Anthropic accepted my solo agency into their Partner Network. Here's what I built to get in — and what's next.
A few weeks ago, Anthropic accepted my one-person web agency (teebostudio.fr) into their Claude Partner Network.
I wasn't expecting it. I applied mostly to see what would happen.
Here's the honest story of how I got there and what I'm building next.
What my agency actually does
I build Next.js sites for small businesses and freelancers. Fast, clean, no WordPress. I work alone Claude Code is basically my co-founder at this point.
I use it every day: coding, planning features, reviewing my own work. It's not hype it genuinely cut my dev time in half.
What I built that got Anthropic's attention
I built a free website audit tool directly on my agency site, powered by Claude API. You drop your URL, and it analyzes your copy headlines, CTAs, value prop, trust signals and gives you a brutally honest report.
It's a lead gen tool disguised as a free service. Classic.
The tool lives at teebostudio.fr. It's not a SaaS (yet). It's a conversion driver for my agency.
What the Partner Network application actually required
They reviewed my application and asked me to have 10 team members complete Anthropic Academy training (4 free modules: agent skills, Claude API, MCP, Claude Code).
That's it. No revenue threshold. No minimum client count. They care about how you're using Claude, not how big you are.
What I'm building next
I'm turning the audit tool into a standalone micro-SaaS:
Instant results in the browser (not just email)
AI-rewritten copy suggestions (not just critique)
Lighthouse performance score bundled in
Freemium → upsell to a full manual audit
Still early. Neon free tier is my current constraint lol.
Happy to answer questions about the Claude Partner Network process, building with the Claude API, or running a solo agency with AI tools.
Really cool to see another solo builder leaning hard into the Claude API. We're using it as the core engine for our ad creative tool — it handles everything from analyzing landing pages to generating platform-specific ad copy — and the quality jump from Sonnet 3.5 to 4 was night and day for our output quality.
Your audit tool concept is smart. The "free tool as lead gen" playbook works incredibly well in the agency world, and turning it into a standalone micro-SaaS is a natural next step. One thing I'd watch out for: the jump from "free tool on your site" to "paid SaaS people will subscribe to" is bigger than it looks. The positioning has to shift from "here's a taste of what my agency does" to "this tool replaces a workflow you currently do manually." We learned that the hard way building our own tool.
Curious about the Partner Network benefits — beyond the badge, have you gotten any tangible support from Anthropic? Like API credits, early access to features, or referrals?