---
title: "Daytona"
description: "Run Sandbox Agent in a Daytona workspace."
---

<Warning>
Daytona Tier 3+ is required for access to common model provider endpoints.
See [Daytona network limits](https://www.daytona.io/docs/en/network-limits/).
</Warning>

## Prerequisites

- `DAYTONA_API_KEY`
- `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` or `OPENAI_API_KEY`

## TypeScript example

```typescript
import { Daytona } from "@daytonaio/sdk";
import { SandboxAgent } from "sandbox-agent";

const daytona = new Daytona();

const envVars: Record<string, string> = {};
if (process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) envVars.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
if (process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY) envVars.OPENAI_API_KEY = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY;

const sandbox = await daytona.create({ envVars });

await sandbox.process.executeCommand(
  "curl -fsSL https://releases.rivet.dev/sandbox-agent/0.3.x/install.sh | sh"
);

await sandbox.process.executeCommand("sandbox-agent install-agent claude");
await sandbox.process.executeCommand("sandbox-agent install-agent codex");

await sandbox.process.executeCommand(
  "nohup sandbox-agent server --no-token --host 0.0.0.0 --port 3000 >/tmp/sandbox-agent.log 2>&1 &"
);

await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));

const baseUrl = (await sandbox.getSignedPreviewUrl(3000, 4 * 60 * 60)).url;
const sdk = await SandboxAgent.connect({ baseUrl });

const session = await sdk.createSession({ agent: "claude" });
await session.prompt([{ type: "text", text: "Summarize this repository" }]);

await sandbox.delete();
```

## Using snapshots for faster startup

```typescript
import { Daytona, Image } from "@daytonaio/sdk";

const daytona = new Daytona();
const SNAPSHOT = "sandbox-agent-ready";

const hasSnapshot = await daytona.snapshot.get(SNAPSHOT).then(() => true, () => false);

if (!hasSnapshot) {
  await daytona.snapshot.create({
    name: SNAPSHOT,
    image: Image.base("ubuntu:22.04").runCommands(
      "apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl ca-certificates",
      "curl -fsSL https://releases.rivet.dev/sandbox-agent/0.3.x/install.sh | sh",
      "sandbox-agent install-agent claude",
      "sandbox-agent install-agent codex",
    ),
  });
}
```