InstaVM Engineering
Technical deep-dives on secure AI execution, sandboxing, and building production agents.
Composio's docs warn that the sandbox is your security boundary: if it's compromised, you rotate your COMPOSIO_API_KEY. On InstaVM, the vault injects the key at the egress proxy instead, so the key never enters the VM and can't be leaked from it.
Tarit is our open-source microVM stack: a KVM VMM with live snapshots, and an orchestrator with warm pools and HA failover, for running agents and RL environments.
code mode vs direct tool call
How do you deploy a public chatbot that runs real commands — ffmpeg, shell tools, anything — without a stray prompt wiping your host or leaking your keys? Split the brain from the hands.
At InstaVM we think your environment should be yours to define, as code, not whatever a base image happened to ship. So we added nix-dev, a real NixOS sandbox. Declare it in a flake, install with Nix, snapshot it, and boot identical copies on demand.
Anthropic runs the agent loop; you run the sandbox. Self-host Claude Managed Agents on InstaVM, keeping real API keys out of the sandbox.
Durable storage for any InstaVM sandbox. Volumes give agents a memory that outlives the VM, so a long-running agent can stop, restart, and resume where it left off.
Field-by-field reference for instavm.yaml: services, jobs, cron, VM sizing, vault-backed keys, egress allowlists, volumes, and callbacks.
Build a deep-research agent with Exa and the OpenAI Agents SDK on InstaVM. The OpenAI and Exa keys never enter the process environment.
InstaVM is a sandbox provider for the OpenAI Agents SDK. Run SandboxAgent workloads inside Firecracker microVMs with PTY support, egress controls, and port exposure.
How OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code prevent an LLM from running arbitrary commands on your machine. Same OS primitives, different trust architectures.
Install the InstaVM skill once and let your coding agent deploy agents and vibe-coded apps without leaving the conversation.
Today we're launching the public beta of InstaVM with $50 in free compute, no credit card required, plus the full runtime, networking, and observability stack agents need in production.
Deploy OpenClaw in minutes on InstaVM: create snapshot, launch VM, share URL, set token, and approve device. Just Claw.
A technical guide to running AI-generated code safely in production. Compare Firecracker microVMs, containers, and WASM approaches across InstaVM, E2B, Vercel, Cloudflare, and Daytona.
Stop fighting with sandbox templates. Learn how to bypass configuration errors and run the Anthropic Claude Agent SDK instantly using InstaVM.
Are the Skills already optimized at the job they are supposed to do? Or can we make it even better?
Teaching AI agents to find security vulnerabilities by distilling 4,000 paid HackerOne bug bounty reports — from PDF cracking to API hacking with CLI tools.
Learn how to use InstaVM as the code execution backend for DSPy's Program of Thought module, enabling secure Python code execution for LLM-powered reasoning.
Anti-patterns observed while working extensively with LLMs — from redundant context to over‑engineering.
We wanted to let people import their skills from Claude and use it locally — no cloud dependencies, maximum privacy.
Our Open sourced implementation received financial sponsorship from Microsoft and GitHub
Building a completely offline AI workspace with local LLMs, sandboxed code execution, and browser automation — no cloud dependencies, maximum privacy.