step 1) create a Dockerfile with claude-code / pi.dev + acp_agents + whatever dev env you need. step 2) use microsandbox to create a fs image from that Dockerfile image. ( All secrets you need inside the vm live only on the host and are injected in the tcp stream on egress) step 3) microsandbox by default speak ssh without you needing to have a ssh server in the vm. You can proxy forward everything through it if you need. In my case i use zed and connect into the vm. Bonus points all zed "agent" stuff now runs inside the vm. E.g zed threads via acp calls and all agent stuff live only in the vm.