clawk — security grade CAUTION, quality 67/100

Security audit verdict: CAUTION · quality 67/100

Flagged: installs a background service, sudo usage. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

by clawkwork · Codex Skill · ★ 973

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About clawk

Give a coding agent its own disposable Linux machine, not yours. -lightgrey) 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 and hope nothing important is one or one leaked token away. clawk is a third option. into a repo, type , and Claude Code (or Codex, or a shell) is working inside a disposable Linux VM (your code mounted in, root in the guest, no permission prompts) while your files, your keychain, and the rest of your machine stay out of reach. The agent ge

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Quick Facts

Stars973
Forks36
LanguageGo
CategoryCodex Skill
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score67.1051076037278/100
Last Updated2026-08-13
Created2026-07-06
Platformsclaude-code, codex, go
Est. Tokens~20k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with clawk for enhanced workflows:

  • clawker — semantic(0.45)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (70%)
  • sandbox — semantic(0.27)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (68%)
  • greywall — semantic(0.51)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (68%)
  • Containarium — semantic(0.30)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (65%)

clawk alternative? Top 6 similar tools

Looking for a clawk alternative? If you're comparing clawk with other codex skill tools, these 6 projects are the closest alternatives on Agent Skills Hub — ranked by topic overlap, star count, and community traction.

  • coop by trailofbits · ⭐ 235

    Isolated VM environment for running Claude Code and Codex

  • sandbox-agent by rivet-dev · ⭐ 1.5k

    Run Coding Agents in Sandboxes. Control Them Over HTTP. Supports Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Amp.

  • code-on-incus by mensfeld · ⭐ 706

    Give each AI agent its own isolated machine with root, Docker, and systemd. Active defense detects and stops t

  • h5i by h5i-dev · ⭐ 645

    Fast, red-teaming browser built for AI agents, with direct HTTP traffic control, sandboxed execution, and audi

  • runtm by runtm-ai · ⭐ 296

    Open-source sandboxes where coding agents build and deploy. Spin up isolated environments where Claude Code, C

  • Containarium by FootprintAI · ⭐ 280

    Open-source agent runtime — SSH-native isolation, eBPF egress policy, Kubernetes + LXC backends, GPU passthrou

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is clawk?

clawk is Give coding agents a disposable Linux VM, not your laptop. It is categorized as a Codex Skill with 973 GitHub stars.

What programming language is clawk written in?

clawk is primarily written in Go. It covers topics such as agent-sandbox, ai-agent-sandbox, ai-agents.

How do I install or use clawk?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the clawk GitHub repository at github.com/clawkwork/clawk. The project has 973 stars and 36 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does clawk use?

clawk is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to clawk?

The top alternatives to clawk on Agent Skills Hub include coop, sandbox-agent, code-on-incus. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

Sources & who's responsible:

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