fix(examples): use SDK to install agents instead of CLI command

examples/daytona/src/daytona-fallback.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if (
 }
 
 const SNAPSHOT = "sandbox-agent-ready";
-const BINARY = "/usr/local/bin/sandbox-agent";
+const AGENT_BIN_DIR = "/root/.local/share/sandbox-agent/bin";
 
 const daytona = new Daytona();
 
@@ -27,11 +27,18 @@ if (!hasSnapshot) {
 			image: Image.base("ubuntu:22.04").runCommands(
 				// Install dependencies
 				"apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl ca-certificates",
-				// Install sandbox-agent via install script
+				// Install sandbox-agent
 				"curl -fsSL https://releases.rivet.dev/sandbox-agent/latest/install.sh | sh",
-				// Pre-install agents using sandbox-agent CLI
+				// Create agent bin directory
-				"sandbox-agent install-agent claude",
+				`mkdir -p ${AGENT_BIN_DIR}`,
-				"sandbox-agent install-agent codex",
+				// Install Claude: get latest version, download binary
+				`CLAUDE_VERSION=$(curl -fsSL https://storage.googleapis.com/claude-code-dist-86c565f3-f756-42ad-8dfa-d59b1c096819/claude-code-releases/latest) && ` +
+					`curl -fsSL -o ${AGENT_BIN_DIR}/claude "https://storage.googleapis.com/claude-code-dist-86c565f3-f756-42ad-8dfa-d59b1c096819/claude-code-releases/$CLAUDE_VERSION/linux-x64/claude" && ` +
+					`chmod +x ${AGENT_BIN_DIR}/claude`,
+				// Install Codex: download tarball, extract binary
+				`curl -fsSL -L https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/latest/download/codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar -xzf - -C /tmp && ` +
+					`find /tmp -name 'codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl' -exec mv {} ${AGENT_BIN_DIR}/codex \\; && ` +
+					`chmod +x ${AGENT_BIN_DIR}/codex`,
 			),
 		},
 		{ onLogs: (log) => console.log(`  ${log}`) },
@@ -47,12 +54,11 @@ if (process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY) envVars.OPENAI_API_KEY = process.env.OPENAI_API_
 const sandbox = await daytona.create({
 	snapshot: SNAPSHOT,
 	envVars,
-	autoStopInterval: 0,
 });
 
 console.log("Starting server...");
 await sandbox.process.executeCommand(
-	`nohup ${BINARY} server --no-token --host 0.0.0.0 --port 3000 >/tmp/sandbox-agent.log 2>&1 &`,
+	"nohup sandbox-agent server --no-token --host 0.0.0.0 --port 3000 >/tmp/sandbox-agent.log 2>&1 &",
 );
 
 const baseUrl = (await sandbox.getSignedPreviewUrl(3000, 4 * 60 * 60)).url;

examples/daytona/src/daytona.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ if (process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY) envVars.OPENAI_API_KEY = process.env.OPENAI_API_
 const sandbox = await daytona.create({
 	snapshot: SNAPSHOT,
 	envVars,
-	autoStopInterval: 0,
 });
 
 console.log("Starting server...");

examples/e2b/package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@e2b/code-interpreter": "latest",
-    "@sandbox-agent/example-shared": "workspace:*"
+    "@sandbox-agent/example-shared": "workspace:*",
+    "sandbox-agent": "workspace:*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "latest",

examples/e2b/src/e2b.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Sandbox } from "@e2b/code-interpreter";
+import { SandboxAgent } from "sandbox-agent";
 import { logInspectorUrl, runPrompt } from "@sandbox-agent/example-shared";
 
 if (!process.env.E2B_API_KEY || (!process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY && !process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY)) {
@@ -11,8 +12,6 @@ const run = (cmd: string) => sandbox.commands.run(cmd);
 
 console.log("Installing sandbox-agent...");
 await run("curl -fsSL https://releases.rivet.dev/sandbox-agent/latest/install.sh | sh");
-await run("sandbox-agent install-agent claude");
-await run("sandbox-agent install-agent codex");
 
 console.log("Starting server...");
 await sandbox.commands.run("sandbox-agent server --no-token --host 0.0.0.0 --port 3000", { background: true });
@@ -20,6 +19,22 @@ await sandbox.commands.run("sandbox-agent server --no-token --host 0.0.0.0 --por
 const baseUrl = `https://${sandbox.getHost(3000)}`;
 logInspectorUrl({ baseUrl });
 
