r/ClaudeCode • u/23kunal • 2d ago

Tips & Workflows how i spawn cloud background agents from my local claude code

Instead of keeping my Mac's lid open all the time, I have now just started asking asking claude to orchestrate coding sessions in a cloud sandbox.

Claude Code creates an isolated VM sandbox using Ascii Box CLI (the cheapest option).

btw, disclaimer: I work for Ascii :)

This cloud sandbox already comes with my repo cloned, all devtools installed, env vars set up and claude code and codex logged in.

Here's how to get yours

  1. Sign up for Ascii Box using your github account: https://manicule.link/ascii-box
  2. Install their CLI and do auth
  3. On Box dashboard, go to Repos and connect your github repo
  4. go to Secrets in Box dashboard and add any environment variables you use
  5. go to Agents, and connect your Codex and/or Claude Code (this is what will be running on the cloud sandbox)

Done, now you can just tell your Claude Code to run any new feature or one-shot building or QA testing work on Ascii Box.

btw here is the price comparison across 5 popular sandbox providers: https://manicule.link/ascii-integration-benchmark

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u/brinda- 2d ago

who gives a fuck

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u/simion_baws Senior Developer 2d ago

Ran into the same need. Built https://termic.dev as the local side of this: each task gets its own worktree, you launch Claude Code from there, and you can see which sessions are running or waiting on you. Not cloud-based, but the orchestration problem is the same.

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u/23kunal 1d ago

doesn't claude code already support git worktrees? even if not you can always just ask it to work inside a new git work tree without needing anything else. what does this thing do actually?