Daytona

Tools

• Archive Sandbox

  Archives a sandbox in the Daytona platform. Use this action when you need to archive a sandbox that is no longer needed but should be preserved for future reference. The sandbox will be marked as archived and its state will change to reflec

• Cancel Organization Invitation

  Cancels a pending organization invitation. Use when you need to revoke an invitation that has been sent but not yet accepted by the recipient. This action is irreversible — once an invitation is cancelled, it cannot be reactivated and the r

• Checkout Git Branch

  [DEPRECATED] Checkout a branch or commit in a git repository within a sandbox. Use this action when you need to switch branches or checkout a specific commit in a git repository that exists within a sandbox toolbox. This operation modifies

• Check Sandbox Access

  Checks if the authenticated user has access to a specific sandbox. Use this action when you need to verify whether the current user has permission to access a particular sandbox before performing further operations on it. This is a read-onl

• Clone Repository

  Clones a Git repository into a sandbox toolbox. Use this action when you need to clone a public or private Git repository into a specific directory within a sandbox. Supports optional branch selection and commit checkout. This is commonly u

• Create API Key

  Creates a new API key for the organization. Use when you need to generate a new API key that can be used to authenticate API requests. The created API key value is only returned once in the response and cannot be retrieved again, so it must

• Create Docker Registry

  Creates a new Docker registry for the organization. Use when you need to register a new container registry (such as Docker Hub, GCR, ECR, or other Docker registries) so that Daytona can pull images from it. The registry credentials are stor

• Create Folder in Sandbox

  Creates a new folder inside a sandbox's filesystem. Use this action when you need to create a directory within a running sandbox's filesystem. This is useful for organizing files, preparing directory structures, or setting up paths for subs

• Create Organization

  Creates a new organization in Daytona. Use this action when you need to set up a new organization with a specific name and default region configuration. This action creates a top-level organization entity that can manage sandboxes, users, a

• Create Organization Invitation

  Creates an invitation to join an organization with specified roles and permissions. The invitation will be sent to the provided email address. Use this action when you need to invite a new member to an organization with specific role assign

• Create Organization Role

  Creates a new organization role with specified permissions. Use this action when you need to define custom roles for organization members, allowing fine-grained control over what resources they can access and what operations they can perfor

• Create Process Session

  Creates a new session in the sandbox for process management. Use this action when you need to establish a new process session within a running sandbox environment. This enables managing process execution and state within the Daytona platfor

• Create PTY Session

  Creates a new PTY (pseudo-terminal) session in a sandbox. Use this action when you need to establish an interactive terminal session within a running sandbox environment. This enables real-time command execution and terminal interaction thr

• Create Sandbox

  Creates a new sandbox environment for development or testing purposes. Use this action when you need to provision a new isolated environment with configurable compute resources (CPU, memory, GPU), networking options, and storage volumes. Th

• Create Sandbox Backup

  Initiates a backup operation for an existing sandbox environment. Use this action when you need to create a point-in-time snapshot of a sandbox that can be used for restoration or cloning purposes. The backup operation is asynchronous and t

• Create Snapshot

  Creates a new snapshot resource that can be used as a base image for sandboxes. Use this action when you need to create a new snapshot with specific compute resources (CPU, memory, GPU, disk) and a container image. Snapshots define the base

• Create SSH Access

  Creates SSH access credentials for a sandbox environment. Use this action when you need to establish an SSH connection to a sandbox for administrative tasks, file transfers, or development operations. The returned credentials include a toke

• Create Volume

  Creates a new volume for storing data that can be attached to sandboxes. Use this action when you need to provision persistent storage for your sandbox environments. Volumes persist data across sandbox restarts and can be mounted to sandbox

• Deactivate Snapshot

  Deactivates a snapshot in the Daytona platform. Use this action when you need to deactivate a snapshot that is currently active. This will stop the snapshot from being used for new sandbox creations. Note: Deactivating a snapshot does not d

• Delete API Key

  destructive

  Deletes an API key by its name. Use when you need to revoke access for an API key that is no longer needed or has been compromised. This action is irreversible — once an API key is deleted, it cannot be recovered and any systems using that

• Delete API Key for User

  destructive

  Deletes an API key for a specific user. Use when you need to remove an existing API key associated with a user account, such as when cleaning up unused credentials or revoking access. This action is irreversible — once the API key is delete

• Delete Docker Registry

  destructive

  Deletes a Docker registry from the Daytona platform. Use when you need to remove an existing Docker registry configuration. This is an irreversible operation — once a registry is deleted, it cannot be recovered and any references to it in w

• Delete Git Branch

  destructive

  Deletes a branch from a git repository inside a sandbox by its name. Use when you need to permanently remove a git branch that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible — once a branch is deleted, it cannot be recovered unless it has

• Delete Organization

  destructive

  Deletes an organization. Use when you need to permanently remove an organization from the system, including all associated data, members, and resources. This action is irreversible — once an organization is deleted, it cannot be recovered.

