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# Agent Sandbox Lifecycle and Cost Auditor

Track resource usage across agent execution sandboxes and safely purge idle instances.

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- On a scheduleHourly sandbox audit
- ThenInspect sandbox memory and uptime
- ResultSubmit sandbox cleanup approval request

Monitor containerized and virtualized agent sandboxes to prevent resource leaks and unexpected hosting expenses. The bot tracks active agent harnesses, flags stagnant or memory-bloated environments, and drafts cleanup recommendations for operations teams to keep infrastructure lean.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

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Inspect active agent sandboxes via terminal queries and track utilization metrics against your configured thresholds. When idle, hung, or over-provisioned instances are detected, catalog their runtime, owner, and memory footprints. Draft a cleanup list with estimated reclamation values and post the summary to Slack. Always pause for operator approval before issuing any termination, reboot, or deletion commands against running sandboxes.
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## Tools it uses

TerminalDatadogSlack

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- devops
- cloud
- sandboxes
- monitoring

## Source

[Launch HN: Agent37 (YC F26) – Low-cost agent sandboxes for running agents](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50059096)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-15

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-15 · Updated 2026-10-15 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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