{"slug": "docker-sandboxes-disposable-isolated-sandboxes-for-ai-agents", "title": "Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents", "summary": "Docker Inc. has launched Docker Sandboxes, a new product that provides disposable, isolated microVM environments for AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Codex, OpenCode, and Kiro, enabling safe unattended execution. The sandboxes offer customizable network and filesystem controls, hard security boundaries from the host, and support for agents to spin up containers within them. Docker Sandboxes can be installed via Homebrew with 'brew trust docker/tap && brew install docker/tap/sbx' and are available for individual developers, with Docker AI Governance offering centralized controls for teams.", "body_md": "# Run AI agents safely in local sandboxes.\n\n**Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Codex, OpenCode,** and\n\n**Kiro** that need safe, unattended execution.\n\n## Sandboxes in action.\n\n## Get started in seconds.\n\n`brew trust docker/tap && brew install docker/tap/sbx`\n\n## Give agents the autonomy they need to get work done, safely.\n\nNeed to enforce these controls across your whole team?\n\n[That’s Docker AI Governance](/products/ai-governance/)\n\n## YOLO mode, safely.\n\n#### Customizable Safe Execution\n\nNetwork and filesystem controls you define.\n\n#### MicroVM Isolation\n\nHard security boundary from the host.\n\n#### Fast to Spin Up, Easy to Tear Down\n\nDisposable by default. Faster than VMs.\n\n#### Agents Can Use Docker Too\n\nAgents can spin up containers within Sandboxes.\n\n#### Real Dev Environment\n\nInstall packages, run services, work unattended.\n\n#### One Sandbox for All Your Coding Agents\n\nClaude Code, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Codex, Kiro, OpenCode.\n\n## Works with leading coding agents\n\n## Common questions.\n\n### What is a sandbox for AI coding agents?\n\nA sandbox is a microVM isolated environment that protects your filesystem and network from agents running inside it.\n\n### Which coding agents are supported?\n\nOut of the box we support Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Codex, OpenCode, Kiro. You can also create your own\n\n### What does “YOLO mode” mean, and is it safe?\n\nYOLO mode (`--dangerously-skip-permissions`\n\n) gives agents autonomy with no approval prompts. Essential for speed, but risky without guardrails. Sandboxes make it safe by isolating each agent inside a dedicated microVM.\n\n### How is a sandbox different from a VM?\n\nSandboxes run fully isolated in microVMs, giving more isolation without paying the full cost of running a VM. This lets them do things that need more permissions safely, like running additional Docker containers.\n\n### What safety controls can I configure?\n\nTo define these once and enforce them on every developer’s machine, see[ Docker AI Governance](https://www.docker.com/products/ai-governance/).\n\n### Do I need Docker Desktop to use sandboxes?\n\nNo.\n\n### What if I need additional admin controls?\n\nInstalling Sandboxes covers core functionality. For centralized controls across a team such as network policies, filesystem rules, MCP governance:[ Docker AI Governance](https://www.docker.com/products/ai-governance/).\n\n### Need More Control Over Your Sandboxes?\n\n[Docker AI Governance](https://www.docker.com/products/ai-governance/)adds network access policies, filesystem controls, and org-wide MCP governance: defined once, enforced everywhere.\n\nTalk to us about:\n\n- Network access policies for sandbox environments\n- Filesystem access controls and restrictions\n- Admin-level configuration for your team", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sandboxes-disposable-isolated-sandboxes-for-ai-agents", "canonical_source": "https://www.docker.com/products/docker-sandboxes/", "published_at": "2026-08-10 06:02:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-10 06:05:35.677703+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Docker Inc.", "Claude Code", "Gemini CLI", "Copilot CLI", "Codex", "OpenCode", "Kiro", "Docker AI Governance"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sandboxes-disposable-isolated-sandboxes-for-ai-agents", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sandboxes-disposable-isolated-sandboxes-for-ai-agents.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sandboxes-disposable-isolated-sandboxes-for-ai-agents.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/docker-sandboxes-disposable-isolated-sandboxes-for-ai-agents.jsonld"}}