    original id: anthropic-parallel-tool-use
  26. Strict tool use
    original id: anthropic-strict-tool-use
  27. Structured outputs
    original id: anthropic-structured-outputs
  28. Tool use with Claude
    original id: anthropic-tool-use
  29. Best practices for Claude Code
    original id: claude-code-best-practices
  30. CLI reference
    original id: claude-code-cli-reference
  31. Code Review
    original id: claude-code-code-review
  32. Commands
    original id: claude-code-commands
  33. Claude Code GitHub Actions
    original id: claude-code-github-actions
  34. Run Claude Code programmatically
    original id: claude-code-headless
  35. Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP
    original id: claude-code-mcp
  36. How Claude remembers your project
    original id: claude-code-memory
  37. Model configuration
    original id: claude-code-model-config
  38. Choose a permission mode
    original id: claude-code-permission-modes
  39. Claude Code Settings
    original id: claude-code-settings
  40. Extend Claude with skills
    original id: claude-code-skills
  41. How Claude Code works
    original id: how-claude-code-works
  42. Lifecycle — Model Context Protocol Specification 2025-11-25
    original id: mcp-spec-lifecycle
  43. Tools — Model Context Protocol Specification 2025-11-25
    original id: mcp-spec-tools
  44. Writing tools for agents
    original id: writing-tools-for-agents

T2 · Release notes 1 entry

Release blog posts, changelogs, conference talks. Trustworthy for intent and availability claims.

  1. The 2026-07-28 MCP Specification Release Candidate
    original id: mcp-rc-2026-07-28

T3 · Practitioner 1 entry

Respected community writing with a durable argument the author has defended over time.

  1. Why multi-agent LLM systems fail and how to fix them
    original id: augment-multi-agent-failure

T4 · Conjecture no entries yet

Blog posts, tweets, or unverified claims. Pointers to investigate, not authorities.

No sources at this tier yet.