cloud-vm SKILL.md skillB
cloud-vm 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.
mdr add ariana-dot-dev/cloud-sandbox-vm-skills/cloud-vm@git:20261109.2f1d005Pins 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/cloud-vm/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261109.2f1d005, committed Nov 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 13, 2026
- Size
- 2,229 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Provision a persistent cloud Linux VM in seconds with SSH — a real Ubuntu machine (default 4 vCPU / 8 GB / 51 GB disk) you can keep, resume, and snapshot. $0.036/h billed per second; the $20/mo plan includes about 555 default-size hours for that month. Use when the user wants a remote dev box, a cloud VM, or any always-available Linux machine.
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
# Cloud VM (Box) Use this when the user asks for a **VM, a cloud machine, a remote box, or a Linux dev server** — something they SSH into, install things on, and return to later. A Box **persists**: stop it, resume it days later, disk intact (kept at least 14 days after a stop; save a snapshot to keep it longer). ## When to prefer Box - "Give me a Linux VM I can SSH into" → exactly this. - Must survive across sessions → resume from snapshot. - Needs to be reachable → public IPv6 per VM; SSH and HTTPS URLs also work over IPv4. The IP changes at each resume. - Budget-conscious → $0.036/h for 4 vCPU / 8 GB vs $0.331/h (E2B) and $0.476/h (Modal) at list price, for VMs that run full hours. Box costs at least $20/mo. Prefer another tool for: GPU (Modal), a static or dedicated IPv4, or a region outside Germany, Finland and France. ## Prereqs `curl -fsSL https://box.ascii.dev/install | sh`, then `export BOX_API_KEY=…` and `box login "$BOX_API_KEY" --json`. ## Recipe ```bash box_id="$(box new --json | jq -r 'select(.event == "ready") | .id')" box ssh "$box_id" # CLI provisions its key automatically box info "$box_id" --json # IP / connection details …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ariana-dot-dev/cloud-sandbox-vm-skills/cloud-vm@sha256:afa778e7b1d9f5a1The 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_nrzt3fifzfs3tpjp)
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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 | 2,229 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260613.95ab83b | 2026-06-13 | 95ab83b | 1,827 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260613.bd14b2a | 2026-06-13 | bd14b2a | 2,277 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- 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 (2229 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
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_nrzt3fifzfs3tpjp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ariana-dot-dev/cloud-sandbox-vm-skills/cloud-vm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/afa778e7b1d9f5a13eb672b367432127b426f0a4e28bf7ea3405e71ee7d4fc1e
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.