Roshni Malani
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## Summary
- Rewrites the README quickstart with accurate, tested setup steps (Docker prerequisite, venv/uv usage)
- Moves the "developing from source" instructions into CONTRIBUTING.md
- Removes the manual cluster deploy step from quickstart (cluster bootstraps automatically on sandbox create)
- Fixes empty bash array expansion in Docker build scripts that broke on macOS default bash 3.2 (`set -u` treats `"${EMPTY_ARRAY[@]}"` as unbound)
## Changes
- **README.md**: Replace placeholder quickstart with working install and sandbox create steps; remove manual cluster deploy step since it happens automatically
- **CONTRIBUTING.md**: Add "developing from source" section with mise setup instructions
- **build/scripts/docker-build-cluster.sh**: Use `${arr[@]+"${arr[@]}"}` pattern for safe empty array expansion
- **build/scripts/docker-build-component.sh**: Same fix
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Navigator 🗺️
Navigator is the runtime environment for autonomous agents—the "Matrix" where they live, work, and verify.
While coding tools like Claude help agents write logic, Navigator provides the infrastructure to run it, offering a programmable factory where agents can spin up physics simulations to master tasks, generate synthetic data to fix edge cases, and safely iterate through thousands of failures in isolated sandboxes.
It transforms the data center from a static deployment target into a continuous verification engine, allowing agents to autonomously build and operate complex systems—from physical robotics to self-healing infrastructure—without needing a human to manage the infrastructure.
Quickstart
Prerequisites
- Docker — Docker Desktop (or a Docker daemon) must be running.
- Python 3.12+ and uv
Install
uv pip install navigator --upgrade --pre --index-url https://urm.nvidia.com/artifactory/api/pypi/nv-shared-pypi/simple
The navigator binary is installed into your Python environment. Use uv run navigator to invoke it, or activate your venv first (source .venv/bin/activate).
Create a sandbox
uv run navigator sandbox create -- claude # or opencode or codex
The sandbox container includes a minimal networking toolset by default: ping, dig, nslookup, nc, traceroute, and netstat.
Developing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for building from source and contributing to Navigator.
Architecture
See architecture/ for detailed architecture docs and design decisions.