@e2b/cli

E2B CLI

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E2B (english2bits) is a cloud operating system for AI agents.

This CLI tool allows you to build and manage E2B sandbox templates from your terminal.

You define your sandbox template in a Dockerfile and then use the CLI to build the sandbox template. You can then connect to the sandbox template via SDKs and run your AI agents.

The Dockerfile is the same as for Docker, but you can only use Debian based linux distros as the base image.

Installation

npm install -g @e2b/cli

Then you can use the CLI like this:

e2b --help

Getting started

1. Authenticate with e2b login

To authenticate without the ability to open browser, you can provide E2B_ACCESS_TOKEN as an environment variable. Get your E2B_ACCESS_TOKEN from e2b.dev/docs. Then use the CLI like this: E2B_ACCESS_TOKEN=sk_e2b_... e2b build

1. Create a Dockerfile where you describe how your custom E2B sandbox template should look like. Majority of Debian based linux distros should work as the base image. Here is an example of a minimal Dockerfile for E2B sandbox template:

FROM ubuntu:22.04

1. Run e2b build inside the directory with the Dockerfile to create and build the sandbox template. You will get * template ID* that you use for connecting to the sandbox via SDKs and for rebuilding the sandbox template

2. Use the template ID that you got during the e2b build with the Python or JS/TS SDK as the id to create sandbox

3. Rebuild the sandbox template by running e2b build <id-of-the-template> in the directory with the Dockerfile

Commands

All commands can be called with a --path <path-to-dir> flag that changes the directory where the command will be called, without the need to call cd.

-V, --version    Display E2B CLI version
-h, --help       display help for command

Usage: e2b template [options] [command]

Create sandbox templates from Dockerfiles by running e2b build then use our SDKs to create
sandboxes from these templates.

Visit E2B docs (https://e2b.dev/docs) to learn how to create sandbox templates
and start sandboxes.

Options:
  -h, --help               display help for command

Commands:
  build|bd [options] [id]  Build sandbox template defined by ./e2b.Dockerfile or
                           ./Dockerfile in root directory. By default the root directory is the
                           current working directory. This command also creates e2b.toml config

  list|ls                  List sandbox templates

  shell|sh <id>            Connect terminal to sandbox

  init|it [options]        Create basic E2B ./e2b.Dockerfile in root directory. You can then run
                           e2b build to build sandbox template from this Dockerfile

  help [command]           display help for command