# docker-sandboxes-network-credentials

A skill for wiring Docker Sandboxes egress rules and credentials, so an agent reaches only the hosts you allow and authenticates without seeing raw tokens.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 724 installs · ★ 599
- Author: docker
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/docker/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials

## What it does

The skill covers two standalone `sbx` command groups: `sbx policy` for outbound traffic and `sbx secret` for service credentials and registry logins. The sandbox proxy enforces egress rules and swaps in stored values on matching domains, so the agent works with a sentinel instead of the real secret.

Set the global policy once before the first sandbox exists: `sbx policy init <allow-all|balanced|deny-all>`. Rules go in through `sbx policy allow network` and `sbx policy deny network`, taking exact hosts, `*.example.com` and `**.example.com` wildcards, ports or CIDR prefixes. Deny beats allow when both match the same host. A rule is global unless you pass `--sandbox NAME`.

Credentials are stored with `sbx secret set [SERVICE]`, and the value can arrive over stdin. One catch worth knowing up front: storing a secret grants no network access, because egress lives in `sbx policy`. So check the target domain with `sbx policy check network` before you go hunting for an auth bug. Also treat `sbx policy reset` carefully — it wipes the local policy store and stops the daemon along with every running sandbox. For a single bad rule, remove it with `sbx policy rm network` by `--id` or `--resource` instead.

## Requirements
- Works with: Docker, GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add docker/skills --skill docker-sandboxes-network-credentials -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add docker/skills --skill docker-sandboxes-network-credentials -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add docker/skills --skill docker-sandboxes-network-credentials -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install docker/skills docker-sandboxes-network-credentials
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add docker/skills --skill docker-sandboxes-network-credentials -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/docker/skills --path skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add docker/skills --skill docker-sandboxes-network-credentials -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/docker/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/docker-sandboxes-network-credentials/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- let an agent call one internal API and nothing else
- cut a sandbox off from the network entirely
- hand an agent a GitHub token without exposing its value inside the sandbox
- pull a private image from a registry that needs auth
- find out why a request was blocked or a secret never got injected

## Example prompts
- block all network access for this sandbox except api.example.com
- give the agent a GitHub token with sbx secret, keep the raw value out of the sandbox
- check whether the current policy lets my-sandbox reach api.example.com:443

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: docker-sandboxes-network-credentials
description: Use this skill when configuring what a Docker Sandboxes (`sbx`) sandbox can reach on the network or which credentials it authenticates with, even if the user just says they want to "let the agent call an internal API", "block all network access", "give the agent a GitHub token", or "use a private registry image for a sandbox". Covers `sbx policy init/allow/deny/ls/inspect/log/check/rm network` (global and per-sandbox egress rules, deny-over-allow precedence) and `sbx secret set/set-custom/ls/rm/import` (service secrets, dynamic secrets via --ref/--command, and registry pull credentials with their host-pulls-only-by-default injection scope).
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Standalone `sbx` CLI (not the legacy `docker sandbox` plugin wrapper). Source-verified against repository docker/sandboxes (github.com/docker/sandboxes) @ commit df5c96ba60484fa2c375469dbac912c205da6c37. Cross-checked against an installed sbx v0.42.0-503-g951b7f6d7 (commit 951b7f6d7f6bb260fac15077b607109ffe8ae012, older than the pinned source); no source-only differences were found for the commands this skill covers. `docker_help` does not cover standalone `sbx` syntax.
---

# Docker Sandboxes: Network Policy & Credentials

## Overview

This skill owns `sbx policy` (network egress) and `sbx secret` (service
secrets and registry credentials). The proxy enforces egress policy and
injects stored credentials on matching domains. Proxy-managed sentinels are
not usable upstream credentials, but OAuth passthrough can expose real
tokens to the sandbox. Egress policy does not protect a real credential
once leaked outside the sandbox; revoke or rotate a leaked credential.

## When to use this skill

Activate this skill when:
- The user wants to allow, deny, or inspect which hosts a sandbox (or all
  sandboxes) can reach.
- The user wants to give an agent an API key, OAuth token, or other service
  credential without exposing the raw value inside the sandbox.
- The user wants to pull a private template image or kit from a registry
  that requires authentication.
```
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