Lima-devbox – Claude skill for creating a VM dev sandbox on your Mac
As I've increasingly pursued orchestrated agentic coding - I needed a safe way to run Claude Code in YOLO mode on my mac. I looked at a lot of options including Docker but then came across Lima (Linux for Mac) and this great guide by Chris Hager on how create a dev sandbox for your mac using Lima. This creates an Ubuntu VM, mapped to your dev directory with RW access, port and SSH forwarding, Mise support for language installs and automatic code agent installs. https://www.metachris.dev/2025/11/sandbox-your-ai-dev-tools-... I followed his guide. Got it working on my…
Lima-devbox – Claude skill for creating a VM dev sandbox on your Mac launched on January 22, 2026 with 5 votes, #3,400 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Lima Devbox Claude Skill to help you setup a custom sandbox VM for AI agent use - recodelabs/lima-devbox
A Claude Code skill for setting up Lima VMs as isolated development environments on macOS. Designed to safely run your favorite AI coding agent in YOLO mode in a sandboxed VM so you don't need to worry about nuking your system or exposing sensitive data. Lima stands for Linux on Mac . It's a lightweight tool that creates Linux virtual machines on macOS with automatic file sharing and port forwarding. Lima is particularly well-suited for AI-assisted development where you want the assistant to have full autonomy within a controlled environment. This is a Claude Code plugin that provides a guided wizard for creating and configuring Lima virtual machines. It helps you: /plugins Add marketplace…from github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
As I've increasingly pursued orchestrated agentic coding - I needed a safe way to run Claude Code in YOLO mode on my mac. I looked at a lot of options including Docker but then came across Lima (Linux for Mac) and this great guide by Chris Hager on how create a dev sandbox for your mac using Lima. This creates an…
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