How to Use Claude Agent SDK for Beginners - Making a Bolt/Lovable Clone

Learn Claude Agent SDK by building a vibe-coding agent that scaffolds apps, uses templates, tools & hooks – no prior agent experience needed! Follow along as we scaffold projects, add React/Node templates, run a full-stack SaaS demo, and bundle everything into an MCP server – all with a handful of prompts. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Why Claude Agent SDK changes AI coding 1:00 Use Claude Code “learning” style to master the SDK 2:00 One-shot vs. conversational agents (Python & TS) 3:30 Scaffold a vibe-coding agent folder 5:00 Write agent config: prompt, tools, permissions 6:30 Run first app (calculator) & see tool calls 8:00 Add templates: React, Node, full-stack, CLI 10:00 Dynamic template picker & prompt injection 11:30 Build a SaaS dashboard from scratch 13:00 Code custom tools (Python decorator vs TS Zod) 14:30 Implement hooks: pre/post tool actions 15:30 Evaluate, test & iterate agent performance 16:30 Terminal → web UI next steps 17:00 Wrap-up & pro tips (MCP, sandbox, web search)