dev-env
smol-machines/smolvmSkill
Keeps a persistent smolvm machine with its dependencies already installed and re-enters it cheaply across sessions. Use when a project needs an isolated development environment that survives stop and start; when deciding what belongs in a Smolfile's init versus what has to run on every boot; when a package installed in a machine has vanished after a restart; or when exec answers "the container smolvm-<hash> is not running". Do not use it for untrusted code, which needs a machine that leaves nothing behind (see the throwaway-machine packet), or for running a Docker daemon inside the machine (se
Why this score
This repo hosts 10 skills, so its 6,769 stars are split between them (about 677 each) for scoring.
Popularity score: 73/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank
Security
Scanned Oct 20, 2026 at commit c925bfd05cf6, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.
What its code does:
- Makes network requestsSKILL.md
A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan
Alternatives
Other makers' add-ons that do the same job, next to this one.
| Name | Score | Stars | Context | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This onedev-env smol-machines/smolvm · Skill | 73 | ★ 6.8k | ≈152 always | 16d ago |
| generate-openenv-env adithya-s-k/FineEnvs · Skill Also for Docker | 66 | ★ 517 | ≈155 always | 18d ago |
| docker-sandboxes-env docker/skills · Skill Also for Docker | 65 | ★ 583 | ≈155 always | 16d ago |
| env-manager laolaoshiren/claude-code-skills-zh · Skill Both about env | 69 | ★ 894 | ≈11 always | 16d ago |
| add-setting-env lobehub/lobehub · Skill Both about env and environment | 81 | ★ 83k | ≈25 always | 16d ago |
| env-validator AutoResearch-Factory/Agon · Subagent Both about env and environment | 52 | ★ 54 | ≈27 in chat | 29d ago |