Anthropic AI Agent: Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4 with Think and Web Search tool
Last edited 10 days ago
This workflow dynamically chooses between two new powerful Anthropic models — Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 — to handle user queries, based on their complexity and nature, maintaining scalability and context awareness with Anthropic web search function and Think tool.
Key Advantages
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🔁 Dynamic Model Selection
- Automatically routes each user query to either Claude Sonnet 4 (for routine tasks) or Claude Opus 4 (for complex reasoning), ensuring optimal performance and cost-efficiency.
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🧠 AI Agent with Tool Use
- The AI agent can utilize a web search tool to retrieve up-to-date information and a Think tool for complex reasoning processes — improving response quality.
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📎 Memory Integration
- Uses session-based memory to maintain conversational context, making interactions more coherent and human-like.
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🧮 Built-in Calculation Tool
- Handles numeric queries using an integrated calculator tool, reducing the need for external processing.
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📤 Structured Output Parser
- Ensures outputs are always well-structured and formatted in JSON, which improves consistency and downstream integrations.
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🌐 Web Search Capability
- Supports real-time information retrieval for current events, statistics, or details not available in the AI’s base knowledge.
Components Overview
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Trigger: Listens for new chat messages.
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Routing Agent: Analyzes the message and returns the best model to use.
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AI Agent: Handles the conversation, decides when to use tools.
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Tools:
web_search
for internet queriesThink
for reasoningCalculator
for math tasks
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Models Used:
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
: Optimized for general and business logic tasks.claude-opus-4-20250514
: Best for deep, strategic, and analytical queries.
How It Works
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Dynamic Model Selection
- The workflow begins when a chat message is received. The Anthropic Routing Agent analyzes the user's query to determine the most suitable model (either Claude Sonnet 4 or Claude Opus 4) based on the query's complexity and requirements.
- The routing agent uses predefined criteria to decide:
- Claude Sonnet 4: Best for standard tasks like real-time workflow routing, data validation, and routine business logic.
- Claude Opus 4: Reserved for complex scenarios requiring deep reasoning, advanced analysis, or high-impact decisions.
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Query Processing and Response Generation
- The selected model processes the query, leveraging tools like web_search for real-time information retrieval, Think for internal reasoning, and Calculator for numerical tasks.
- The AI Agent coordinates these tools, ensuring the response is accurate and context-aware. A Simple Memory node retains session context for coherent multi-turn conversations.
- The final response is formatted and returned to the user without intermediate steps or metadata.
Set Up Steps
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Node Configuration
- Trigger: Configure the "When chat message received" node to handle incoming user queries.
- Routing Agent: Set up the "Anthropic Routing Agent" with the system message defining model selection logic. Ensure it outputs a JSON object with
prompt
andmodel
fields. - AI Model Nodes: Link the "Sonnet 4 or Opus 4" node to dynamically use the selected model. The "Sonnet 3.7" node powers the routing agent itself.
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Tool Integration
- Attach the "web_search" HTTP tool to enable internet searches, ensuring the API endpoint and headers (e.g.,
anthropic-version
) are correctly configured. - Connect auxiliary tools (Think, Calculator) to the "AI Agent" for extended functionality.
- Add the "Simple Memory" node to maintain conversation history.
- Attach the "web_search" HTTP tool to enable internet searches, ensuring the API endpoint and headers (e.g.,
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Credentials
- Provide an Anthropic API key to all nodes requiring authentication (e.g., model nodes, web search).
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Testing
- Activate the workflow and test with sample queries to verify:
- Correct model selection (e.g., Sonnet for simple queries, Opus for complex ones).
- Proper tool usage (e.g., web searches trigger when needed).
- Memory retention across chat turns.
- Activate the workflow and test with sample queries to verify:
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Deployment
- Once validated, set the workflow to active for live interactions.
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