---

name: anth-debug-bundle description: 'Collect Anthropic Claude API debug evidence for support and troubleshooting.

Use when encountering persistent API issues, preparing support tickets,

or collecting diagnostic information including request IDs and rate limit headers.

Trigger with phrases like "anthropic debug", "claude debug bundle",

"collect anthropic logs", "anthropic diagnostic", "claude support ticket".

' allowed-tools: Read, Bash(grep:), Bash(curl:), Bash(tar:*), Grep version: 1.7.0 license: MIT author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io tags:

• saas
• ai
• anthropic compatibility: Designed for Claude Code

---

Anthropic Debug Bundle

Overview

Collect diagnostic information for Claude API issues. Every API response includes a request-id header — this is the single most important piece of data for Anthropic support.

Prerequisites

• Anthropic SDK installed
• Access to application logs
• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY set in environment

Instructions

Step 1: Capture Request ID

import anthropic

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

try:
    message = client.messages.create(
        model="claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
        max_tokens=64,
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "test"}]
    )
    print(f"Request ID: {message._request_id}")  # req_01A1B2C3...
except anthropic.APIStatusError as e:
    print(f"Request ID: {e.response.headers.get('request-id')}")
    print(f"Status: {e.status_code}")
    print(f"Error: {e.message}")

// TypeScript — access raw response headers
const response = await client.messages.create({
  model: 'claude-sonnet-4-20250514',
  max_tokens: 64,
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'test' }],
}).asResponse();

console.log('Request ID:', response.headers.get('request-id'));
console.log('Rate limit remaining:', response.headers.get('anthropic-ratelimit-requests-remaining'));

Step 2: Debug Bundle Script

#!/bin/bash
# anthropic-debug-bundle.sh
BUNDLE_DIR="anthropic-debug-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
mkdir -p "$BUNDLE_DIR"

echo "=== Anthropic Debug Bundle ===" > "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"
echo "Generated: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"

# SDK versions
echo -e "\n--- SDK Versions ---" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"
pip show anthropic 2>/dev/null | grep -E "^(Name|Version)" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"
npm list @anthropic-ai/sdk 2>/dev/null >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"
python3 --version >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt" 2>&1
node --version >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt" 2>&1

# API key status (NEVER log the key itself)
echo -e "\n--- Auth Status ---" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"
echo "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:+SET (${#ANTHROPIC_API_KEY} chars)}" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"

# Connectivity test with headers
echo -e "\n--- API Connectivity ---" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"
curl -s -w "\nHTTP %{http_code} | Time: %{time_total}s" \
  -o "$BUNDLE_DIR/api-response.json" \
  -D "$BUNDLE_DIR/response-headers.txt" \
  https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages \
  -H "x-api-key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -H "anthropic-version: 2023-06-01" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"claude-sonnet-4-20250514","max_tokens":8,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"1"}]}' \
  >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"

# Rate limit headers
echo -e "\n--- Rate Limit Headers ---" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"
grep -i "ratelimit\|request-id\|retry-after" "$BUNDLE_DIR/response-headers.txt" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"

# API status page
echo -e "\n--- API Status ---" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt"
curl -s https://status.anthropic.com/api/v2/status.json | python3 -c \
  "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d['status']['description'])" >> "$BUNDLE_DIR/summary.txt" 2>&1

# Package and clean up
tar -czf "$BUNDLE_DIR.tar.gz" "$BUNDLE_DIR"
rm -rf "$BUNDLE_DIR"
echo "Bundle: $BUNDLE_DIR.tar.gz"

Step 3: Redaction Rules

ALWAYS REDACT: API keys, user content/PII, authorization headers

SAFE TO INCLUDE: Request IDs, error messages, rate limit headers, SDK versions, status codes, timestamps

Output

The result is a timestamped compressed bundle containing a redacted summary, SDK and runtime versions, connection status, response headers, and request IDs that support can correlate. It must not contain an API key, authorization header, or customer prompt/response content; inspect the archive before it is attached to a ticket.

Error Handling

If the connectivity request returns an HTTP error, retain its status, request ID, and rate-limit headers in the bundle and record the time of the attempt. If the status endpoint or package lookup is unavailable, note that collection step as unavailable rather than inventing a result. If redaction cannot be verified, do not share the archive; recreate it after removing the unsafe source data.

Examples

When a production request repeatedly receives a 429, capture the request ID from the SDK exception, run the bundle script in a controlled environment, and attach only the reviewed archive plus the affected time window to support. When a response appears malformed, include the SDK version and a redacted error message, but replace the original user prompt with a short synthetic example that reproduces the behavior.

Key Headers for Debugging

Header	Example	Use
request-id	req_01A1B2C3...	Support ticket reference
anthropic-ratelimit-requests-limit	1000	Your RPM cap
anthropic-ratelimit-requests-remaining	995	Requests left
anthropic-ratelimit-tokens-limit	80000	Your TPM cap
anthropic-ratelimit-tokens-remaining	79000	Tokens left
retry-after	30	Seconds to wait (on 429)

Resources

• API Status
• Error Types
• Rate Limits

Next Steps

For rate limit issues, see anth-rate-limits.