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Background agent runner. Kick off coding agents in cloud sandboxes, preview changes, access hosted VS Code, and get PRs back.

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I built an open source background agent inspired by Ramp Inspect

by jvaill·May 6, 2026·2 points·2 comments
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Self-hosted coding agent runner when GitHub Copilot already does this in cloud.

Strengths
  • •E2B sandbox isolation provides secure code execution environment
  • •Real-time streaming of agent work back to session page
  • •Bring-your-own API keys maintains data control
Weaknesses
  • •Complex setup requiring Docker, OAuth, and multiple API keys
  • •Competes directly with established GitHub Copilot and Cursor
Target Audience

Backend developers, DevOps engineers, team leads

Similar To

GitHub Copilot · Cursor · Continue

Post Description

I’ve been quietly building an open source background agent inspired by Ramp’s Inspect.

Basically, you can self-host it, point it to a GH repo, and prompt agents to do work on your behalf in the cloud.

The idea is to tighten the prompt -> preview -> deploy loop. Next steps will be to add preview environments and trigger changes from sources other than the web ui, like slack or your favorite project management tool.

All while making sure you can continue to self-host it and bring your own API keys.

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