---
slug: "AgentSandbox"
name: "AgentSandbox"
type: "Protocols"
layer: "Society"
ref: "AgentSandbox#1594"
sema_id: "sema:AgentSandbox#mh:SHA-256:1594a10a882956e4b8501764091e1d5025ba0b405cce34b7ef931bb17e5c634a"
tags: ["Society","Protocols"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/AgentSandbox/
related: ["InputGuard","OutputGuard","Agent","Audit","Context","Sandbox","EmpathySim","MentalSim","Solution","Task"]
---

# AgentSandbox

Isolate agent execution with resource limits and egress controls

Layer: Society · Category: Protocols

## Mechanism

Execution isolation for AI [Agent](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Agent.md)s treating them as untrusted insiders. The [Agent](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Agent.md) runs in a containerized environment (gVisor, Firecracker microVM) with: resource quotas (CPU, memory, time), network egress allowlists, filesystem restrictions, and comprehensive logging. Code generated by the [Agent](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Agent.md) is executed in this [Sandbox](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Sandbox.md), preventing impact on production systems even if the agent is compromised or generates malicious code. It wraps the execution [Context](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Context.md) with [InputGuard](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/InputGuard.md) to sanitize ingress data and [OutputGuard](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/OutputGuard.md) to prevent exfiltration, effectively placing the [Agent](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Agent.md) in a digital quarantine.

## Invariants

- Network egress is whitelist-only.
- The sandboxed process cannot reach the host filesystem.
- Declares resource quotas for CPU, memory and time.
- Every action inside the [Sandbox](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Sandbox.md) is logged.

## Preconditions

- Resource limits defined
- Untrusted code/agent

## Postconditions

- Execution completed or terminated by supervisor

## Failure modes

- [Sandbox](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Sandbox.md) Escape: Exploiting container vulnerabilities.
- Quota Starvation: Legitimate tasks failing due to overly restrictive limits.
- Log Blindness: Missing critical events in [Audit](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Audit.md) logs.

## Signature

- `Sandbox(Agent)`

## Builds on

- [InputGuard](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/InputGuard.md) (Infrastructure; Composes with)
- [OutputGuard](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/OutputGuard.md) (Infrastructure; Composes with)
- [Agent](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Agent.md) (Mind; References)
- [Audit](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Audit.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Context](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Context.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Sandbox](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Sandbox.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

- [EmpathySim](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/EmpathySim.md) (Mind; References)
- [MentalSim](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/MentalSim.md) (Mind; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:AgentSandbox#mh:SHA-256:1594a10a882956e4b8501764091e1d5025ba0b405cce34b7ef931bb17e5c634a`
- Ref: `AgentSandbox#1594`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:AgentSandbox#mh:SHA-256:ce7e2d28fa6aefffa0164d17cebc0266c4f7e422cdeb0a7043e078d5469c4be9`
  - `sema:AgentSandbox#mh:SHA-256:06f29db915e1bbe17ebf20bab2964279a58c949bc61d386ab20de84749331fe6`
  - `sema:AgentSandbox#mh:SHA-256:c092338ebd9e7025254ae45974d7a9854b21b12e5d2943f58f4c0e920f5e1fde`
  - `sema:AgentSandbox#mh:SHA-256:d1da527c28217842fbdb7333e85fb95d70c54672ed8a2f37325cde3c5d32d5a5`
  - `sema:AgentSandbox#mh:SHA-256:41df2a0465da388dd7ecc55842ea08850e6d9e069c47c6d93e80ba13a0445084`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/AgentSandbox/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#AgentSandbox)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/AgentSandbox.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)