Vercel has announced support for running Anthropic's Claude Managed Agents directly on the Vercel Sandbox platform. This solution allows developers to run AI agents in self-contained execution environments, ensuring the safety of internal APIs and customer data.
Developments
In this model, Anthropic manages the agent loop (including the model and session state), while Vercel Sandbox acts as the execution environment. Each agent session is launched inside an isolated Firecracker microVM with millisecond-level boot times. The system applies a credential delegation mechanism at the firewall, ensuring that secrets never enter the agent's sandbox environment.
Context
Allowing AI agents to execute complex tasks always comes with significant security risks if the agents require access to sensitive enterprise data. The combination of Vercel and Anthropic addresses this issue by isolating the execution environment and blocking all outbound connections by default, except for an approved list of domains.
Why It Matters
This capability opens up opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises to build highly automated AI applications while still complying with strict security standards. Leveraging Vercel's microVM infrastructure allows Anthropic's agents to interact with internal networks with low latency, creating a smoother user experience for customer support systems or automated data analysis.