The latest articles on DEV Community by Dissmay (@dissmay_365b99df00d77e7ef). https://dev.to/dissmay_365b99df00d77e7ef https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3880949%2F7f8792f3-0903-4206-97e2-2a281387468b.jpg https://dev.to/dissmay_365b99df00d77e7ef en Dissmay Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:15:47 +0000 https://dev.to/dissmay_365b99df00d77e7ef/im-building-a-production-toolkit-for-claudes-new-managed-agents-api-500c https://dev.to/dissmay_365b99df00d77e7ef/im-building-a-production-toolkit-for-claudes-new-managed-agents-api-500c <p>Anthropic released the <strong>Managed Agents API</strong> on April 8 — and it's a game changer. You can now create persistent AI agents with tools, memory, and multi-step orchestration built in.</p> <p>But here's the thing: the API is powerful but <strong>raw</strong>. Getting to production means wiring up:</p> <ul> <li>Memory and state management</li> <li>Tool orchestration and error handling</li> <li>Deployment pipelines</li> <li>Monitoring and observability</li> <li>Security and rate limiting</li> </ul> <p>That's weeks of boilerplate before you ship anything.</p> <h2> So I'm building AgentForge </h2> <p>A production-ready toolkit that gives you:</p> <ul> <li> <strong>9 agent templates</strong> (customer support, sales, data pipeline, etc.)</li> <li> <strong>TypeScript SDK</strong> with type-safe tool definitions</li> <li> <strong>Built-in monitoring</strong> dashboard</li> <li> <strong>One-command deploy</strong> — <code>npx agentforge deploy</code> </li> <li> <strong>Skill system</strong> — plug in Stripe, Zendesk, Slack, etc.</li> </ul> <p>Think of it as ShipFast but for AI agents.</p> <h2> The validation approach </h2> <p>Instead of building for 3 months in silence, I put up a landing page first to see if anyone actually wants this:</p> <p>👉 <a href="https://forge.qalion.io" rel="noopener noreferrer">forge.qalion.io</a></p> <p>Early access with 40% off for the first 100 devs.</p> <h2> Question for the community </h2> <p>If you could deploy a production AI agent in 5 minutes, what would you build first? I'm curious what use cases people are most excited about.</p> agents claude showdev tooling