# Daytona

Daytona CLI setup, sandbox debugging, keep a sandbox alive, secrets volume, snapshot...

- Repository: https://github.com/different-ai/openwork (24362 stars)
- Category: Testing
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill daytona -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill daytona -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill daytona -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill daytona -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Daytona CLI setup, sandbox debugging, keep a sandbox alive, secrets volume, snapshot refresh. Use when Daytona itself is the problem, not for running tests (see run-tests).

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Daytona

Use this skill for Daytona infrastructure, not test placement.

## Setup

Install the Daytona CLI with `brew install daytonaio/cli/daytona`, then authenticate:

```bash
daytona login
```

### Which identity the CLI uses

- **Environment key.** The CLI uses `DAYTONA_API_KEY` only when
  `DAYTONA_API_URL=https://app.daytona.io/api` is also set; with the key alone
  it silently falls back to the saved profile. Scope the team key (Infisical
  `dev`, `/openwork-ops`) to one command:
  `DAYTONA_API_URL=https://app.daytona.io/api DAYTONA_API_KEY="$(infisical secrets get DAYTONA_API_KEY --env dev --path /openwork-ops --plain --silent)" <command>`.
- **Saved profile.** Otherwise the active profile in
  `$DAYTONA_CONFIG_DIR/config.json` (default: macOS
  `~/Library/Application Support/daytona/`, Linux `~/.config/daytona/`,
  Windows `%APPDATA%\daytona\`). Point `DAYTONA_CONFIG_DIR` at an empty
  directory to test the not-logged-in path without touching the real profile.
- **Never run `daytona login --api-key` on someone's machine for a one-off
  task.** It overwrites their profile, and with it their browser login, for
  every tool. A key printed as `*not found*` (Infisical CLI 0.28.x exits 0 on a
  missing secret) is not a key.
- **Personal-organization trap.** A browser login may default to the person's
  personal organization: a 10 GiB total memory cap and none of the team's warm
  snapshots, so multi-sandbox previews fail with a memory-limit error.
  `pnpm world plan <world> --place daytona` prints the identity and
  organization in use and warns on a personal one.
- **Version warning.** "Daytona CLI is on vX and API is on vY" on every call is
  a warning, usually not the cause of a failure; fix it with
  `brew upgrade daytonaio/cli/daytona`.

To run tests, just use `pnpm evals:e2e <slug>`, it picks Daytona automatically
when the CLI is authenticated. `--local` forces local; `--daytona` requires
Daytona and fails when it is unavailable.

The rest: https://github.com/different-ai/openwork/blob/HEAD/.opencode/skills/daytona/SKILL.md