# launch-your-agent A [Claude Code](https://code.claude.com) skill that helps a technical founder build whatever they want on **Claude Managed Agents (CMA)** — an internal worker, a piece of their product, a customer-facing agent. It interviews you about what you want to build, scopes a v0, launches it in your own account, grades it against your own definition of done, iterates, and (if it should run on a clock) puts it on a scheduled deployment — with everything bigger laid out as an explicit v1/v2 plan. > Reference implementation. Not maintained and not accepting contributions. Licensed under [Apache 2.0](./LICENSE). > > This is an educational skill that walks you through composing managed-agent primitives to solve your problem. Because it explains each step, it's more token-intensive than a purpose-built agent would be. ## Quickstart ```bash git clone https://github.com/anthropics/launch-your-agent.git cd launch-your-agent claude ``` Then type: ``` /launch-your-agent ``` The skills in `.claude/skills/` are picked up automatically when you run Claude Code inside this folder — nothing to install. When you're done (or any time later), `/wrap-up` refreshes the overview page, recaps every primitive you now own, and suggests the next 1–2 upgrades. ## What you need - Claude Code installed and signed in. - An Anthropic API key for **your own** account (you'll create it during the flow at platform.claude.com → API keys; it goes into a local `.env` file, never into the chat). Runs cost cents. ## What you walk away with - A live managed agent in your Console (agent + environment + graded run, plus a scheduled deployment if your task recurs). - A `my-agent/` folder: the build sheet, the exact API payloads, a resumable launch script, an eval scaffold, an overview page, and a NEXT-DIRECTIONS.md laying out v1/v2. ## Repo layout | Path | What it is | |---|---| | `.claude/skills/launch-your-agent/` | The main skill: 4 phases (interview → stage & launch → grade & iterate → run without you) + references (interview mapping, verified API call shapes, examples bank, overview template) | | `.claude/skills/wrap-up/` | Companion skill: explicit close-out / status check for a built agent | | `cma-primitives.md` | Inventory of CMA primitives and limits, from the public docs | | `interview-to-config.md` | Background: how interview answers map to CMA primitives | | `examples-bank.md` | Sourced example agents and production proof points | | `ui/` | Example overview page + build sheet | The CMA documentation is the source of truth for the API: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/managed-agents/overview