ory-e2b-sandbox

name

ory-e2b-sandbox

description

Scaffold an E2B (e2b.dev) sandbox template that boots with @ory/codex preinstalled, so every Claude/Codex/Gemini/OpenClaw/OpenCode session running inside the sandbox is gated by Ory auth, permissions, and tracing without any per-sandbox setup. Use when the user asks to "create an E2B sandbox with Ory agent security", "build an E2B template with the Ory plugin", "make an E2B image that includes Ory auth", or any close variant. The skill generates the template files in the user's project — it does not deploy them.

E2B sandbox with Ory agent security

You are helping the user scaffold an E2B sandbox template that preinstalls and registers the @ory/codex plugin. The resulting template publishes a named image; every Sandbox.create("<tag>") call from their SDK gets a runtime where the agent's tool calls are already authenticated against Ory Identities, authorized against Ory Permissions, and emitted as trace spans — with no install step at sandbox boot.

This skill carries the full workflow and the file contents. You generate the files in the user's repo; the user runs the build.

Precondition: the user has (or will obtain) an E2B_API_KEY and has installed the E2B CLI / SDK (npm install e2b dotenv). If they haven't, point them at https://e2b.dev/docs and stop — do not fabricate credentials.

Step 1 — Confirm the target

Before writing files, confirm with the user:

1. Where in their repo should the integration live? A common choice is integrations/e2b/ at the repo root. Use that unless they say otherwise.
2. Template tag. Default to agent-ory (e.g. claude-code-ory, codex-ory). Operators will reference this string in Sandbox.create().
3. Will the sandbox have network access to Ory? It must — the plugin makes live API calls to ORY_PROJECT_URL from inside the sandbox.

If the user is targeting an in-process harness (OpenClaw, OpenCode), the host binary that loads the plugin must also be available inside the sandbox. Flag this and ask how they ship that binary today — usually npm install of a project that already depends on the harness runtime.

Step 2 — Generate the files

Create these four files at the chosen location (the example uses integrations/e2b/).

integrations/e2b/template.ts

import { Template } from "e2b";

export const template = Template()
  .fromUbuntuImage("22.04")
  .aptInstall(["curl", "ca-certificates", "git", "python3"])

  // Node.js 20 (NodeSource)
  .runCmd("curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash -")
  .aptInstall(["nodejs"])

  // Install the harness CLI globally. Replace `@anthropic-ai/claude-code` with
  // the binary that hosts the Ory plugin in this sandbox (e.g. the Codex or
  // Gemini CLI). For in-process harnesses (openclaw, opencode), `npm install`
  // the harness runtime here instead and ensure its entrypoint is on PATH.
  .npmInstall(["@anthropic-ai/claude-code"], { g: true })

  // Install the Ory plugin into the harness's discovery location.
  .setWorkdir("/root")
  .runCmd("npx -y -p @ory/codex ory-codex install")

  // Sandbox runtime defaults. Per-tenant secrets (project URL, tokens, client
  // IDs) MUST be passed at Sandbox.create() time, never baked into the image.
  .setEnvs({
    ORY_USER_LOGIN: "true",
    ORY_PERMISSION_MODE: "observe",
    ORY_PERMISSION_NAMESPACE: "AgentTools",
    ORY_AGENT_DEBUG: "true",
    ORY_AGENT_LOG_FILE: "/root/ory-agent-debug.log",
  })

