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parallel-agents from ariana-dot-dev/cloud-sandbox-vm-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add ariana-dot-dev/cloud-sandbox-vm-skills/parallel-agents@git:20261109.2f1d005

Pins git:20261109.2f1d005 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: B, 16 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: ariana-dot-dev/cloud-sandbox-vm-skills
Path: skills/parallel-agents/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 3
Latest version: git:20261109.2f1d005, committed Nov 9, 2026
First version recorded: Jun 13, 2026
Size: 2,401 bytes
Repository stars: 3
License: MIT

Build an "agent factory" — configure one cloud VM once, then disk-level fork it into a fleet of identical isolated machines so many agents run in parallel, each with its own filesystem, IP address, and SSH. 50 VMs × 240 h/mo ≈ $432 on Box vs ~$4,124 (E2B) at list price. Use to fan work across many real machines instead of threads.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Parallel agents / agent factory (Box)

Use this when work should be **fanned out across many isolated environments**: N agents on N tasks, a config sweep, or sharding a workload — and each worker needs a *real* machine, not a coroutine. Box move: configure **one** box (clone, install, secrets), then **fork** it; each fork is an independent VM from that snapshot, so you skip re-provisioning every machine.

## Why Box

- **Fork = a configured template** — one setup, N identical machines (disk-level, no re-clone per VM). A fork of a running box uses its last 1-minute snapshot.
- **True isolation per agent** — separate VM and filesystem, own public IPv6, SSH; agents can talk over the network.
- **Fleet price** — 50 VMs × 240 h/mo ≈ **$432 (Box)** vs ~$4,124 (E2B, incl. $150 Pro plan) / ~$5,711 (Modal, 1 core = 2 vCPU), at list price for VMs that run the full hours. Providers that bill only busy CPU can cost less for idle agents. Each fork counts as a start: the $20 plan includes 200 a day, extra starts cost $0.03-$0.07.

## Honest scoping
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add ariana-dot-dev/cloud-sandbox-vm-skills/parallel-agents@sha256:3788851c242e1361

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261109.2f1d005, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_dp3dydeh536be4pu.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_dp3dydeh536be4pu)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jun 13, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, about one every 74 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261109.2f1d005 latest	2026-11-09	2f1d005	2,401 B	B	view · diff
git:20260613.95ab83b	2026-06-13	95ab83b	2,063 B	B	view · diff
git:20260613.bd14b2a	2026-06-13	bd14b2a	2,694 B	B	view

Audit of the latest version

B 16 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

fail: No curl or wget piped into a shell (matched: curl -fsSL https://box.ascii.dev/install | sh)
pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2401 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

ariana-dot-dev/cloud-sandbox-vm-skills · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dp3dydeh536be4pu
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ariana-dot-dev/cloud-sandbox-vm-skills/parallel-agents
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3788851c242e1361f93d4299a004714a1891cc3bd7a0fbec62e48e61603616fe

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