#Choosing how to build your app’s agent
The useful question is how you want to build, operate and improve the agent once real users start talking to it.
#Build in your own backend
You can ask Claude Code to build the conversation system inside your app. Decide who will maintain conversation history, user identity, access controls, human handoff, an inbox, deployments and evaluation checks. This fits when you want to own that operation and have someone who can maintain it.
#Use a visual builder
If you prefer configuring the agent in a visual editor, evaluate that workflow with your own app. Check whether it supports your users’ identity, the APIs they need, a person taking over and a way to test updates. Confirm the current capabilities and prices directly with the provider.
#Use the Vatio plugin in Claude Code
You describe the agent in your app’s project. vatio-init prepares the agent and its connections; Vatio runs the conversations. You supervise it in the inbox and use vatio-improve to prepare and test fixes from reported mistakes.
You do not need to write code yourself, but you do need access to the project in Claude Code. You decide what the agent may do and approve publication. Vatio has one preview and one live environment per workspace.
#What to try before choosing
Use a real support question, an action that needs a signed-in user, a case that should go to a person and an incorrect answer you want to fix. Follow each through creation, supervision and a tested update.
Install the plugin, see the daily routine, or review plans.
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