• Delete Organization OTEL Config

  destructive

  Deletes the OpenTelemetry (OTEL) configuration for an organization. Use this action when you need to remove the OpenTelemetry settings that were previously configured for an organization's observability and tracing capabilities. This action

• Delete Organization Role

  destructive

  Deletes an organization role. Use when you need to permanently remove a role from an organization, such as cleaning up unused custom roles or removing roles that are no longer needed. This action is irreversible — once a role is deleted, it

• Delete PTY Session

  destructive

  Deletes a PTY session and terminates the associated process. Use this action when you need to clean up an active PTY session that is no longer needed. This will terminate any process running in that session and release the associated resour

• Delete Recording

  destructive

  Deletes a recording from the Daytona platform by its ID. Use when you need to permanently remove a recording that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible — once a recording is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Any data associated wi

• Delete Sandbox

  destructive

  Deletes a sandbox from the Daytona platform by its ID or name. Use when you need to permanently remove a sandbox that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible — once a sandbox is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Any data, processes,

• Delete Sandbox File

  destructive

  Deletes a file inside a sandbox by its path. Use when you need to permanently remove a file from a sandbox that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible — once a file is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Ensure the file is not needed

• Delete Session

  destructive

  Deletes a session from the Daytona platform by its ID. Use when you need to permanently remove a session that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible — once a session is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Any ongoing processes or dat

• Delete Snapshot

  destructive

  Deletes a snapshot from the Daytona platform by its ID. Use when you need to permanently remove a snapshot that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible — once a snapshot is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Any data stored in the sn

• Delete Volume

  destructive

  Deletes a volume from the Daytona platform by its ID. Use when you need to permanently remove a volume that is no longer needed. This action is irreversible — once a volume is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Ensure all important data has b

• Download File (Deprecated)

  [DEPRECATED] Downloads a file from a sandbox's toolbox filesystem. Use this action when you need to retrieve a file from the sandbox's toolbox. Note: This endpoint is deprecated. Consider using an alternative if available. This is a read-on

• Download Multiple Files

  Downloads multiple files from a sandbox as a multipart/form-data bundle. Use this action when you need to retrieve multiple files from a sandbox in a single operation. The files are returned as a streamed multipart response where each file

• Enroll in SMS MFA

  Enrolls the authenticated user in SMS-based multi-factor authentication. Use when you need to enable SMS-based MFA for the authenticated user account. This action initiates the enrollment process and returns a URL where the user can complet

• Execute Command

  Executes a shell command within a running sandbox via the toolbox proxy. Use this action when you need to run shell commands, scripts, or any executable commands inside a sandbox environment. This is useful for automation tasks, running bui

• Expire Signed Port Preview URL

  Expires a signed preview URL for a sandbox port. Use this action when you need to immediately invalidate a signed preview URL for a specific port on a sandbox, revoking access for anyone holding the token. This action is useful for security

• Find In Files (Deprecated)

  [DEPRECATED] Searches for text or patterns in files within a sandbox. Use this action when you need to find occurrences of a specific text or pattern across files in a sandbox. This is useful for code search, debugging, or locating specific

• Focus Accessibility Node

  Focuses an accessibility node in a sandbox's computer use system. Use this action when you need to programmatically set focus to a specific accessibility node within a sandbox's desktop environment. This is particularly useful for UI automa

• Get API Key

  Retrieves an API key by its name. Use when you need to retrieve details about a specific API key, including its creation date, expiration, permissions, and usage statistics. This is a read-only operation that does not modify any resources.

• Get Available Account Providers

  Retrieves all available account providers that can be used to authenticate and link accounts. Use when you need to discover which account providers (such as GitHub, GitLab, Google) are available for linking to the user's account. This is a

• Get Build Logs URL

  Retrieves the build logs URL for a specific sandbox by its ID or name. Use this action when you need to access build logs for a sandbox, such as during troubleshooting build failures, monitoring build progress, or retrieving historical buil

• Get Commit History

  Gets commit history from a repository in a sandbox toolbox. Use this action when you need to retrieve the commit history including: - Commit hash - Author name and email - Commit message - Timestamp This is a read-only operation that does n

• Get Computer Use Status

  Retrieves the status of all VNC desktop processes in a sandbox. Use this action when you need to check the current state of all VNC desktop processes running within a sandbox. The status can indicate whether services are fully operational (

• Get Daytona Config

  Retrieves the Daytona platform configuration including URLs, OIDC settings, analytics, rate limits, and other platform-level settings. Use this action when you need to fetch the current Daytona configuration settings, such as the dashboard

• Get Display Info

  Retrieves information about displays connected to a sandbox. Use this action when you need to get information about all displays connected to a sandbox, including their dimensions, positions, and active status. This is a read-only operation

• Get Entrypoint Logs

  Retrieves entrypoint logs for a sandbox session. Use this action when you need to fetch the stdout, stderr, and combined output logs from an entrypoint process running within a sandbox. This is useful for debugging process initialization, m

• Get File Info (Deprecated)

  [DEPRECATED] Gets file info inside a sandbox toolbox. Use this action when you need to retrieve detailed information about a specific file or directory within a sandbox toolbox, including its size, permissions, ownership, and modification t

• Get Git History (Deprecated)

  [DEPRECATED] Get commit history from a git repository in a sandbox toolbox. Use this action when you need to retrieve the commit history of a git repository within a sandbox toolbox. This is a read-only operation that retrieves the commit l

Works well with

How Switchy teams use it

Starter prompts

@Daytona create a new sandbox, then clone the repository at https://github.com/myorg/backend into the /workspace directory. Use the main branch.

@Daytona check if I have access to sandbox ID sb-abc123. If I do, list the contents of the /workspace folder.

@Daytona in sandbox sb-abc123, create a folder at /workspace/test-results and another at /workspace/logs.

@Daytona archive sandbox sb-xyz789. Add a note that this was the environment used for the Q4 load test.

@Daytona create a new API key for our CI pipeline. Label it 'GitHub Actions Runner' and return the key value.

Example outputs

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Use-case deep-dives

Frequently asked

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