# Intro to Dispatch Agents

*First steps*

Dispatch Agents helps engineering teams run, deploy, and observe AI agents as durable, scalable systems.

## What is Dispatch Agents?

Dispatch Agents is a platform for running AI agents in production. Bring agents built on frameworks like Claude Agent SDK, CrewAI, LangGraph, or OpenAI's agent SDK, and deploy them with no extra configuration.

Your agents respond to events and take on engineering operations asynchronously. Focus on agent logic while Dispatch handles routing, retries, scaling, and the operational glue.

- **Event-driven architecture** - Agents communicate through topics and messages
- **Durable execution** - Automatic retries and fault tolerance
- **Full observability** - Every message traced, every session visible
- **Framework agnostic** - Works with any Python agent framework

## Get Started

The fastest way to build your first agent is with Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant. Connect the Dispatch Operator MCP server and describe what you want — the AI handles scaffolding, local testing, and deployment for you.

[MCP Quickstart](/docs/mcp-quickstart) *(Recommended)* — Use Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client to build and deploy agents conversationally.

- [Claude Code Plugin](/docs/claude-code-plugin) — MCP tools and getting-started skill in one step for Claude Code.
- [CLI Quickstart](/docs/quickstart) — Scaffold and run an agent from the command line.
- [Building Agents](/docs/building-agents) — Low-level SDK usage and custom integrations.

> Already have an agent and ready to deploy? [Visit dispatchagents.ai](https://dispatchagents.ai).

## Coming Soon

We're actively building new features to make agent development even easier:

- **Slack App Integration** - Native Slack integration for reading and interacting with channels. Build agents that participate in team conversations.
- **AI-Powered Session Analysis** - Chat with and probe your agent execution data. Ask questions about why an agent behaved a certain way and get AI-powered insights.
- **Agent Templates** - Start from proven blueprints for common use cases: code review, incident response, documentation generation, and more.

> **MCP Registry is now available!** Share and discover MCP servers across your team. [Learn more](/docs/mcp-registry).