sandbox-try

SkillDev tools

Try another engineer's sandbox experiment by symlinking it locally

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the sandbox-try skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by the-agency-ai/the-agency in .claude/skills/sandbox-try/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Sandbox Try

Activate another engineer's experiment in your local environment.

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS is <engineer>/<name> — e.g., jordan/my-workflow or alex/quick-deploy.

Steps

  1. Parse arguments: Split on / to get engineer and item name.

  2. Verify the item exists in usr/<engineer>/. If not found, show what IS in that sandbox.

  3. Check for conflicts: Is there already an active symlink with the same name?

  4. Create symlink using the author's prefix (not yours):

    • The symlink name is usr-<author>.<name> regardless of who activates
    • Same type-specific handling as /sandbox-activate
  5. Print confirmation:

    Trying: <engineer>/<name>
    Symlink: .claude/commands/usr-<engineer>.<name>.md → usr/<engineer>/claude/commands/<name>.md
    
    This is <engineer>'s experiment. To stop: /sandbox-deactivate <name>
    

Signals

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Source
github.com/the-agency-ai/the-agency