Show HN: Clawk – Give coding agents a disposable Linux VM, not your laptop
Clawk is a new tool that allows developers to run coding agents inside a disposable Linux virtual machine rather than on their local machine. This approach isolates the agent from sensitive files and credentials while still allowing it to perform necessary development tasks.
Why it matters
As AI coding agents become more powerful, security concerns regarding their access to local systems are increasing; this tool provides a practical sandbox solution.
Give a coding agent its own disposable Linux machine, not yours.
Install · Quickstart · Why a VM? · How it works · Compared to · FAQ · Docs
A coding agent is only useful when you let it actually do things: install packages, run the code it writes, start servers, use the network. On your own machine that leaves two bad options. You approve every command (and babysit a prompt every few seconds), or you run --dangerously-skip-permissions and hope nothing important is one rm -rf or one leaked token away.
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