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A mini code agent with Docker Agent + Docker Model Runner - Part 1

Build a mini local code agent with Docker Agent and Docker Model Runner: a single shell tool on the small Mellum2 model, the agent loop, and running it safely in an sbx sandbox.

Docker Model Runner, standalone edition (`dmr`)

Install and use dmr, the standalone Docker Model Runner: one binary with the inference daemon and the full model CLI, no Docker Desktop needed.

Programmable guardrails for your local AI agent: NeMo Guardrails + Docker Agent, 100% on-device

Wire NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails into a local Docker Agent to catch jailbreaks, refuse out-of-scope requests, and mask PII on-device.

Preventing personal data (PII) from leaking to your LLMs — 100% local with Presidio, Docker Agent and Docker Model Runner

Stop PII from leaking to your LLMs with Microsoft Presidio, doing 100% on-device detection and redaction inside Docker Agent.

Controlling a local AI agent with Docker Agent hooks

Swap in Meta's Llama Guard 2 8B classifier to moderate a local agent's prompts through Docker Agent hooks, all on-device.

Controlling a local AI agent with Docker Agent hooks

Add a 100% on-device content-safety guardrail to Docker Agent by plugging Google's ShieldGemma 2B classifier into a hook.

`pk`, the TUI for building "coding helpers" - Part 3

Final tweaks to pk before learning Rust: context packing, new models, and finishing the local coding-helper setup.

`pk`, the TUI to build "coding helpers" - Part 2

Harden the pk coding helper: secure sandbox, a web IDE, RAG-based documentation search, and language server support.

`pk`, the TUI for creating "coding helpers" with very small local language models (<=`10b` parameters)

Build pk, a TUI for crafting coding helpers backed by very small local language models (<=10b parameters) for offline Rust work.

Running Mistral's Vibe CLI in an `sbx` sandbox

Run Mistral's Vibe coding agent CLI securely inside an sbx sandbox, with credential handling and network isolation.

Docker Agent meets Kronk safely with `sbx`

Run docker-agent against the Kronk local inference server, all wrapped safely inside an sbx sandbox with GGUF models.

Improving the Developer Experience with SBX Kits

Improve the developer experience with sbx kits: reusable sandbox customizations for Go, Node.js, and code-server extensions.

Giving capabilities to our mini `docker-agent` with "mini skills"

Give your mini docker-agent new capabilities with mini skills that fork context and delegate heavy lifting to scripts.

How to cook a little coding agent with Docker Model Runner and Docker Agent (and `sbx`)

Cook a little coding agent from a 4B model with docker-agent and sbx, constraining tools so small local LLMs stay reliable.

Embedding a Web IDE and Docker Agent into `sbx`, a fully secured sandbox

Embed a web IDE and docker-agent into an sbx sandbox with Docker Model Runner for a ready-to-use secure dev environment.

Building a form with 🫟 Pablo

Go further with Pablo by building a real form: multiple fields, buttons, layout, event handling, and saving to a file.

Pablo, a small Golang library to make your life easier with BubbleTea

Pablo is a small declarative TUI framework for Go, built on BubbleTea, bringing HTML-like component composition to the terminal.

Using `docker-agent` with Docker Model Runner and `sbx`

Run docker-agent fully secured inside an sbx sandbox while it talks to Docker Model Runner for local inference.

Hello Estrela ⭐️

Estrela is a Lua 5.4 interpreter written entirely in GoloScript, pushing the revived Golo language into real language implementation.

"Micro" Vibe Coding with Docker Agent and Qwen3 Coder 30b

Micro vibe coding: use skills and precise templates to get moderately complex code out of a local model like Qwen3 Coder 30b.