Claude has introduced Managed Agents, a suite of composable APIs designed to facilitate the rapid development and deployment of cloud-hosted agents. This innovative approach allows developers to transition from prototype to production in a matter of days, rather than the months typically required.
Previously, creating agents involved extensive development efforts related to secure infrastructure, state management, and permissioning. Managed Agents simplifies this process by providing a performance-tuned agent harness along with production infrastructure, allowing users to focus on enhancing the user experience instead of managing operational complexities.
Key Features of Managed Agents
- Trusted Governance: Agents can access real systems with scoped permissions, identity management, and execution tracing.
- Built for Performance: Managed Agents is specifically designed for Claude, ensuring better outcomes with less effort.
- Self-Evaluation: Users can define success criteria, and Claude will self-evaluate and iterate to meet those goals.
- Session Tracing and Analytics: Built-in tools for inspecting tool calls, decisions, and failure modes are available in the Claude Console.
Why It Matters
With Managed Agents, teams can achieve significant improvements in productivity. For instance, organizations are reporting up to 10 times faster shipping of agents across various use cases, including coding, productivity tasks, and document processing. This acceleration allows companies to deliver value to users much more quickly.
Real-World Applications
Several companies have already begun utilizing Managed Agents to enhance their workflows:
- Notion: Integrated Managed Agents to manage complex tasks seamlessly within their platform.
- Asana: Accelerated the development of AI teammates, focusing on user experience.
- Atlassian: Built agents for developers that integrate directly into existing workflows.
Pricing and Availability
Managed Agents is currently available in public beta on the Claude Platform. The pricing model is based on consumption, with standard token rates applicable, plus an additional fee per session-hour for active runtime.
Getting Started
Developers interested in utilizing Managed Agents can access the Claude Console or use the new CLI to deploy their first agent. The latest version of Claude Code and the built-in claude-api Skill are also available for building with Managed Agents.
For further information, users can explore the documentation provided on the Claude Platform.
