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Cogbox is a secure and elastic infrastructure runtime for AI-generated code execution and agent workflows. Our open-source platform provides sandboxes, full composable computers with complete isolation, a dedicated kernel, filesystem, network stack, and allocated vCPU, RAM, and disk.

Sandboxes are the core component of the Cogbox platform, spinning up in under 90ms from code to execution and running any code in Python, TypeScript, and JavaScript. Built on OCI/Docker compatibility, massive parallelization, and unlimited persistence, sandboxes deliver consistent, predictable environments for agent workflows.

Agents and developers interact with sandboxes programmatically using the Cogbox SDKs, API, and CLI. Operations span sandbox lifecycle management, filesystem operations, process and code execution, and runtime configuration through base images, packages, and tooling. Our stateful environment snapshots enable persistent agent operations across sessions, making Cogbox the ideal foundation for AI agent architectures.

Cogbox provides an extensive set of features and tools for interacting with sandboxes.

• Platform: governance and operational controls for organizations standardizing on Cogbox
• Sandboxes: isolated full composable computers that execute workloads and retain state
• Agent tools: programmatic capabilities for application code, agents, and integrations
• Human tools: interfaces and remote sessions for interacting with sandboxes
• System tools: platform-level hooks and controls for lifecycle events and network access

Cogbox platform is organized into multiple plane components, each serving a specific purpose. A detailed overview of each component is available in the architecture documentation.

• Interface plane: provides client interfaces for interacting with Cogbox
• Control plane: orchestrates all sandbox operations
• Compute plane: runs and manages sandbox instances

Runnable applications and services for the Cogbox platform. Each directory is a deployable or buildable component, available in the apps directory.

• api: NestJS-based RESTful service; primary entry point for all platform operations
• cli: Go command-line interface access to core features for interacting with sandboxes
• daemon: code execution agent that runs inside each sandbox
• dashboard: web user interface for visual sandbox management
• docs: documentation content; website published to cogbox.pazity.com/docs
• otel-collector: trace and metric collection for Cogbox SDK operations
• proxy: reverse proxy for custom routing and preview URLs
• runner: compute nodes that power Cogbox's compute plane and run sandboxes
• snapshot-manager: orchestrates the creation of sandbox snapshots
• ssh-gateway: standalone SSH gateway that accepts authenticated ssh connections

Client libraries integrate the Cogbox platform from application code through developer-facing SDKs backed by OpenAPI-generated REST clients and toolbox API clients. Each directory is a publishable package for a specific language or runtime, available in the libs directory.

pip install cogbox

Standalone packages and libraries for interacting with Cogbox using Python:

sdk-python • api-client-python • api-client-python-async • toolbox-api-client-python • toolbox-api-client-python-async

npm install @cogbox/sdk

Standalone packages and libraries for interacting with Cogbox using TypeScript:

sdk-typescript • api-client • toolbox-api-client

gem install cogbox

Standalone packages and libraries for interacting with Cogbox using Ruby:

sdk-ruby • api-client-ruby • toolbox-api-client-ruby

go get github.com/cognifyi/cogbox/libs/sdk-go

Standalone packages and libraries for interacting with Cogbox using Go:

sdk-go • api-client-go • toolbox-api-client-go

Gradle (build.gradle.kts):

dependencies {
    implementation("io.cogbox:sdk:x.y.z")
}

Maven (pom.xml):

<dependency>
  <groupId>io.cogbox</groupId>
  <artifactId>sdk</artifactId>
  <version>x.y.z</version>
</dependency>

Standalone packages and libraries for interacting with Cogbox using Java:

sdk-java • api-client-java • toolbox-api-client-java

Cogbox is available as a managed service on cogbox.pazity.com. Cogbox can run as a fully hosted service, as an open-source stack you operate, or in a hybrid setup where Cogbox orchestrates sandboxes while execution happens on machines you manage.

• Open source deployment: full local stack from the docker directory using Docker Compose
• Customer managed compute: custom regions and runner machines that operate Cogbox sandboxes on your own compute infrastructure

1. Create an account at cogbox.pazity.com
2. Generate an API key
3. Create a sandbox

from cogbox import Cogbox, CogboxConfig

config = CogboxConfig(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
cogbox = Cogbox(config)
sandbox = cogbox.create()
response = sandbox.process.code_run('print("Hello World!")')
print(response.result)

import { Cogbox } from "@cogbox/sdk";

const cogbox = new Cogbox({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });
const sandbox = await cogbox.create();
const response = await sandbox.process.codeRun('print("Hello World!")');
console.log(response.result);

require 'cogbox'

config = Cogbox::Config.new(api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY')
cogbox = Cogbox::Cogbox.new(config)
sandbox = cogbox.create
response = sandbox.process.code_run(code: 'print("Hello World!")')
puts response.result

package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"
  "github.com/cognifyi/cogbox/libs/sdk-go/pkg/cogbox"
  "github.com/cognifyi/cogbox/libs/sdk-go/pkg/types"
)

func main() {
  config := &types.CogboxConfig{APIKey: "YOUR_API_KEY"}
  client, _ := cogbox.NewClientWithConfig(config)
  ctx := context.Background()
  sandbox, _ := client.Create(ctx, nil)
  response, _ := sandbox.Process.ExecuteCommand(ctx, "echo 'Hello World!'")
  fmt.Println(response.Result)
}

import io.cogbox.sdk.Cogbox;
import io.cogbox.sdk.CogboxConfig;
import io.cogbox.sdk.Sandbox;
import io.cogbox.sdk.model.ExecuteResponse;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    CogboxConfig config = new CogboxConfig.Builder()
        .apiKey("YOUR_API_KEY")
        .build();
    try (Cogbox cogbox = new Cogbox(config)) {
      Sandbox sandbox = cogbox.create();
      ExecuteResponse response = sandbox.getProcess().executeCommand("echo 'Hello World!'");
      System.out.println(response.getResult());
    }
  }
}

curl 'https://cogbox.pazity.com/api/sandbox' \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'

cogbox create

Open this repository in a devcontainer-compatible editor (VS Code, GitHub Codespaces) for a batteries-included setup with all languages, tools, and supporting services.

If you prefer working outside the devcontainer — or are an AI agent executing build commands — use the Nix dev shells:

# Enter the full dev shell (Go + Node + Python + Ruby + JDK)
nix develop

# Or pick a language-specific shell
nix develop .#go       # Go services & libs
nix develop .#node     # TypeScript / Node.js apps & libs
nix develop .#python   # Python SDKs & libs
nix develop .#ruby     # Ruby SDKs & libs
nix develop .#java     # Java SDKs & libs

Prerequisites: Nix with flakes enabled (experimental-features = nix-command flakes in ~/.config/nix/nix.conf).

For non-interactive / CI usage:

nix develop .#go --command bash -c "go build ./..."

Optional: Install direnv + nix-direnv for automatic shell activation when you cd into the project.

See AGENTS.md for the full shell reference, project-to-shell mapping, and common commands.

Note: Supporting services (PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.) are still managed via docker compose -f .devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml up.