Unlock the power of structured data extraction with LangChain and Claude 3.7 Sonnet, transforming raw text into actionable insights. This tutorial focuses on tracing LLM tool calling using LangSmith, enabling real-time debugging and performance monitoring of your extraction system. We utilize Pydantic schemas for precise data formatting and LangChain’s flexible prompting to guide Claude. Experience example-driven refinement, eliminating the need for complex training. This is a glimpse into LangSmith’s capabilities, showcasing how to build robust extraction pipelines for diverse applications, from document processing to automated data entry.
First, we need to install the necessary packages. We’ll use langchain-core and langchain_anthropic to interface with the Claude model.
!pip install --upgrade langchain-core
!pip install langchain_anthropicIf you’re using LangSmith for tracing and debugging, you can set up environment variables:
LANGSMITH_TRACING=True
LANGSMITH_ENDPOINT="https://api.smith.langchain.com"
LANGSMITH_API_KEY="Your API KEY"
LANGSMITH_PROJECT="extraction_api"Next, we must define the schema for the information we want to extract. We’ll use Pydantic models to create a structured representation of a person.
from typing import Optional
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
class Person(BaseModel):
"""Information about a person."""
name: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, description="The name of the person")
hair_color: Optional[str] = Field(
default=None, description="The color of the person's hair if known"
)
height_in_meters: Optional[str] = Field(
default=None, description="Height measured in meters"
)
Now, we’ll define a prompt template that instructs Claude on how to perform the extraction task:
from langchain_core.prompts import ChatPromptTemplate, MessagesPlaceholder
prompt_template = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(
[
(
"system",
"You are an expert extraction algorithm. "
"Only extract relevant information from the text. "
"If you do not know the value of an attribute asked to extract, "
"return null for the attribute's value.",
),
("human", "{text}"),
]
)
This template provides clear instructions to the model about its task and how to handle missing information.
Next, we’ll initialize the Claude model that will perform our information extraction:
import getpass
import os
if not os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"):
os.environ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] = getpass.getpass("Enter API key for Anthropic: ")
from langchain.chat_models import init_chat_model
llm = init_chat_model("claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219", model_provider="anthropic")Now, we’ll configure our LLM to return structured output according to our schema:
structured_llm = llm.with_structured_output(schema=Person)This key step tells the model to format its responses according to our Person schema.
Let’s test our extraction system with a simple example:
text = "Alan Smith is 6 feet tall and has blond hair."
prompt = prompt_template.invoke({"text": text})
result = structured_llm.invoke(prompt)
print(result)Now, Let’s try a more complex example:
from typing import List
class Data(BaseModel):
"""Container for extracted information about people."""
people: List[Person] = Field(default_factory=list, description="List of people mentioned in the text")
structured_llm = llm.with_structured_output(schema=Data)
text = "My name is Jeff, my hair is black and I am 6 feet tall. Anna has the same color hair as me."
prompt = prompt_template.invoke({"text": text})
result = structured_llm.invoke(prompt)
print(result)
# Next example
text = "The solar system is large, (it was discovered by Nicolaus Copernicus), but earth has only 1 moon."
prompt = prompt_template.invoke({"text": text})
result = structured_llm.invoke(prompt)
print(result)In conclusion, this tutorial demonstrates building a structured information extraction system with LangChain and Claude that transforms unstructured text into organized data about people. The approach uses Pydantic schemas, custom prompts, and example-driven improvement without requiring specialized training pipelines. The system’s power comes from its flexibility, domain adaptability, and utilization of advanced LLM reasoning capabilities.
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