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## Response Object

```perl
my $response = $claude->message("Hello");

$response->text;          # Response text
$response->model;         # Model used
$response->stop_reason;   # Why generation stopped
$response->input_tokens;  # Tokens in prompt
$response->output_tokens; # Tokens in response
$response->total_tokens;  # Total tokens
$response->raw_response;  # Full API response hashref

# Stringifies to text
print "$response";
```

## Configuration

```perl
my $claude = AI::Anthropic->new(
    api_key     => 'sk-ant-...',           # or use ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env
    model       => 'claude-opus-4-20250514', # default: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
    max_tokens  => 8192,                   # default: 4096
    timeout     => 300,                    # default: 120 seconds
);
```

## Available Models

```perl
my @models = $claude->models;
# claude-opus-4-20250514
# claude-sonnet-4-20250514
# claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
# claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
# claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022
# ... and more
```

## Environment Variables

- `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` - Your Anthropic API key

## Dependencies

- Perl 5.10+
- HTTP::Tiny
- JSON::PP
- MIME::Base64

All dependencies are core modules or widely available on CPAN.

## Why This Module?

- **Pure Perl** - No XS, works everywhere
- **Minimal dependencies** - Uses core modules where possible
- **Perlish API** - Feels natural to Perl programmers
- **Full featured** - Streaming, vision, tools - all supported
- **Well documented** - POD and examples included

## See Also

- [Anthropic API Documentation](https://docs.anthropic.com/)
- [OpenAI::API](https://metacpan.org/pod/OpenAI::API) - Similar module for OpenAI

## Contributing

Pull requests welcome! Please include tests for new features.

## License

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

## Author

Your Name <your@email.com>