Use Case
Stop doing repetitive ai agent & automation tasks manually. Desktop Sandbox lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. A desktop sandbox lets OpenClaw run as natively as on a real OS, ensuring full functionality with safe isolation.Run OpenClaw without breaking your PC. This guide shows practical examples of using Desktop Sandbox to automate common ai agent & automation workflows and save hours every week.
Install Desktop Sandbox: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install desktop-sandbox
Identify the repetitive ai agent & automation tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
Desktop Sandbox will execute the task and return results directly in the chat
Chain multiple tasks: ask your AI to run a sequence of operations
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Desktop Sandbox
Automate my ai agent & automation tasks using Desktop Sandbox
What repetitive tasks can Desktop Sandbox handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs Desktop Sandbox every morning
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install desktop-sandboxOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install desktop-sandboxβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/desktop-sandbox/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.