In this section, we present how to bring Anthropic models to MindsDB. Anthropic is an AI safety and research company based in San Francisco. Their interdisciplinary team has experience across ML, physics, policy, and product. Together, they generate research and create reliable, beneficial AI systems. Read on to find out how to use Anthropic models within MinsdDB.

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Setup

MindsDB provides the Anthropic handler that enables you to create Anthropic models within MindsDB.

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AI Engine

Before creating a model, it is required to create an AI engine based on the provided handler.
If you installed MindsDB locally, make sure to install all Anthropic dependencies by running pip install .[anthropic] or from the requirements.txt file.
You can create an Anthropic engine using this command: 
CREATE ML_ENGINE anthropic_engine
FROM anthropic
USING
    api_key = 'your-anthropic-api-key';
Please note that you need to provide your Anthropic API key. See Anthropic’s documentation on how to get access.
The name of the engine (here, anthropic_engine) should be used as a value for the engine parameter in the USING clause of the CREATE MODEL statement.

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AI Model

The CREATE MODEL statement is used to create, train, and deploy models within MindsDB. 
CREATE MODEL anthropic_model
PREDICT answer
USING
    column = 'question',
    engine = 'anthropic_engine',
    api_key = 'your-anthropic-api-key',
    max_tokens = 300,
    model = 'claude-1'; -- choose one of claude-1 or claude-2
Where:
NameDescription
columnIt defines the prompt to the model.
engineIt defines the Anthropic engine.
api_keyIt is used to provide your Anthropic API key to gain access to the model.
max_tokensIt defines the maximum number of tokens to generate before stopping.
modelIt defines model that will complete your prompt.
Default Model When you create an Anthropic model in MindsDB, it uses the claude-2 model by default. But you can use the claude-1 model as well by passing it to the model parameter in the USING clause of the CREATE MODEL statement.
Default Max Tokens When you create an Anthropic model in MindsDB, it uses 100 tokens as the maximum by default. But you can adjust this value by passing it to the max_tokens parameter in the USING clause of the CREATE MODEL statement.

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Usage

Once you have created an Anthropic model, you can use it to make predictions. 
SELECT question, answer
FROM mindsdb.anthropic_model
WHERE question = 'Where is Stockholm located?';
On execution, we get: 
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| question                    | completion                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| Where is Stockholm located? |  Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is located on Sweden's south-central east coast, where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea.                         |
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