AI Glossary

Sandbox

An isolated environment in which an agent can run code or use tools with limited access to files, networks and other systems, as far as its configuration allows.

See also

  • Prompt injection

    An attack in which input makes a model behave in ways its builders did not intend, either typed directly or hidden in content the model reads, such as a web page, an email or a document.

  • Coding agent

    An AI agent built for software work: it reads a code project, edits files, runs commands and tests, and attempts to fix what fails.

  • Computer use

    The ability of an AI model to operate a computer the way a person does, by looking at the screen, moving the pointer, clicking and typing.

  • Lane

    The set of files a seat may write, where anything changed outside it is counted and erased before the commit.

Source: Claude Code documentation, Sandboxing (opens in a new tab)

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This term

Orbyt Labs, Sandbox (AI Glossary), Oct 18, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/sandbox

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Orbyt Labs Glossaries (Oct 19, 2026), https://www.orbytlabs.ai/glossary#dataset

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