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E2B

1Secure 2cloud 3sandboxes 4for 5AI 6agents

the six Ws · specification

W1 Who

Agent developers who need to let an LLM safely execute untrusted, model-generated code.

W2 What

An open source platform providing secure, isolated microVM sandboxes where AI agents can run code, install packages, and use real tools like a browser or filesystem.

W3 Where

Sandboxes run in E2B's cloud infrastructure, provisioned on demand via SDK calls from any backend.

W4 When

Use when an agent framework needs a code interpreter tool that isolates execution from the host system.

W5 Why

It lets agents run arbitrary generated code without risking the developer's own infrastructure.

W6 With

Provides SDKs for Python and JavaScript and integrates with most major agent frameworks.

W7 Watch

Open source SDK and sandbox images, Apache 2.0 licensed, with a hosted cloud service requiring an API key for scale.

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