  .setWorkdir("/workspace");

integrations/e2b/build.prod.ts

import "dotenv/config";
import { Template, defaultBuildLogger } from "e2b";
import { template } from "./template";

await Template.build(template, "agent-ory", {
  cpuCount: 2,
  memoryMB: 4096,
  onBuildLogs: defaultBuildLogger(),
});

integrations/e2b/build.dev.ts

import "dotenv/config";
import { Template, defaultBuildLogger } from "e2b";
import { template } from "./template";

await Template.build(template, "agent-ory-dev", {
  cpuCount: 2,
  memoryMB: 4096,
  skipCache: true,
  onBuildLogs: defaultBuildLogger(),
});

integrations/e2b/.env.example

# E2B credentials — required to build and run templates.
E2B_API_KEY=e2b_***

# Per-tenant Ory wiring — passed to Sandbox.create() at runtime, NOT baked into
# the template. Listed here so operators know what to plumb through.
ORY_PROJECT_URL=https://<slug>.projects.oryapis.com
ORY_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID=
ORY_USER_SESSION_TOKEN=
# Optional: pin a static agent identity instead of DCR.
# ORY_AGENT_API_KEY=

integrations/e2b/package.json

{
  "name": "ory-e2b-integration",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "scripts": {
    "build:dev": "tsx build.dev.ts",
    "build:prod": "tsx build.prod.ts"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
    "e2b": "^2.3.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "tsx": "^4.19.0",
    "typescript": "^6.0.2"
  }
}

integrations/e2b/README.md

Generate a README that captures:

• What the template provides (harness CLI + @ory/codex preinstalled, runtime defaults baked in, secrets supplied at sandbox creation).
• The build flow: npm install, npx e2b auth login once, then npm run build:prod.
• A Sandbox.create("agent-ory", { envs: { ... } }) example showing which env vars to inject at runtime (ORY_PROJECT_URL, ORY_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID, ORY_USER_SESSION_TOKEN or ORY_USER_OAUTH2_TOKEN, optional ORY_AGENT_API_KEY).
• A pointer to ory-auth-setup for full env-var coverage and to ory-local-dev for testing the same plugin locally before publishing the template.

Step 3 — Build and publish

Walk the user through:

cd integrations/e2b
cp .env.example .env        # then fill in E2B_API_KEY
npm install
npx e2b auth login          # one-time
npm run build:prod          # publishes the tag chosen in Step 1

Manage the published template via the E2B CLI:

npx e2b template list
npx e2b template delete <tag>

Step 4 — Use the sandbox

Show the user the minimal SDK call once their template is live:

import { Sandbox } from "e2b";

const sbx = await Sandbox.create("agent-ory", {
  envs: {
    ORY_PROJECT_URL: process.env.ORY_PROJECT_URL!,
    ORY_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID: process.env.ORY_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID!,
    // Pre-supply a user token so the headless sandbox skips PKCE.
    ORY_USER_SESSION_TOKEN: process.env.ORY_USER_SESSION_TOKEN!,
  },
});

await sbx.commands.run("ory-codex --version");  // sanity check

Sandboxes are headless, so the user must pre-supply ORY_USER_SESSION_TOKEN or ORY_USER_OAUTH2_TOKEN — otherwise user login's PKCE browser flow has no target and hangs. See ory-auth-setup for the full env-var matrix.

Step 5 — Promotion path

The template ships with ORY_PERMISSION_MODE=observe baked in so first-run sandboxes never block. To promote a sandbox to hard enforcement without rebuilding the template, either pass ORY_PERMISSION_MODE=enforce at Sandbox.create() time, or run npx -y -p @ory/codex ory-codex permissions enforce inside a running sandbox. Run npx -y -p @ory/codex ory-codex permissions bootstrap first on a fresh Ory project so the use tuples exist before enforcement turns on.

What this skill does NOT do

• It does not build or publish the template — the user runs the build, so they can see logs and own the resulting tag.
• It does not bake secrets into the image. ORY_PROJECT_URL, OAuth client IDs, and any tokens are always passed at Sandbox.create() time.
• It does not pin the harness CLI version inside the template. If the user wants reproducibility, swap the unpinned npmInstall([...]) for a tagged version (e.g. ["@anthropic-ai/claude-code@1.2.3"]) before building.
• It does not modify the user's Ory project. Use ory-auth-setup to provision the OAuth2 client and namespaces the sandbox will need.