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Docker Agent + llama.cpp: a local code agent in 5 minutes 🤖💙🦙

Serve a GGUF model with llama.cpp, point Docker Agent at it with a short agent.yaml, and get a fully local code agent running in minutes.

Bringing BeOS back to life: Haiku OS in a container, step by step

Run Haiku OS, the open source heir of BeOS, in a QEMU virtual machine inside a Docker container, and install it step by step from your browser.

Relearning Kotlin in lazy mode (with sbx)

Relearning Kotlin without installing anything: let an agent set up jbang, Kotlin and ten lessons inside an sbx sandbox, then turn that setup into a reusable kit.

Building a WASIP 2 component with TinyGo

Build a WASI Preview 2 component in Go with TinyGo: the WIT contract, the generated bindings, the wasip2 build, and calling it from Node.js through jco.

A mini code agent with Docker Agent - Part 9: a team of agents to spread the context out

Spread the context out with Docker Agent: a tool-less coordinator delegates to three Rust specialists, so every agent carries less and keeps room to think.

A mini code agent with Docker Agent - Part 8: a local agent to learn Rust

Assemble a local Rust learning companion with Docker Agent: a cookbook RAG, a rust-analyzer LSP toolset, and the context caps that keep a small model alive.

A mini code agent with Docker Agent - Part 7: `commands` (slash) + `instruction_file`

Make a local Docker Agent easier to drive: move the system prompt into a Markdown file, and add slash commands with argument interpolation.

A mini code agent with Docker Agent - Part 6: `skills`

Give a small local model detailed procedures on demand with Docker Agent skills: an on-disk SKILL.md, an inline one, and one forked into an isolated sub-agent.

A mini code agent with Docker Agent - Part 5: the `mcp` toolset

Plug external MCP tool servers into a local Docker Agent: a local stdio server, a remote streamable HTTP one, and a tools filter to keep a small model focused.

A mini code agent with Docker Agent - Part 4: the `rag` toolset

Ground a tiny local model's answers in your own documents: build a Rust cookbook RAG with Docker Agent, chunked embeddings and a local SQLite index.

A mini code agent with Docker Agent - Part 3: `think` + `memory` + `permissions`

Add reasoning, persistent memory and fine-grained command permissions to a Docker Agent mini code agent, with deny rules that survive yolo mode.

A mini code agent with Docker Agent - Part 2: `filesystem` + `todo`

Add typed filesystem operations and a todo task list to a local Docker Agent, with allow_list scoping to keep the small model safely inside its working directory.

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.