# boat.dev for agents

> Product home for boat by ASCII: persistent Linux VM sandboxes for AI agents.

## Machine-readable files on this host

- [OpenAPI spec](/openapi.yaml) — public boat API surface (YAML)
- [Sitemap](/sitemap.xml) — every indexable page on this site
- [Agent contract](/auth.md) — auth rules agents must follow
- [Public plans](/api/plans) — plan prices, quotas, and concurrency ceilings (JSON, no auth)

## Docs (fetchable as markdown)

- [Docs index](https://docs.boat.dev/llms.txt) — every docs page, each fetchable as .md
- [API reference](https://docs.boat.dev/api/v1) — human-readable API guide
- [SDKs](https://docs.boat.dev/sdks/overview) — Python and TypeScript clients

## Key pages

- [Home](/) — product overview and install commands
- [Compare](/compare) — boat versus other sandbox providers
- [Blog](/blog) — benchmarks and infrastructure notes
- [/e2b-alternative](/e2b-alternative)
- [/codespaces-alternative](/codespaces-alternative)
- [/persistent-linux-vm-sandbox](/persistent-linux-vm-sandbox)
- [/cheap-cloud-devbox](/cheap-cloud-devbox)
- [/docker-sandbox-ai-agents](/docker-sandbox-ai-agents)
- [Build an Issue-to-PR Software Factory on boat](/blog/software-factory)
- [Containers vs VMs: why your agent sandbox should be a real machine](/blog/containers-vs-vms)
- [Benchmarking Five Sandbox Providers with a Devin-Style Agent Build](/blog/integration-benchmark)

## Install the boat CLI

- macOS / Linux: `curl -fsSL https://boat.dev/install | sh`
- Windows: `irm https://boat.dev/install.ps1 | iex`