Deploy AI workers.
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The field guide to Anthropic Claude Managed Agents. Fourteen chapters, six diagrams, seven templates — from first-agent mental model to production-ready patterns, grounded in the official docs.
Four parts. Fourteen chapters. One mental model.
Start at the top and go straight through, or jump to the part you need. Each chapter ends with a hands-on walkthrough and a downloadable template.
Foundations
Build the mental model — what agents are, the four building blocks, brain vs. hands, and the three Claude models.
Build Your First Agent
Get to a working agent: prototype in Console, define your agent, use the 8 built-in tools, set permission policies.
Run Your Agent
Sessions, the event stream, and steering live work — interrupting, redirecting, and approving.
Give Your Agent Memory
Why memory matters, the six memory tools, and the patterns that actually work.
All fourteen chapters.
Every chapter is self-contained — big idea, analogy, how it actually works, a walkthrough you can run today, and a checklist for what breaks first.
Seven templates. Copy, paste, launch.
The templates referenced from each chapter — delivered as editable markdown so you can fork them into your own docs or keep them beside the book.
Agent Definition Fill-In
Template for scoping a new agent — name, goal, system prompt skeleton, effort, success criteria.
Download .md → TEMPLATE 02System Prompt Builder
Structured prompt scaffold with role, constraints, style, and checklist sections ready to paste.
Download .md → TEMPLATE 03Environment Config Templates
Common container + tool configurations (bash, code, web, file ops) you can copy and adapt.
Download .md → TEMPLATE 04Permission Policy Matrix
A grid for mapping tool × risk × policy (allow / ask / deny) across your agent's workflow.
Download .md → TEMPLATE 05Memory Architecture Template
Layout for deciding what gets remembered across sessions, where, and how to prune stale entries.
Download .md → TEMPLATE 06Top 10 Mistakes Checklist
Field-tested list of the failure modes most first-time builders hit — with specific remediations.
Download .md → TEMPLATE 07First Agent Launch Checklist
Pre-flight checks covering model, prompt, tools, permissions, observability, and rollback.
Download .md →