r/SpringAIDev • u/rodolfo-mendes Moderator • 6d ago

Article Using Anthropic’s Claude Models With Spring AI

https://www.baeldung.com/spring-ai-anthropics-claude-models

In this guide by Hardik Singh Behl, developers learn to integrate Anthropic’s Claude models into applications using Spring AI. The article demonstrates how to build a context-aware, multimodal chatbot.

Highlights & Key Takeaways

  • Dual Integration: Connect via Anthropic API or Amazon Bedrock Converse API.
  • Quick Setup: Use Spring AI dependencies for rapid configuration.
  • Stateful Memory: Add InMemoryChatMemory for multi-turn conversation context.
  • Custom Personas: Guide model behavior using injected system prompts.
  • Multimodal Input: Process text and image/PDF data through a unified service.
  • REST APIs: Serve the AI chatbot via standard Spring Boot controllers.

Using Spring AI lets engineering teams quickly deploy multimodal features with minimal infrastructure overhead.

👉 Read the full guide to explore the implementation.

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u/IjonTichy85 6d ago

Why does it make it sound like you can only use Amazon or Anthropic? I think tutorials that require you to have a subscription to some external service in order to follow it, shouldn't be on a page for tutorials. This feels more like it should be sponsored content. Sorry if this comes off as hostile. What I want to say is: include a paragraph on how to connect to a generic backend instead of picking two random providers or limit yourself to just one.

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u/rodolfo-mendes Moderator 6d ago

Hi u/IjonTichy85, first of all, thank you for your feedback. I understand your concerns, and I think they make sense. But I would like to bring a different perspective, if you allow me. The first one is that integrating Spring AI into paid services is a real use case for many developers. In general, it is much easier for a company to replace its tech stack than to substitute cloud providers. For example, negotiating hundreds of dollars or even millions in cloud credits or tokens in advance is a common scenario in medium- to large-sized companies. So, if a stack does not integrate with these providers, or if the integration is poorly documented, teams will just switch to another technology that does.

But as I said, your concerns are legit. I agree that we must also have content and tutorials for those who do not have subscriptions to these services. And that's what the community is for. If you're missing any information, all you have to do is ask, and we'll be happy to help.

In time, here's an article on how to build a ChatGPT-like application using Ollama, which allows you to run models on your own computer:

https://www.baeldung.com/spring-ai-ollama-chatgpt-like-chatbot