The API and Beyond
How organizations embed Claude at scale. The restaurant analogy makes it concrete for a mixed audience. The anatomy of an API call, tool use that connects Claude to real systems, and the economics behind the investment.
70 minutes
Technical leads, decision-makers
Prerequisite: Module 11
Learning Objectives
- Understand the API through the restaurant analogy
- Read an API call and response structure
- See how tool use connects Claude to real databases
- Calculate the cost of API usage at scale
- Decide when to build with the API vs. use existing tools
Session Timing
| Segment | Activity | Time |
|---|---|---|
Opening | Restaurant analogy, API anatomy | 10 min |
Demo | How persistent instructions work at scale | 10 min |
Demo | Order status lookup — Claude calls a real function | 15 min |
Economics | Cost calculation: 1,000 tickets/day for $1.60 | 10 min |
Discussion | Group exercise: API or Cowork for your use case? | 15 min |
Debrief | When to use the API — the decision framework | 10 min |
Demo Data
Download before the session. Run every prompt yourself first so nothing surprises you at the projector.