Initial Claude Agent Setup and Tool Definition

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Set up a basic Claude agent using the Claude Agents SDK. Define two simple tools: `get_instance_metadata(instance_id: str)` returning instance tags and `threat_intel_lookup(hash: str)` returning known threats. Configure the agent to use Claude Opus 4.1. Write a test case where the agent receives a high CPU alert and needs to use these tools to gather context.

```python
# agent_main.py
from anthropic import Anthropic
from anthropic_agents import Agent, tool

anthropic_client = Anthropic()

@tool
def get_instance_metadata(instance_id: str) -> str:
    """Gets metadata like tags for a given cloud instance ID."""
    # Simulate API call
    if instance_id == "i-abcdefg123":
        return "tags: prod, web-server"
    return "No metadata found."

@tool
def threat_intel_lookup(hash: str) -> str:
    """Looks up a file hash in threat intelligence databases."""
    # Simulate API call
    if hash == "malicious_process.sh_hash":
        return "Known cryptocurrency miner identified."
    return "No threat found for this hash."

agent = Agent(
    client=anthropic_client,
    model="claude-3-opus-20240229", # Or newer model if available
    tools=[get_instance_metadata, threat_intel_lookup],
    system_prompt="You are a cloud security analyst. Analyze alerts, use tools, and provide classification and remediation."
)

async def run_triage(alert: str):
    response = await agent.run(alert)
    print(response.content)

# Example usage:
# asyncio.run(run_triage("High CPU alert on instance i-abcdefg123. Suspicious process 'malicious_process.sh' detected."))
```

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Autonomous Cloud Security Triage Agent

This challenge tasks you with developing an autonomous cloud security triage agent. Utilizing the Claude Agents SDK, you will build an intelligent agent capable of analyzing incoming security alerts from various cloud environments, distinguishing between false positives and genuine threats, and providing detailed explanations and remediation recommendations. The agent will employ Claude Opus 4.1's advanced extended thinking capabilities to reason through complex alert data, correlate information across multiple sources, and leverage specialized tools served by TorchServe for deeper analysis (e.g., malware analysis, anomaly detection). The solution requires robust integration with monitoring systems to ingest alerts and generate actionable insights, significantly reducing the burden on human security teams by automating the initial, often time-consuming, triage process. The agent must be capable of explaining its reasoning process to human analysts, fostering trust and transparency.

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