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Claude Managed Agents now runnable with Chat SDK for server-side agent loops
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Vercel announced that Claude Managed Agents can now be run with Chat SDK, moving the agent loop, including the model, tools, session state, and sandboxed web research, server-side so developers can ship chat-based agents without managing their own state.
Developers building chat agents no longer need to run their own database or manage session state, since Managed Agents stores conversations server-side. The integration also provides token-by-token streaming and a live activity feed for tool calls, and agents can be ported across 30+ platforms by changing a few lines in the handler.
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Claude Managed Agents handles the agent loop server-side, including model, tools, session state, and sandboxed web research.
Token-by-token streaming and a live activity feed for tool calls are available during each turn.
Agents can be ported to Teams, Google Chat, Discord, WhatsApp, and 30+ other platforms by swapping a few lines in the handler.
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Claude Managed Agents can now be run with Chat SDK, shifting the agent loop, model, tools, session state, and sandboxed web research, to server-side infrastructure. This means developers can build agents that rely on Managed Agents for state management rather than maintaining their own backend storage. The example use case given is a Slack research bot with one persistent session per thread and streamed briefs with sources.
The integration provides token-by-token streaming over a single streamed response, a live activity feed showing tool calls and model requests during a turn, and session storage that eliminates the need for a database. The session stores the conversation so that sidebar, transcript, and replay all read from it without server-side state of your own. Portability is built in: swapping a few lines in the handler moves an agent to Teams, Google Chat, Discord, WhatsApp, and 30+ other platforms.
Getting started involves deploying a Slack research agent on Vercel in one click, following a step-by-step guide, or viewing the template source. The material does not specify pricing, rate limits, or compatibility constraints beyond the listed platforms. Since only one feed carried this event, there is no independent corroboration of the claims.
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