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Why run AI agents in a dedicated VM?

Run AI agents on your computer, in a VM, on an old computer or in a cloud VM? See real incidents, vendor advice, RAM needs and what a VM shares.

Omarchy is a Linux desktop for AI agents that works well on old laptops. See when to use it, how to try it on a Mac, and its apps and hotkeys.

Run Claude Code from the command line with claude -p: install the CLI, run a one-shot prompt, pipe files, get JSON output and continue a session.

Run Codex from the command line with codex exec: install the Codex CLI, run a one-shot prompt, pipe files, save answers and get JSON output.

Let Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot and chat agents hand off work through a shared Git repository, GitHub Issues, a work inbox or a shared folder.

Give your Grok Bot an email inbox: claim its mail.grokbot.com address, connect Gmail or Outlook, or add an agent email provider such as AgentMail.

A ChatGPT dot has no email address of its own. Give it an inbox with the Gmail or AgentMail plugin, and send it documents in other ways.

Instinct reads email through a linked Google account. Use a separate Gmail account for documents, receipts and sign-in emails: steps and a prompt.

Meta Muse reads email through its Gmail connector and works with files that you upload. Set up a separate inbox for documents and sign-in emails.

Connect a repository, or describe your product to start. Each docs site has search, Ask AI, an API console, an MCP server and support tickets.

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