dedalus-machines

name	dedalus-machines
description	How Agent Machines work -- providers (Dedalus, E2B, Sprites), agent runtimes (Hermes, OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex), MCP catalog, bootstrap, and closed-loop verification. Use when asked about the runtime, scaling, sleep/wake, destroy, or inspecting this environment.
version	2.1.0
author	Kevin Liu
license	MIT
metadata	{"agent-machines":{"tags":["agent-machines","dedalus","e2b","sprites","dcs","runtime","infra","mcp"]}}

Agent Machines Runtime

Persistent Linux rig provisioned by the Agent Machines control plane. Runtime root: ~/.agent-machines (not ~/.hermes).

Providers

Provider	Home path	Notes
dedalus	/home/machine	Firecracker microVM, sleep/wake
e2b	/home/user	Sandbox, public URL per port
sprites	/home/sprite	Sprites.dev compute

Agent runtimes (pick one per machine)

Kind	Gateway	State	Role
hermes	:8642	~/.agent-machines	Default: memory, cron, MCP, skills
openclaw	:18789	~/.openclaw	Computer-use runtime
claude-code	n/a	~/.claude	Anthropic API
codex	n/a	~/.codex	OpenAI API

When Hermes is the runtime, HERMES_HOME=~/.agent-machines.

Layout

/home/machine/
├── .agent-machines/       # CANONICAL runtime root
│   ├── skills/            # 161 SKILL.md files
│   ├── mcps/catalog.json
│   ├── config.yaml        # mcp_servers, model
│   ├── scripts/reload-from-git.sh
│   └── logs/
├── .openclaw/             # when OpenClaw runtime selected
├── agent-machines/        # git checkout for Reload
├── cursor-bridge/         # optional MCP build
└── .cache/ms-playwright/

Legacy ~/.hermes is symlinked to ~/.agent-machines after migration.

Tools

• 22 built-ins (terminal, files, browser, search, vision, cron, memory, ...)
• MCP core: playwright, cursor-bridge
• MCP bundled: see ~/.agent-machines/mcps/catalog.json
• CLIs: agent-browser, playwright, httpx, curl, jq, sqlite3

Reload

~/.agent-machines/scripts/reload-from-git.sh

Inspect this VM

1. /.agent/docs/agent-context.md
2. tail ~/.agent-machines/logs/gateway.log
3. ss -tlnp

Dedalus SDK

import Dedalus from "dedalus";
const client = new Dedalus({ xAPIKey: process.env.DEDALUS_API_KEY });