How do I install the Dedalus Machines skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add kevin-liu-01/dedalus-machines in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Dedalus Machines safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Dedalus Machines?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Dedalus Machines free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free. This skill is licensed under MIT.

Who published Dedalus Machines?

kevin-liu-01 (@kevin-liu-01) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Dedalus Machines by kevin-liu-01 — Agent Skill

Name: Dedalus Machines
Author: kevin-liu-01

Dedalus Machines

How Agent Machines work -- providers (Dedalus, E2B, Sprites), agent runtimes (Hermes, OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex), MCP catalog, bootstrap, and closed-loop verification. Use when asked about the runtime, scaling, sleep/wake, destroy, or inspecting this environment.

kevin-liu-01 Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

Agent Machines Runtime

Persistent Linux rig provisioned by the Agent Machines control plane. Runtime root: ~/.agent-machines (not ~/.hermes).

Providers

Provider	Home path	Notes
dedalus	`/home/machine`	Firecracker microVM, sleep/wake
e2b	`/home/user`	Sandbox, public URL per port
sprites	`/home/sprite`	Sprites.dev compute

Agent runtimes (pick one per machine)

Kind	Gateway	State	Role
hermes	:8642	`~/.agent-machines`	Default: memory, cron, MCP, skills
openclaw	:18789	`~/.openclaw`	Computer-use runtime
claude-code	n/a	`~/.claude`	Anthropic API
codex	n/a	`~/.codex`	OpenAI API

When Hermes is the runtime, HERMES_HOME=~/.agent-machines.

Layout

/home/machine/
├── .agent-machines/       # CANONICAL runtime root
│   ├── skills/            # 161 SKILL.md files
│   ├── mcps/catalog.json
│   ├── config.yaml        # mcp_servers, model
│   ├── scripts/reload-from-git.sh
│   └── logs/
├── .openclaw/             # when OpenClaw runtime selected
├── agent-machines/        # git checkout for Reload
├── cursor-bridge/         # optional MCP build
└── .cache/ms-playwright/

Legacy ~/.hermes is symlinked to ~/.agent-machines after migration.

Tools

22 built-ins (terminal, files, browser, search, vision, cron, memory, ...)
MCP core: playwright, cursor-bridge
MCP bundled: see ~/.agent-machines/mcps/catalog.json
CLIs: agent-browser, playwright, httpx, curl, jq, sqlite3

Reload

~/.agent-machines/scripts/reload-from-git.sh

Inspect this VM

/.agent/docs/agent-context.md
tail ~/.agent-machines/logs/gateway.log
ss -tlnp

Dedalus SDK

import Dedalus from "dedalus";
const client = new Dedalus({ xAPIKey: process.env.DEDALUS_API_KEY });

---name: dedalus-machinesdescription: How Agent Machines work -- providers (Dedalus, E2B, Sprites), agent runtimes (Hermes, OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex), MCP catalog, bootstrap, and closed-loop verification. Use when asked about the runtime, scaling, sleep/wake, destroy, or inspecting this environment.license: MIT---# Agent Machines RuntimePersistent Linux rig provisioned by the Agent Machines control plane. **Runtime root: `~/.agent-machines`** (not `~/.hermes`).## Providers| Provider | Home path | Notes ||----------|-----------|-------|| **dedalus** | `/home/machine` | Firecracker microVM, sleep/wake || **e2b** | `/home/user` | Sandbox, public URL per port || **sprites** | `/home/sprite` | Sprites.dev compute |## Agent runtimes (pick one per machine)| Kind | Gateway | State | Role ||------|---------|-------|------|| **hermes** | :8642 | `~/.agent-machines` | Default: memory, cron, MCP, skills || **openclaw** | :18789 | `~/.openclaw` | Computer-use runtime || **claude-code** | n/a | `~/.claude` | Anthropic API || **codex** | n/a | `~/.codex` | OpenAI API |When Hermes is the runtime, `HERMES_HOME=~/.agent-machines`.## Layout```/home/machine/├── .agent-machines/ # CANONICAL runtime root│ ├── skills/ # 161 SKILL.md files│ ├── mcps/catalog.json│ ├── config.yaml # mcp_servers, model│ ├── scripts/reload-from-git.sh│ └── logs/├── .openclaw/ # when OpenClaw runtime selected├── agent-machines/ # git checkout for Reload├── cursor-bridge/ # optional MCP build└── .cache/ms-playwright/```Legacy `~/.hermes` is symlinked to `~/.agent-machines` after migration.## Tools- **22 built-ins** (terminal, files, browser, search, vision, cron, memory, ...)- **MCP core:** playwright, cursor-bridge- **MCP bundled:** see `~/.agent-machines/mcps/catalog.json`- **CLIs:** agent-browser, playwright, httpx, curl, jq, sqlite3## Reload```bash~/.agent-machines/scripts/reload-from-git.sh```## Inspect this VM1. `/.agent/docs/agent-context.md`2. `tail ~/.agent-machines/logs/gateway.log`3. `ss -tlnp`## Dedalus SDK```typescriptimport Dedalus from "dedalus";const client = new Dedalus({ xAPIKey: process.env.DEDALUS_API_KEY });```

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