Example: Multistep automation

Claude can chain commands across tool calls to complete a multistep task:

User request:
"Install the requests library and create a simple Python script that
fetches a joke from an API, then run it."

Claude's tool uses:
1. Install package
   {"command": "pip install requests"}

2. Create script
   {"command": "cat > fetch_joke.py << 'EOF'\nimport requests\nresponse = requests.get('https://official-joke-api.appspot.com/random_joke')\njoke = response.json()\nprint(f\"Setup: {joke['setup']}\")\nprint(f\"Punchline: {joke['punchline']}\")\nEOF"}

3. Run script
   {"command": "python fetch_joke.py"}

The session maintains state between commands, so files created in step 2 are available in step 3.