Using Claude's thinking mode
SkyTrack, a fitness-tracking startup, must pick one big push: invest in social-media ads or double down on influencer partnerships. Your job is to prompt Claude to think about budget, audience, competition, and help the founders defend the chosen strategy to investors.
The anthropic library and client are preloaded.
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Claude Models
Exercise instructions
- Create a thinking prompt for strategic decision-making.
- Include the
thinkingparameter in the API call to activate Claude's thinking mode. - Set
max_tokensto allow for detailed reasoning. - Pass the
thinking_promptvariable.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Create a thinking prompt for strategic decision-making
thinking_prompt = """
Think through this marketing decision:
Should a new fitness app focus on social media marketing or influencer partnerships?
Consider: ____
"""
# Make API call requesting systematic thinking
response = client.messages.create(model="claude-3-7-sonnet-latest", thinking=____, max_tokens=____, messages=[{"role": "user", "content": ____}])
print("Claude's reasoning:")
print(response.content[0].thinking)