Claude Managed Agents Template
An internal knowledge agent built with Claude Managed Agents (CMA). Connect your GitHub, Notion, and Slack via MCP and ask questions across all of them. Read more in the Vercel Workflow CMA guide. You can also integrate Vercel Sandbox by reading the associated guide.
Stack
| Layer | Choice |
|---|---|
| App | Next.js 16 (App Router), React 19 |
| UI | shadcn/ui, Tailwind CSS v4 |
| Auth | Better Auth + Sign in with Vercel |
| Data | Neon + Drizzle ORM |
| Background | Workflow SDK |
| Agents | Claude Managed Agents via @anthropic-ai/sdk |
Quickstart
1. Clone, install skills, and provision integrations
2. Generate secrets and pull environment variables
This generates both secrets and writes .env.local with DATABASE_URL, Neon vars, and the secrets.
3. Set remaining environment variables
Add these to .env.local (or via vercel env add):
| Variable | How to get it |
|---|---|
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | console.anthropic.com/settings/keys |
ANTHROPIC_AGENT_ID | Create an agent via the Managed Agents quickstart |
ANTHROPIC_ENVIRONMENT_ID | Create an environment for the agent and copy its ID |
BETTER_AUTH_URL | http://localhost:3000 (or your deployment URL) |
VERCEL_CLIENT_ID | Create an OAuth app via Sign in with Vercel. Callback: <url>/api/auth/callback/vercel |
VERCEL_CLIENT_SECRET | From the same Vercel OAuth app |
Optional for GitHub integration:
| Variable | How to get it |
|---|---|
GITHUB_CLIENT_ID | Create a GitHub OAuth app |
GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET | From the same GitHub OAuth app |
4. Install dependencies and push schema
5. Run
Key files
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
lib/auth.ts | Better Auth config (Vercel OIDC + optional GitHub OAuth) |
lib/session.ts | getSession() and requireUserId() server helpers |
proxy.ts | Auth guard — redirects unauthenticated users on protected routes |
lib/schema.ts | Drizzle schema (Better Auth tables + managed agent tables) |
lib/db.ts | Neon + Drizzle client |
lib/anthropic.ts | Anthropic SDK client factory |
lib/managed-agents.ts | Session creation + message sending |
app/workflows/tail-session.ts | Durable workflow: polls Anthropic events, persists to Postgres |
app/api/managed-agents/ | REST API routes (session, message, transcript) |
References
GitHub
Ownervercel-labs
Repositoryclaude-managed-agents
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