# Source: https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/intro.md

# Intro to Claude

> Claude is a highly performant, trustworthy, and intelligent AI platform built by Anthropic. Claude excels at tasks involving language, reasoning, analysis, coding, and more.

<Tip>The latest generation of Claude models:<br /><br />
**Claude Sonnet 4.5** - Our smartest model. Best for complex agents, coding, and most advanced tasks. [Learn more](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5).<br /><br />
**Claude Haiku 4.5** - Our fastest model with near-frontier intelligence. [Learn more](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-haiku-4-5).<br /><br />
**Claude Opus 4.1** - Exceptional model for specialized tasks requiring advanced reasoning. [Learn more](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-1).</Tip>

<Note>
  Looking to chat with Claude? Visit [claude.ai](http://www.claude.ai)!
</Note>

## Get started

If you’re new to Claude, start here to learn the essentials and make your first API call.

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  <Card title="Get started" icon="check" href="/en/docs/get-started">
    Set up your development environment for building with Claude.
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  <Card title="Learn about Claude" icon="head-side-gear" href="/en/docs/about-claude/models/overview">
    Learn about the family of Claude models.
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  <Card title="Prompt Library" icon="books" href="/en/resources/prompt-library/library">
    Explore example prompts for inspiration.
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## Develop with Claude

Anthropic has best-in-class developer tools to build scalable applications with Claude.

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  <Card title="Developer Console" icon="laptop" href="https://console.anthropic.com">
    Enjoy easier, more powerful prompting in your browser with the Workbench and prompt generator tool.
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  <Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="/en/api/overview">
    Explore, implement, and scale with the Claude API and SDKs.
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  <Card title="Claude Cookbook" icon="hat-chef" href="https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-cookbook">
    Learn with interactive Jupyter notebooks that demonstrate uploading PDFs, embeddings, and more.
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## Key capabilities

Claude can assist with many tasks that involve text, code, and images.

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  <Card title="Text and code generation" icon="input-text" href="/en/docs/build-with-claude/text-generation">
    Summarize text, answer questions, extract data, translate text, and explain and generate code.
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  <Card title="Vision" icon="image" href="/en/docs/build-with-claude/vision">
    Process and analyze visual input and generate text and code from images.
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## Support

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  <Card title="Help Center" icon="circle-question" href="https://support.claude.com/en/">
    Find answers to frequently asked account and billing questions.
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  <Card title="Service Status" icon="chart-line" href="https://www.claude.com/status">
    Check the status of Anthropic services.
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