+// Wait for server to be ready
+console.log("Waiting for server...");
+const client = await SandboxAgent.connect({ baseUrl });
+for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+  try {
+    await client.getHealth();
+    break;
+  } catch {
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1000));
+  }
+}
+
+console.log("Installing agents...");
+await client.installAgent("claude");
+await client.installAgent("codex");
+
 const cleanup = async () => {
   console.log("Cleaning up...");
   await sandbox.kill();

examples/shared/package.json

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "sandbox-agent": "workspace:*"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "latest",
     "typescript": "latest"

examples/shared/src/sandbox-agent-client.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createInterface } from "node:readline/promises";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { setTimeout as delay } from "node:timers/promises";
+import { SandboxAgent } from "sandbox-agent";
 
 export function normalizeBaseUrl(baseUrl: string): string {
   return baseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, "");
@@ -279,54 +280,57 @@ export async function runPrompt({
   extraHeaders?: Record<string, string>;
   agentId?: string;
 }): Promise<void> {
-  const normalized = normalizeBaseUrl(baseUrl);
+  const client = await SandboxAgent.connect({
-  const sessionId = await createSession({ baseUrl, token, extraHeaders, agentId });
+    baseUrl,
+    token,
+    headers: extraHeaders,
+  });
+
+  const sessionId = randomUUID();
+  await client.createSession(sessionId, {
+    agent: agentId || process.env.SANDBOX_AGENT || "claude",
+  });
   console.log(`Session ${sessionId} ready. Press Ctrl+C to quit.`);
 
-  // Connect to SSE event stream
+  let isThinking = false;
-  const headers = buildHeaders({ token, extraHeaders });
+  let hasStartedOutput = false;
-  const sseResponse = await fetch(`${normalized}/v1/sessions/${sessionId}/events/sse`, { headers });
+  let turnResolve: (() => void) | null = null;
-  if (!sseResponse.ok || !sseResponse.body) {
-    throw new Error(`Failed to connect to SSE: ${sseResponse.status}`);
-  }
 
-  const reader = sseResponse.body.getReader();
+  // Stream events in background using SDK
-  const decoder = new TextDecoder();
-  let buffer = "";
-  let lastSeq = 0;
-
-  // Process SSE events in background
   const processEvents = async () => {
-    while (true) {
+    for await (const event of client.streamEvents(sessionId)) {
-      const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+      // Show thinking indicator when assistant starts
-      if (done) break;
+      if (event.type === "item.started") {
+        const item = (event.data as any)?.item;
+        if (item?.role === "assistant") {
+          isThinking = true;
+          hasStartedOutput = false;
+          process.stdout.write("Thinking...");
+        }
+      }
 
-      buffer += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
+      // Print text deltas
-      const lines = buffer.split("\n");
+      if (event.type === "item.delta") {
-      buffer = lines.pop() || "";
+        const delta = (event.data as any)?.delta;
-
+        if (delta) {
-      for (const line of lines) {
+          if (isThinking && !hasStartedOutput) {
-        if (!line.startsWith("data: ")) continue;
+            process.stdout.write("\r\x1b[K"); // Clear line
-        const data = line.slice(6);
+            hasStartedOutput = true;
-        if (data === "[DONE]") continue;
-
-        try {
-          const event = JSON.parse(data);
-          if (event.sequence <= lastSeq) continue;
-          lastSeq = event.sequence;
-
-          // Print text deltas
-          if (event.type === "item.delta" && event.data?.delta) {
-            const delta = event.data.delta;
-            const text = typeof delta === "string" ? delta : delta.type === "text" ? delta.text || "" : "";
-            if (text) process.stdout.write(text);
           }
+          const text = typeof delta === "string" ? delta : delta.type === "text" ? delta.text || "" : "";
+          if (text) process.stdout.write(text);
+        }
+      }
 
-          // Print newline after completed assistant message
+      // Signal turn complete
-          if (event.type === "item.completed" && event.data?.item?.role === "assistant") {
+      if (event.type === "item.completed") {
-            process.stdout.write("\n> ");
+        const item = (event.data as any)?.item;
-          }
+        if (item?.role === "assistant") {
-        } catch {}
+          isThinking = false;
+          process.stdout.write("\n");
+          turnResolve?.();
+          turnResolve = null;
+        }
       }
     }
   };
@@ -338,14 +342,16 @@ export async function runPrompt({
     const line = await rl.question("> ");
     if (!line.trim()) continue;
 
+    const turnComplete = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      turnResolve = resolve;
+    });
+
     try {
-      await fetch(`${normalized}/v1/sessions/${sessionId}/messages`, {
+      await client.postMessage(sessionId, { message: line.trim() });
-        method: "POST",
+      await turnComplete;
-        headers: buildHeaders({ token, extraHeaders, contentType: true }),
-        body: JSON.stringify({ message: line.trim() }),
-      });
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.message : error);
+      turnResolve = null;
     }
   }
 }

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ importers:
       '@sandbox-agent/example-shared':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../shared
+      sandbox-agent:
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../sdks/typescript
     devDependencies:
       '@types/node':
         specifier: latest
@@ -73,6 +76,10 @@ importers:
         version: 5.9.3
 
   examples/shared:
+    dependencies:
+      sandbox-agent:
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../sdks/typescript
     devDependencies:
       '@types/node':
         specifier: latest