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didericis aa224c4381 docs(research): add CubeSandbox to the sandbox landscape; fix stale bot-bottle self-description
Adds CubeSandbox (Tencent Cloud, Apache 2.0, RustVMM/KVM microVM) to the
agent-sandbox landscape survey: per-project note, comparison-table column,
and a dated addendum on what it means for positioning. CubeSandbox is the
first surveyed project to bundle a connection-level egress allowlist +
audit + in-flight credential custody, but it does NOT do content DLP on
authorized channels — that plus the orchestration layer is where
bot-bottle stays distinctive.

Also corrects two stale self-descriptions the survey (2026-05-11) baked
in and I'd propagated:
- Default isolation is now a VM per bottle (Firecracker microVM on KVM
  Linux, Apple Container on macOS); Docker is only the legacy fallback,
  per _default_backend_name(). Was described as Docker-by-default.
- Outbound DLP is bot-bottle's own mitmproxy egress scanner + gitleaks on
  git push, not pipelock (removed). All references updated; a note
  records the change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YBCHap11yGAKuKfsehNPaD
2026-07-18 06:28:12 -04:00
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2026-05-07 22:45:36 -04:00

Research notes

Investigations into a question or a design space — landscape surveys, tradeoff analyses, "should we do X or Y," assessments of an approach before (or instead of) committing it to a PRD. A research note is where the thinking lives; a PRD is where a decided feature lives, and a decision record is where a settled choice lives (see ../README.md for picking between them).

Notes are opinionated. They reach a conclusion rather than dumping a neutral survey — the point is to move a decision forward and leave a durable record of why it went the way it did.

Naming

kebab-case-topic.md, named by subject and not numbered (unlike PRDs and decision records). Pick a name that says what was investigated: bash-vs-python-vs-go.md, pipelock-assessment.md, issue-tracking-vs-in-repo-decision-history.md.

Shape (freeform)

There's no fixed template — use whatever structure fits the question. In practice most notes share a loose shape:

  • Open with the question — a sentence or two on what's being investigated and why it came up.
  • Lead with the verdict — a ## Summary near the top stating the conclusion, so a reader gets the answer without reading the whole thing.
  • Then the analysis — whatever the argument needs: comparison tables, per-option sections, failure-mode walkthroughs, the axes that actually matter.
  • End with a recommendation when the note exists to drive a decision.

Keep the reasoning self-contained and grounded: cite sources, link files and PRDs, and prefer concrete evidence from this repo over generic claims — a note should stand on its own without a chat log or a Gitea thread. When a note's recommendation gets acted on, capture the resulting decision in a PRD or a decision record; the note stays as the "why we looked into it," not the system of record for the choice.