daytona

What is Daytona

Daytona provides full composable computers — sandboxes — for AI agents. Each sandbox is an isolated runtime environment with its own kernel, filesystem, network stack, and dedicated vCPU, RAM, and disk. Agents can install packages, run servers, compile code, and manage processes inside sandboxes.

Sandboxes are built from OCI-compliant images or snapshots. Any language or tool that runs on Linux works.

Scope: This skill covers Daytona Cloud (app.daytona.io). For self-hosted Daytona OSS deployment, see ./references/platform/oss-deployment.md.

Before You Start

Before writing any Daytona code, verify setup:

1. SDK installed? Check that the Daytona SDK is installed for the user's language (e.g. pip show daytona or check package.json for @daytonaio/sdk). If not, install it.
2. API key set? Check DAYTONA_API_KEY in the shell environment or in environment files. If not set, tell the user they need an API key and point them to Daytona Dashboard > API Keys to create one.

SDK Essentials — Python

Installation