Orcan — DevOps skill for Claude Code
Isolated Docker environments for Cursor and Claude Code with path-parity workspaces.
How to install Orcan
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open aKyther/orcan and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Orcan does
Isolated Docker environments for Cursor and Claude Code with path-parity workspaces.
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README
Orcan
**Work-context orchestrator** for coding agents. Run **Cursor CLI** (`agent`), **Claude Code** (`claude`), and **Codex CLI** (`codex`) in Docker with path-parity mounts, workspaces (named sets of projects), and an optional browser tmux terminal.
Models are out of scope — each CLI picks its own.
[Documentation (EN)](https://akyther.github.io/orcan/latest/) · [Dokumentacja (PL)](https://akyther.github.io/orcan/latest/pl/) · [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) · [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)
Status
Version **3.0.5**. Distributed as a **CLI** (`orcan`). `orcan build` pulls the image for this version when available, otherwise builds locally. Publishing images is **manual** (`orcan publish`) and not part of build. CI validates and publishes docs; it does **not** publish container images.
Features
- Workspaces (one tmux session per workspace)
- Path parity (same absolute paths host ↔ container)
- Images:
orcan:latest/orcan:(all agents); optional localorcan:-claude/-cursor/-codex - Local container by default (
orcan enteron the same machine) - Optional browser terminal (
orcan up --with-ttyd→ ttyd → launcher → tmux → zsh) - Host data under
~/.config/orcan(ORCAN_DATA) - JSON config + wizard (
orcan.config.json) - Docs in English and Polish (language switcher on the site)
Requirements
| Tool | Role |
|---|---|
| Bash | orcan CLI dispatcher |
| Python 3 | Host config: sync, init (incl. wizard), context (show / add / hook) — stdlib only, no pip |
| Git | Install clone + your projects |
| Docker (Compose v2) | Container runtime (orcan up, optional --with-ttyd) |
`orcan` itself is Bash; several commands call small Python helpers on the host. `orcan doctor` checks all of the above.
Install
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aKyther/orcan/main/install.sh | bash
Adds `orcan` to `~/.local/bin` and appends that directory to your shell rc (`~/.zshrc` / `~/.bashrc`) if ne
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