# generate-sandbox-policy

Generates YAML sandbox policies for API access and network middleware settings. Use it when network access must be limited by host, HTTP method, or URL path.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 470 installs · ★ 19954
- Author: NVIDIA
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell/tree/HEAD/skills/generate-sandbox-policy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/generate-sandbox-policy

## What it does

This skill turns access requirements into a `network_policies` YAML block. It can create L4 rules for a host and port, or L7 rules for HTTP methods and paths. It can also add `network_middlewares` and produce a complete sandbox policy file.

A short request with a host and intended access can use `read-only`, `read-write`, or `full` presets. When specific paths are known, it writes targeted rules. With OpenAPI, Swagger, a local file, or a URL, it can derive method-and-path rules from API documentation.

The skill asks questions to narrow access before it writes a policy. If you do not name the binary or process making requests, it will ask first; that means you should identify the requesting process before generating the policy.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/OpenShell --skill generate-sandbox-policy -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/OpenShell --skill generate-sandbox-policy -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/generate-sandbox-policy/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/OpenShell --skill generate-sandbox-policy -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/generate-sandbox-policy/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NVIDIA/OpenShell generate-sandbox-policy
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/generate-sandbox-policy/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/OpenShell --skill generate-sandbox-policy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NVIDIA/OpenShell --path skills/generate-sandbox-policy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/generate-sandbox-policy/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NVIDIA/OpenShell --skill generate-sandbox-policy -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/NVIDIA/OpenShell/tree/HEAD/skills/generate-sandbox-policy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate a YAML policy for an API host
- restrict HTTP access by method and path
- set read-only access for an API
- attach ordered network middleware
- derive endpoint rules from an OpenAPI specification

## Example prompts
- Create a sandbox policy for `/usr/bin/curl` with read-only access to `api.github.com`.
- Generate an L7 policy for `integrate.api.nvidia.com` that allows `GET` on `/api/v1/models` and `POST` on `/api/v1/completions`.
- Update the network policy from an OpenAPI file and add middleware.

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

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---
name: generate-sandbox-policy
description: Generate sandbox security policies from plain-language requirements and optional REST API documentation. Produces L4 or fine-grained L7 network policies and ordered network middleware configuration. Use for API access rules, middleware host selection, failure behavior, or built-in and operator-run middleware attachment. Trigger keywords - generate policy, create policy, update policy, change policy, sandbox policy, network policy, API policy, security policy, allow API, restrict API, network middleware, supervisor middleware.
---

# Generate Sandbox Policy

Generate YAML sandbox network policies and network middleware configuration from API documentation and natural-language user requirements.

## Overview

This skill translates a user's plain-language policy intent into a valid sandbox policy. The amount of detail the user provides determines the granularity of the generated policy — from broad L4 or preset-based policies (just a host:port) up to fine-grained per-endpoint L7 rules (full API docs).

The output is a `network_policies` YAML block, an optional `network_middlewares` block, and optionally a full policy file that conforms to the sandbox policy schema.

## Step 1: Gather Inputs

### Determine the Detail Tier

The user's input falls into one of three tiers. Work with whatever the user provides — **do not require a higher tier than needed**.

| Tier | User provides | What you can generate |
|------|--------------|----------------------|
| **Minimal** | Host(s) and plain-language intent | L4-only policies, or L7 with access presets (`read-only`, `read-write`, `full`) |
| **Moderate** | Host(s) + some known URL paths or resources | L7 with targeted glob rules for known paths, presets for the rest |
| **Full** | Complete API docs (OpenAPI, Swagger, markdown, URL) | Fine-grained per-endpoint L7 rules with specific method+path combinations |

### Minimal Tier (host + intent only)

The user provides API endpoints and a broad intent. No API docs needed.

Examples:

- "Allow curl to hit api.github.com, read-only"
- "Give claude full access to api.anthropic.com"
- "Let /usr/bin/myapp talk to internal-svc:8080 but only for reading"

This is sufficient for:

- **L4-only** policies (host:port + binary checks, no method or path rules)
- **Preset-based L7** policies (`read-only`, `read-write`, `full` on all paths)

For this tier, default to:

- `access: read-only` when the user says "read", "browse", "view", "query", "fetch"
- `access: read-write` when the user says "read-write", "create", "update" (but not "delete")
- `access: full` when the user says "full access", "everything", "unrestricted"
- L4-only when the user says "just allow it", "pass through", or "no
  inspection". Omit `protocol` for explicit-proxy clients. Use
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