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What is Container Use?

Container Use lets each of your coding agents have their own containerized environment. Go from babysitting one agent at a time to enabling multiple agents to work safely and independently with your preferred stack.

Isolated Environments

Each agent gets a fresh container in its own git branch - run multiple agents without conflicts, experiment safely, discard failures instantly.

Real-time Visibility

See complete command history and logs of what agents actually did, not just what they claim.

Direct Intervention

Drop into any agent’s terminal to see their state and take control when they get stuck.

Environment Control

Standard git workflow - just git checkout <branch_name> to review any agent’s work.

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Why Container Use?

Most coding agents require constant supervision and can only work on one task at a time. Container Use breaks this limitation by providing isolated environments where multiple agents can work simultaneously without interfering with each other.
Agents can experiment freely in their isolated containers. If something goes wrong, simply discard the environment and start fresh. No more worrying about agents breaking your local development setup.
Works with any agent, model, or infrastructure - no vendor lock-in. Container Use is an open-source MCP server that integrates with Claude Code, Cursor, VSCode, and other MCP-compatible agents.
Unlike black-box agent platforms, Container Use gives you full visibility into what your agents are actually doing. Every command, every file change, every process is logged and accessible.

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Quick Demo

Check out our playlist for more examples.

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Architecture Overview

Container Use is built on three core technologies:
  • 🐳 Docker: Provides the containerization layer for isolated environments
  • 📦 Dagger: Powers the container orchestration and build pipeline
  • 🌳 Git: Manages environment state through branches and worktrees
This project is in early development and actively evolving. Expect rough edges, breaking changes, and incomplete documentation. But also expect rapid iteration and responsiveness to feedback.

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Getting Started

Ready to give your agents their own containerized environments?

Quickstart

Install Container Use on your system using Homebrew, shell script, or build from source

Agent Integration

Configure Container Use with your coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, VSCode, etc.)

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Community

Join our community to get help, share examples, and contribute to the project:

Discord

Join the #container-use channel for real-time support

GitHub

Star the repo, report issues, and contribute code

YouTube

Watch the Container Use playlist for examples and tutorials
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