docker-sandboxes-lifecycle
Docker's skill for the day-to-day lifecycle of local Docker Sandboxes, where the standalone sbx CLI runs a coding agent such as Claude, Codex, Gemini or OpenCode in an isolated microVM with its own Docker daemon.
What the skill teaches
Docker's skill for the day-to-day lifecycle of local Docker Sandboxes, where the standalone sbx CLI runs a coding agent such as Claude, Codex, Gemini or OpenCode in an isolated microVM with its own Docker daemon. It covers creating and running sandboxes, reattaching by name, listing, stopping, removing and pruning them, running commands and copying files, publishing ports, and choosing between a direct bind mount of the working tree and a separate clone so the agent cannot write to the host checkout. Network policy, credentials and environment files belong to other Docker skills.
Capabilities
- Create, run and reattach to sbx sandboxes
- Stop, remove and prune sandboxes
- Choose bind-mount or clone isolation for a repository
- Run commands, copy files and publish ports
About
- Publisher
- Docker
- Tool
- Docker
Install
- Run this to add it to Any client:
npx skills add docker/skills
What's inside
- agents/openai.yaml
- checks/verification.md
- evals/docker-sandboxes-lifecycle.md
- references/sources.md
- skill.yaml
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Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Skill | |
| Tool | Docker | |
| Publisher | Docker | source |
| Official status | OfficialDocker Docs call these Docker's official skills and link the docker/skills repository | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Includes scripts | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Nov 10, 2026625 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository Website |
Sources
- Skill file (SKILL.md)github.com/docker/skills · Backs: LicenceNov 14, 2026
- README (README.md)github.com/docker/skillsNov 12, 2026
- Web pagedocs.docker.com · Backs: Official statusNov 12, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/docker/skills · Backs: Publisher, Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
- Folder in the repository (docker-sandboxes-lifecycle)github.com/docker/skills · Backs: Includes scriptsNov 14, 2026