Question

A developer is building a code-generation tool that should stop producing output as soon as Claude writes the closing marker '```' at the end of a code block, rather than continuing with explanatory prose. Which Messages API parameter is best suited to achieve this specific behavior?

Accepted Answer

Set stop_sequences to include the '```' marker so generation halts when that string is produced

Answer

Lower max_tokens to a small value so the response is cut off after the code block

Answer

Set temperature to 0 so the model deterministically stops after the code

Answer

Enable streaming so the developer can manually close the connection after the code block