You don't stand up an agent. You upload a folder. Claude Code is a harness for your laptop. Managed Deep Agents is a harness for production.…

You don't stand up an agent. You upload a folder. Claude Code is a harness for your laptop. Managed Deep Agents is a harness for production. Want Slack? Add a file. Want a daily run? Add a file. Want memory? Add a file. LangSmith runs the harness. https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/python/managed-deep-agents-overview

if you want claude's managed agents w/o model provider lock in, this is the path! deepagents deploy lets you deploy an agent built on our …
'Claude Code isn't magic. The harness layer is just software, and software is something any dev can shape to fit how they want to work.' Che…
'Build your own Claude Code with Deep Agents' Good article by the community showing how to build a Claude Code-like agent using Deep Agents …
if you prefer blog format: https://blog.langchain.com/deep-agents-deploy-an-open-alternative-to-claude-managed-agents/

Source: Harrison Chase (X) | 2026-08-13

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