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mattpocock/sandcastle

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Orchestrate sandboxed coding agents in TypeScript with sandcastle.run() observed · 2026-09-21

github.com/mattpocock/sandcastle · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-09-21

Health v2 · maintenance only

69/100

  • Activity 82
  • Release rhythm 83
  • Longevity 15
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 0.5
  • age_days: 217
  • days_rel: 113
  • days_push: 113
  • n_releases_24m: 43

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

8073 stars · 870 forks observed · 2026-09-21

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A TypeScript library for orchestrating AI coding agents (like Claude Code) inside isolated sandboxes via a single sandcastle.run() call. It handles sandboxing with configurable branch strategies and merges agent commits back, with built-in providers for Docker, Podman, and Vercel.

Use cases

  • run multiple AI coding agents in parallel safely
  • sandbox claude code agent execution in docker
  • orchestrate AFK coding agents and merge their commits
  • build review pipelines for AI-generated code
  • run coding agents in isolated firecracker microvms
  • create custom sandbox providers for agent execution

When to choose

  • you want to run AI coding agents with container isolation and automatic branch/merge workflows
  • you need to parallelize many autonomous agent runs in TypeScript
  • you want provider-agnostic sandboxing across Docker, Podman, or cloud microVMs

When to avoid

  • you need a general-purpose agent framework beyond coding tasks
  • you don't use git or can't run containers or cloud sandboxes
  • you want a GUI for managing agents rather than a code-first API

Facets

library · maturity active

agent-framework llm-inference container-runtime developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform sandboxing coding-agents claude-code git-branch-strategy parallel-agents provider-agnostic ai-agents automation containers nodejs typescript docker

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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