smol-machines/smolvm

From the README

English · 中文 · 日本語 · 한국어 smolvm ====== **Branchable microVMs for AI agents.** Embed lightweight virtual machines into your software, portable dev environments, and local sandboxing. Install ------- Windows: unzip the `windows-x86_64` release and run `smolvm.exe` (needs the Windows Hypervisor Platform).

Setup prompt

Paste this into Cursor or Claude Code. It only includes install lines found in the README, and it asks the agent to review the code first.

Set up the GitHub repository smol-machines/smolvm (An embeddable, portable, branchable virtual machine to safely run Agents locally.).
Repository: https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm

Official install commands found in the README:
brew install smol-machines/tap/smolvm                  # macOS (Homebrew)
docker save myapp | smolvm machine run --image - -- ./app    # local image, no registry
npm install smolmachines     # Node / TypeScript
pip install smolmachines     # Python
cargo add smolmachines       # Rust
go get github.com/smol-machines/smol/sdk/go   # Go

Clone the repository and follow those steps. Do not invent package names or extra install commands.
A remote shell one-liner from a third-party domain was omitted. Do not pipe remote scripts to a shell.
Review the code before running anything.

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