# Tangle Sandbox

> Tangle Sandbox runs isolated Linux sandboxes for AI agents: a real filesystem, package installs, command execution, previews, long-running workspaces, and snapshot-backed templates. You drive it from the @tangle-network/sandbox SDK, the tangle CLI, or plain HTTPS.

To set this product up from scratch, fetch https://sandbox.tangle.tools/agent-setup.md and follow it. It is a complete prompt and a SKILL.md: one owner approval, a scoped key, install, first call, verification.

## Start here

- [Agent setup skill](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/agent-setup.md): from nothing to a verified first call
- [Agent manifest](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/.well-known/tangle-agent.json): machine-readable contract
- [MCP server](https://id.tangle.tools/mcp): Bearer TANGLE_API_KEY; the key needs sandbox:* control-plane scopes
- [Documentation](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/docs)

## Pricing

- A running sandbox accrues per second from the owner's prepaid credit at an hourly rate of vCPU x cpuCoreHourUsd + memory GB x memoryGBHourUsd + disk GB x diskGBHourUsd, never below minChargeHourUsd. Outbound traffic beyond the plan's allowance is billed per GB. There is no free credit: paid calls need prepaid credit on the owner's account.
- [Machine-readable prices](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/v1/pricing/sandboxes): no key needed

## Optional

- [Quickstart](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/docs/quickstart)
- [TypeScript SDK reference](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/docs/sdk/typescript)
- [Python SDK](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/docs/sdk/python)
- [tangle CLI](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/docs/cli)
- [Workflows: durable graph workflows on the same platform](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/docs/workflows)
- [Public templates (no key needed)](https://sandbox.tangle.tools/v1/public-templates)
- [Tangle Router](https://router.tangle.tools/.well-known/tangle-agent.json)
- [Tangle Agents](https://agents.tangle.tools/.well-known/tangle-agent.json)