Agent Runners: Where AI development meets live infrastructure
Blog post from Netlify
Agent Runners is a tool that integrates AI coding agents directly into Netlify projects, allowing developers and non-developers to make changes to a codebase with full context of the production environment without any local setup. This innovation enables the use of AI agents like Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex to directly address issues and implement improvements by running in isolated sandboxes. Changes are made through deploy previews and pull requests, ensuring human oversight and maintaining security by keeping sensitive information hidden. Agent Runners helps teams quickly fix errors, clear backlogs of minor improvements, and scale changes across multiple projects, facilitating contributions from designers, marketers, and project managers. It supports features like webhooks, Slack integration, and collaborative previews, aiming to democratize code contributions and enhance the development process without replacing human developers. Available on all credit-based plans, Agent Runners offers a streamlined approach to development, encouraging users to participate in the NTL DEPLOY challenge to explore the tool’s potential.