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Issue 26/September 28, 2026/4 tools · 2 headlines

Sandbox primitives and systems-language control planes that own the agent loop

Power users are wiring K8s CRDs, WASM micro-runtimes, Rust fleet orchestrators, and modular Python harnesses into their own loops. Isolation and governance sit outside the model so you can clone, harden, and scale without closed IDEs.

01 — Power tools

The stack

  1. 01repoGitHub
    open-harness (SDK)↗

    MaxGfeller

    Code-first composable SDK built on Vercel AI SDK for powerful AI agents with sessions, middleware, VFS providers, and React/Vue hooks.

    Use caseUse it to wire Agent plus createFsTools and createBashTool for sandboxed file and shell access inside your own product UI.

    sdkvercel-aicomposablevfs
  2. 02toolGitHub
    agent-sandbox-os↗

    dhanababum

    Easy microVM sandboxes for AI agents and untrusted code on AWS Lambda MicroVMs with Python SDK, asb CLI, and MCP server.

    Use caseUse it to boot a Firecracker sandbox in seconds, exec agent code, forward ports, and suspend/resume long sessions without managing clusters.

    microvmlambdafirecrackermcp
  3. 03repoGitHub
    serverless-runtime / agent-sandbox↗

    vivek1504

    Firecracker microVM sandboxing for AI agents with millisecond boots from snapshots, full network, and native MCP support.

    Use caseUse it to give each agent session a dedicated hardware-isolated Linux machine that restores in under 100 ms end-to-end.

    firecrackermicrovmmcpsnapshot
  4. 04toolGitHub
    agent_sandbox (HPC)↗

    katosh

    Kernel-enforced credential and network jail for untrusted Linux processes with Slurm awareness and built-in agent profiles.

    Use caseUse it to wrap coding agents on HPC login nodes so sbatch and credentials stay sandboxed without containers.

    hpcslurmjailcredentials

02 — In the wild

Articles and releases

  1. releaseDocker Docs
    Docker Agentic Platform experimental public release↗

    Docker

    September 24 2026 marks the experimental public release with a Kits catalog, Hermes and Antigravity curated kits, credential controls, custom secrets, and improved sandbox provisioning progress. Launcher now reuses saved keys and supports platform selection plus restart timers.

    dockersandboxkitsrelease

    Shipped

  2. articleHacker News
    Observability-driven harnesses for building with agents↗

    Datadog

    Engineering writeup on building agent harnesses around observability so traces, metrics, and feedback loops become first-class controls rather than afterthoughts. Argues that production reliability comes from instrumented runtimes that surface tool failures and context bloat early.

    observabilityharnessengineeringdatadog

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