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Official capability boundary

  • Anthropic’s public API does not expose a dedicated image-generation endpoint
  • Claude is strong at image understanding, not direct image creation
  1. Use Claude /v1/messages to refine prompts
  2. Hand the final prompt to a provider that officially supports image generation
  3. Use Claude again for review, QA, or revision instructions

cURL example

Python example

Node.js example

Best practices

  • Do not invent a fake “Claude image generation” endpoint for the frontend
  • Use Claude for prompt refinement and review instead of direct rendering
  • Keep the generation and understanding pipelines separate