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Upstash Box lets you give your AI agents a computer. Every Upstash Box is a secure, isolated cloud container with an AI Agent built-in. Spin up as many as you want in parallel. Each one includes a full environment with a filesystem, shell, git, and a runtime. Your agent can read files, write code, and execute tasks inside it.

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1. Get your API key

Go to the Upstash Console and create an API key.

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2. Install the SDK

npm install @upstash/box

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3. Set API Key

.env
UPSTASH_BOX_API_KEY=abx_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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4. Create a Box

lib/box.ts
import { Box } from "@upstash/box"

const box = await Box.create({
  runtime: "node",
})
Your box is ready to use! You can already use it as a standalone, secure, isolated sandbox with full shell access, git, and filesystem operations.

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5. Configure an Agent (optional)

To configure an agent for your box, pass the model you want to use and the provider API key: 
import { Box, ClaudeCode } from "@upstash/box"

const box = await Box.create({
  runtime: "node",
  agent: {
    model: ClaudeCode.Opus_4_6,
    apiKey: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
  },
})

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6. Run Your First Task

Your box is ready to use! It’s a secure cloud environment to run agents, execute commands, or manage files. For example: 
import { Box, ClaudeCode } from "@upstash/box"

const box = await Box.create({
  runtime: "node",
  agent: {
    model: ClaudeCode.Opus_4_6,
    apiKey: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
  },
})

// 👇 execute OS-level commands
await box.exec.command("node --version")

// 👇 run agent
await box.agent.run({
  prompt: "create an index.txt saying 'hello world'",
})

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Use Cases

The idea behind Upstash Box is simple: give AI its own computer. Your agent gets a full, isolated cloud environment it can control. Run commands, write files, or execute code independent of any user device. Freeze a box anytime, and continue days or even weeks later with perfect resumability. Great example use cases:

Agent Servers

One box per user with durable state. Personalized agents that remember context and improve over time.

Multi-Agent Orchestration

Fan out to multiple boxes running specialized agents in parallel, then combine their results.

Parallel Testing

Run the same inputs across isolated boxes and compare model output side by side.

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Next Steps

How Boxes work

Learn the basics about using Upstash Box.

Agent

Boxes have Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode built-in.