# Native Anthropic SDK support for the AI Gateway

DevFeed: [Native Anthropic SDK support for the AI Gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/native-anthropic-sdk-support-for-the-ai-gateway-83276.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://ngrok.com/blog/native-anthropic-sdk-support>)

Author: Nijiko Yonskai

Published: 2026-02-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [\[ngrok news\]](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ngrok-news.md>)

Topics: [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [SDK](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdk.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-gateway.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [model-selection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model-selection.md>), [ngrok](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ngrok.md>), [product-updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-updates.md>), [prompt-caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prompt-caching.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>), [thinking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thinking.md>), [tool-use](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool-use.md>), [traffic-policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traffic-policy.md>), [typescript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typescript.md>)

## AI overview

ngrok's AI Gateway now accepts Anthropic SDK requests natively, preserving Claude-specific features such as prompt caching, extended thinking, and beta headers. The gateway forwards requests unchanged and supports streaming, tool use, model selection, and automatic failover, though Anthropic SDK requests currently route only to providers supporting the Claude Messages API, which the article says is only Anthropic.

## Source excerpt

The AI Gateway now supports Anthropic's SDK natively so you build with Claude-only features like prompt caching, extended thinking, and more.