I Tested Claude's New Managed Agents... What You Need To Know

My FREE AI OS Course: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/about?el=managed-agents&hcategory=youtube-videos&utm_campaign=free-group Full courses + unlimited support: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society-plus/about?el=managed-agents&hcategory=youtube-videos&utm_campaign=ais-plus Apply for my YT podcast: https://podcast.nateherk.com/apply Work with me: https://uppitai.com/ My Tools💻 FREE MONTH voice to text: https://get.glaido.com/nate Code NATEHERK for 10% off VPS (annual plan): https://www.hostinger.com/vps/claude-code-hosting Anthropic just launched Managed Agents, and it's basically a way to build and deploy AI agents directly in their cloud without any infrastructure setup. In this video I walk through how they work, what they cost, and what I actually built with them. I also break down why I'm a little disappointed and when you should (or shouldn't) use them compared to tools like Claude Code, trigger.dev, or OpenClaw. Sponsorship Inquiries: 📧 nate@smoothmedia.co Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nateherkelman/ https://x.com/nateherk https://www.instagram.com/nateherk/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:28 Building a Managed Agent 2:57 Environments and Connecting Tools 6:23 Agents Dashboard and Pricing 8:01 What I Tried 10:33 Features Coming Soon 11:57 Building Managed Agents From the CLI 14:55 Managed Agents vs OpenClaw 16:16 Final Thoughts