John Myers
c745c688a3
Rework the draft recommendations panel to match the logs UX: - Highlight bar (green accent + background) instead of arrow marker - Viewport-aware j/k scrolling with g/G for top/bottom - Enter opens a full-screen detail popup showing endpoints, binaries, rationale, security notes, and action hints Add approve/reject/approve-all draft actions: - [a] approve selected chunk, [x] reject, [A] approve all pending - Actions work from both the list view and the detail popup - gRPC calls run async; result updates status bar and refreshes data - Nav bar shows all available keybindings Fix draft count refresh: sandbox_draft_counts now refreshes on every tick (not just Dashboard), so the detail header badge updates in real time. Improve badge labels: show 'N pending' instead of a bare number in both the dashboard sandbox list and sandbox detail header.
OpenShell
OpenShell is the runtime environment for autonomous agents—the "Matrix" where they live, work, and verify.
While coding tools like Claude help agents write logic, OpenShell 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+
- uv 0.9+
Install
uv pip install openshell \
--upgrade \
--pre \
--index-url https://urm.nvidia.com/artifactory/api/pypi/nv-shared-pypi/simple
The openshell binary is installed into your Python environment. Use uv run openshell to invoke it, or activate your venv first with source .venv/bin/activate.
Create a sandbox
To install a Openclaw cluster and start a sandbox
openshell sandbox create -- claude # or opencode or codex
To run a sandbox on a remote machine, pass --remote [remote-ssh-host].
For more information see openshell sandbox create --help.
The sandbox container includes the following tools by default:
| Category | Tools |
|---|---|
| Agent | claude, opencode, codex |
| Language | python (3.12), node (22) |
| Developer | gh, git, vim, nano |
| Networking | ping, dig, nslookup, nc, traceroute, netstat |
For additional sandbox images see the NVIDIA/OpenShell-Community images. You can also build your own custom images.
Deploy a cluster
Note: openshell sandbox create automatically deploys a cluster if one isn't already running.
To deploy a cluster explicitly:
openshell gateway start
For remote deployment:
openshell gateway start --remote user@host
Upgrading
To upgrade, redeploy your cluster to pick up the latest server and sandbox images:
openshell gateway start
This will prompt you to recreate the cluster. Select "yes" to recreate the cluster.
Developing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for building from source and contributing to OpenShell.
Architecture
See architecture/ for detailed architecture docs and design decisions.