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strands-agents/box
[](https://agentrank-ai.com/tool/strands-agents--box/?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=agentrank_badge) Run AI agents in a sandbox that restricts what they can execute, read, write, and reach on the network. Box combines OS isolation with default-deny Dogwood policies and credential injection that keeps secrets outside the agent. Written in Rust. Supports macOS on Apple silicon, with Linux support planned.
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strands-agents/box is a Rust tool licensed under Apache-2.0. Run AI agents in a sandbox that restricts what they can execute, read, write, and reach on the network. Box combines OS isolation with default-deny Dogwood policies and credential injection that keeps secrets outside the agent. Written in Rust. Supports macOS on Apple silicon, with Linux support planned. Topics: agentic-ai, agents, ai, ai-agents, ai-safety, containment, egress, harness, linux, llm, macos, mcp, policy, rust, sandbox, sandboxing, seatbelt, security, strands-agents, zero-trust.
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<h1>Strands Box</h1>
<h2>An open source sandbox engine for AI agents.</h2>
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## Overview
Strands Box is an open source sandbox for AI agents.
It combines operating-system isolation with semantic policies
written in [Dogwood](https://dogwood-policy.github.io/dogwood/), so you can control
what agents can access and the conditions under which they can act.
Box is harness-agnostic. You choose the agent program or binary to run, confi Read full README on GitHub → Get the weekly AgentRank digest
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