Build on the API
Add a working model call to your app
Part of The Summit, a track in Alpine Academy for builders and technical staff.
Program pricing starts from $299 per participant.
Classes are run for teams. Book a call, or send this to your manager.
About this class
A chat window is someone else's product.A software development kit (SDK) lets you build your own.Make your first API call, handle streaming and errors, give the model tools so it can act rather than just answer, and keep the bill under control.
What you'll learn
- 01Make your first call with the Anthropic and OpenAI SDKs
- 02Handle streaming, errors and rate limits in your code
- 03Give the model tools so it can act, not just answer
- 04Control cost with model choice, caching, and token budgets
- 05Wire a working model call into an app you already built
Choose your role
Example: what a Finance learner does in class
- A small script that reads a bank export and flags lines with no matching invoice.
- Send each unmatched bank line to the model with the open invoices, get a ranked list of likely matches back, and cap the spend per run.
Choose your role above to see examples for your own work.
What you'll build
- A working SDK integration
- Tool-use implementation
- Cost and token budget worksheet
Prerequisites
Time commitment
2 sessions · 2 hours
Available self-paced, in person or live online.
Who teaches it
Live classes are taught by Andrew Phillips or a qualified Alpine coach. Andrew is the founder of Alpine Systems, with twenty years building revenue systems, and builds with AI every day.
You leave The Summit with
- A spec and build plan for your project
- A working SDK integrationThis class
- A deployed application
Need sign-off?
Send your manager a short note about this class. It covers the time, what you will build and the price.
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