Dev Builds Docker-Isolated IDE to Orchestrate Multiple Coding Agents
EagleApprehensive · reddit · 2026-08-02
A developer built a custom Docker-based IDE to automate coding and DevOps tasks across multiple projects using LLM agents.
Previously running multiple VSCode instances with Claude Code locally, they faced issues with environment conflicts, high resource usage, and poor scalability. To solve this, they engineered a solution with specific trade-offs:
- Isolation: Uses Docker to provide lightweight, replicable sandboxes for each agent.
- Management API: Developed a custom API inside the container for file management, skill assignment, access control, and debuggability, avoiding the overhead of VSCode Server.
- Web UI: Created a web interface to easily switch between and supervise sandboxed agents.
The author is seeking feedback on whether existing tools already solve this multi-agent orchestration problem.
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