# nanosandbox-mcp

> MCP server (stdio) that runs commands in a nanosandbox sandbox

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/nanosandbox-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/Erio-Harrison/nanosandbox
- repository: https://github.com/Erio-Harrison/nanosandbox
- version: 0.3.3
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, sandbox, agent, security, isolation
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:nanosandbox-mcp

### Description (declared)

# nanosandbox-mcp

An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that lets an AI agent run commands in a
[nanosandbox](https://github.com/Erio-Harrison/nanosandbox) sandbox. It speaks MCP over stdio and
offers one tool, `run_command`.

## Install

```bash
npx -y nanosandbox-mcp --help        # npm, nothing to install first
uvx nanosandbox-mcp --help           # PyPI, via uv
cargo install nanosandbox-mcp        # crates.io, builds from source
```

Prebuilt binaries cover macOS (Apple silicon and Intel) and Linux (x86_64 and aarch64, glibc 2.17+).
Linux and macOS only. Windows isn't supported yet: the sandbox there is a resource limiter, not a
security boundary.

## Use

Add it to an MCP client's configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Zed, ...):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sandbox": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "nanosandbox-mcp", "--workspace", "/path/to/project"]
    }
  }
}
```

(With `uvx`: `"command": "uvx", "args": ["nanosandbox-mcp", "--workspace", ...]`. With a
`cargo install`ed binary: `"command": "nanosandbox-mcp"`.)

The agent can now run programs, with their files limited to that workspace and no network.

## Who decides what the sandbox may do

You do, when you launch the server. The model chooses *what to run*; it never chooses *what the
sandbox may touch*. The tool takes only `command`, `args` and `stdin`. There is no parameter for
paths, network, memory or time, so a model can't ask for more than you allowed. An extra argument
is refused.

| Option | Meaning | Default |
|---|---|---|
| `--workspace <DIR>` | Working directory and the only place commands can write. **Required.** | |
| `--read-only <PATH>`, `--writable <PATH>` | Also allow reading / writing a path (repeatable). A `--read-only` path inside the workspace is read-only again, so a settings file there, or `.git/hooks` and `.git/config` (both: `core.hooksPath` in the config runs code from anywhere), can't be changed by a command (on Linux this needs mounting, refused …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.execution (1, declared)
- dev.terminal (0.825, derived)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.722, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/nanosandbox-mcp/ (first seen 2026-10-12T14:25:22.023Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/nanosandbox-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/nanosandbox-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:nanosandbox-mcp