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Coding · Intermediate

# Sandboxed code change generator and reviewer

Isolate agent code generation into reviewable patches before modifying repositories

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

- When you askReceive coding request
- ThenGenerate changes in sandbox
- ResultPresent changeset for approval

Execute programming requests within sandboxed environments to generate isolated changesets. The bot stages all file creations and code edits into reviewable traces, letting you test the generated code in containment before deciding whether to merge or discard the updates.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
Analyze coding requests and execute code creation or refactoring in an isolated scratch environment. Capture all resulting diffs and file writes as temporary proposals without modifying target branches. Inspect the outputs, run test commands in the sandbox, and summarize the proposed modifications. Do not apply patches, commit changes, or delete files without explicit confirmation.
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## Tools it uses

GitHubTerminal

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- code
- sandbox
- git
- review
- development

## Source

[shepherd: A runtime substrate that turns an agent's execution into a reversible, Git-like trace, so meta-agents can observe, fork, replay, a](https://github.com/shepherd-agents/shepherd)
GitHub · 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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