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191191| [Memory tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/memory-tool) | `/v1/messages`<br />with `memory` tool | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | Client-side memory storage where you control data retention. |
192192| [Messages API](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/working-with-messages) | `/v1/messages` | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | Standard API calls for generating Claude responses. |
193193| [Mid-conversation system messages](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/mid-conversation-system-messages) | `/v1/messages`<br />with `role: "system"` messages | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | Request-shape capability of the Messages API; mid-conversation system messages flow through the standard inference path and nothing is stored server-side after the response. |
194| [OpenTelemetry export](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/opentelemetry) | `/v1/organizations/telemetry_destinations` | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | <Eligible status="no">No</Eligible> | Beta. Spans have the same ZDR eligibility as the feature that produces them. HIPAA organizations can export metadata. SDK spans go directly from your environment to your exporter. After delivery, the data is held by the service that you chose, outside Anthropic, under that service's retention and access controls. |
194195| [PDF support](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/pdf-support) | `/v1/messages` | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | HIPAA eligibility applies to PDFs sent inline through the Messages API, not through the Files API. |
195196| [Programmatic tool calling](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/programmatic-tool-calling) | `/v1/messages`<br />with `code_execution` tool | <Eligible status="no">No</Eligible> | <Eligible status="no">No</Eligible> | Built on code execution containers; data retained up to 30 days. See [Programmatic tool calling](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/programmatic-tool-calling#data-retention). |
196197| [Prompt caching](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching) | `/v1/messages` | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | <Eligible>Yes</Eligible> | Your prompts and Claude's outputs are not stored. KV cache representations and cryptographic hashes are held in memory for the cache TTL and promptly deleted after expiry. See [Prompt caching](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching#data-retention). |
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