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Guide · AI agents

Build autonomous AI agents with Managed Agents.

The complete guide to building autonomous AI agents with Claude Code + Managed Agents. From zero to your first production agent in 30 minutes — describe what you want, let Claude Code write the setup, and run it in Anthropic’s cloud 24/7.

27 steps · ~30 minClaude Code · Managed Agents · Anthropic SDK · MCPClaude Opus 4.6
Prerequisites

What you need before you start

01 · Claude Code

The local CLI that writes your agent setup scripts. Install in step 03.

02 · Anthropic API key

Starts with sk-ant-… — from platform.claude.com/settings/keys.

03 · Anthropic SDK

pip install anthropic (or @anthropic-ai/sdk for Node).

04 · Managed Agents beta

Beta header managed-agents-2026-04-01 (the SDK sets it automatically).

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