shanselman/sandbox-mcp

Fresh, throwaway Windows machines for testing your apps: an MCP server and CLI that automate Windows Sandbox

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Nov 6 – Nov 8, 2026

Stars +278 in 3 days

226

Forks +0 in 3 days

Merged PRs 0 in 3 days

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Fri, Nov 6, 2026	+0	+0
Sat, Nov 7, 2026	+226	+0
Sun, Nov 8, 2026	+52	+0
Total	+278	+0

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Nov 84 posts
- coding agents say the windows app works. of course they do: your machine already has the runtimes. scott hanselman's sandbox-mcp boots a fresh windows 11, runs the app, then deletes the pc. it caught…
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- How to try it, per the README: 1. Download the v1.2.0 portable ZIP (no Node install) 2. .\sbx.cmd doctor 3. .\sbx.cmd run C:\Windows\System32\charmap.exe --open Needs Windows 11 24H2 or later, Pro,…
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- 🚀 Trending on GitHub sandbox-mcp by shanselman ⭐ 268 🧠 An MCP server that lets your AI coding agent spin up a fresh, disposable Windows sandbox to safely test code changes. #GenAI #OpenSource #AI
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- Scott Hanselman introduced Sandbox MCP on Nov 7. It lets AI agents test Windows apps in disposable Windows Sandbox VMs. Source: Images: and
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- 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗣𝗖𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗔 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗖 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁 Been looking at sandbox-mcp, a new tool from Scott Hanselman that gives an AI agent…
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- A lot of people don't realize that Windows has a built-in feature called Windows "Sandbox" that boots up a brand new virtual Windows machine in seconds. So I made an MCP server so you can test your…
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