Background Agents — AI skill for Claude Code
Run AI coding agents in isolated sandboxes connected to your GitHub repositories.
How to install Background Agents
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open jamesmurdza/upstream-agents and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Background Agents does
Run AI coding agents in isolated sandboxes connected to your GitHub repositories.
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README
Daytona Background Agents
Building blocks for running AI coding agents in isolated [Daytona](https://daytona.io) sandboxes. Can be used in your own projects or as a standalone NextJS app:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ee6de7e9-a32e-45bd-acfa-3da1763b80ea
Packages
Published packages
On npm — use them in your own projects.
| Package | Description | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|
| `agent-configuration` | Translation layer between coding agents' configuration formats | |
| `claude-credentials` | Claude Code OAuth credential generation via ccauth and Daytona | |
| `launcher` | npx background-agents launcher that runs the desktop app |
|
| `mcp` | MCP provider integrations | |
| `sandbox-git` | Git operations for Daytona sandboxes | |
| `sandbox-jobs` | Run, observe, and reconnect to long-running shell processes in a Daytona sandbox via the filesystem | |
| `sandbox-skills` | Agent skills i |
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