Box gives you on-demand Linux VMs in seconds. Each box is a fully isolated machine pre-loaded with the tools you need to code, test, or run AI agents — accessible from your terminal or the web dashboard.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ascii.dev/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
Key concepts
| Concept | What it means |
|---|---|
| Box | A single Linux VM with a unique ID like bx_f7k2q9hd |
| TTL | How long the box lives before it auto-deletes (default 1 hour, max 30 days) |
| Snapshot | A point-in-time image of a box, used for stop/resume and fork |
| Credit seconds | The billing unit — seconds your box is in an active state |
Box lifecycle
Billable states:provisioned, cloning, ready, idle, runningNot billed:
archived (stopped), provisioning, archiving, error
Box IDs
Every box gets a unique public ID in the formatbx_<8 chars> (e.g. bx_f7k2q9hd). Use this ID with every CLI command. Internal UUIDs are never exposed.