Claude Managed Agents supports scheduled execution and environment variables in Vault.

Claude Managed Agents adds scheduled execution and Vault environment variables to automate tasks and secure API keys for tools like Browserbase and KERNEL.

Two features are entering public beta on the Claude Platform for Claude Managed Agents. The first enables agents to run on a schedule: a scheduled deployment is given a cron schedule, and each time it's triggered, the agent opens a new session to complete its task, without needing to build or host a scheduler. The target use case covers recurring tasks (nightly data synchronization, weekly compliance scans, daily digests); an active deployment can be paused, resumed, archived, or relaunched on demand. Rakuten uses it to produce weekly or monthly reports and decks, Actively AI to refresh business search results, and Ando to monitor recruitment and sales processes.

The second expands vaults to include environment variables, so that CLIs and other tools installed in an agent's sandbox can make authenticated requests. This mechanism protects the key: an API key is stored under a variable name and a list of authorized domains, the sandbox only contains a placeholder, and the real key is only attached at the network boundary, exclusively for requests to approved domains. Any key update in the vault is retrieved by active sessions on their next call. This mechanism works with most CLIs that transmit their key in an HTTP request, including those from Browserbase, KERNEL, Notion, Ramp, and Sentry. Browserbase and KERNEL also bring web browsing capabilities to agents, a first.