Is the Lima Devbox skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from recodelabs/lima-devbox. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Lima Devbox SkillProof Score?

9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Lima Devbox?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Lima Devbox with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Lima Devbox

Wizard-driven setup of an isolated Lima VM for running AI coding agents in YOLO mode.

by recodelabs · recodelabs/lima-devbox

Tested · Works

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Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.2/10
Tested: Jul 15, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · bd3bd96

Walked it through a real Lima VM wizard scenario: it correctly calls out the actual Lima gotcha that a plain `limactl restart` silently leaves shared mounts read-only and you need a full stop/start cycle plus an `rw` mount-flag check — a detail a from-memory baseline answer got wrong.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Lima Devbox does

Guides the user through an AskUserQuestion wizard (VM name, resources, shared directories, languages via mise, ports, SSH) and then executes limactl commands to stand up a sandboxed Ubuntu VM on macOS, optionally installing Claude Code/Gemini CLI/Codex CLI/OpenCode inside it in autonomous mode. Triggers when the user wants an isolated dev environment or a sandbox to run AI coding tools without touching the host filesystem.

How to install Lima Devbox

git clone https://github.com/recodelabs/lima-devbox
cd lima-devbox
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r skills/lima-devbox ~/.claude/skills/lima-devbox

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Lima Devbox

/lima-devbox Wizard-driven setup of an isolated Lima VM for running AI coding agents in YOLO mode.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Set up an isolated Lima VM to run Claude Code in YOLO mode
I need a sandboxed dev environment on my Mac for AI agents
Help me spin up a VM with a shared projects folder for coding

Frequently asked questions

Is the Lima Devbox skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from recodelabs/lima-devbox. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Lima Devbox work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 15, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Walked it through a real Lima VM wizard scenario: it correctly calls out the actual Lima gotcha that a plain `limactl restart` silently leaves shared mounts read-only and you need a full stop/start cycle plus an `rw` mount-flag check — a detail a from-memory baseline answer got wrong.
What is the Lima Devbox SkillProof Score?: 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Lima Devbox?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Lima Devbox with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.