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feat(bottles): implement bottle factory abstraction per PRD 0003
Introduce claude_bottle/bottles/ with a Bottle Protocol and a
get_bottle_factory() that dispatches on CLAUDE_BOTTLE_PLATFORM
(default "docker"). Move every Docker-specific subprocess.run call
from cli/start.py, plus the orchestration of build, networks, the
pipelock sidecar, container launch, and per-container provisioning
(prompt, skills, ssh, .git), into create_docker_bottle.

Drop bottles[].runtime from the manifest schema. Auto-detect whether
gVisor is registered with the daemon and pass --runtime=runsc when it
is; the preflight shows the resolved runtime so the choice is visible.
Manifests still carrying 'runtime' get a clear error pointing at the
auto-detect behavior, rather than silent ignore.

Out of scope: cli/cleanup.py and cli/list.py still call docker
directly. They enumerate active bottles across the host, which is a
separate concern from "create a bottle" and is left for a follow-up
that introduces a list_active/cleanup primitive on the factory.
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# claude-bottle
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Run multiple Claude Code agents on your own machine, each scoped to its own secrets, skills, and egress allowlist.
## Why "claude-bottle"?
Each container is a bottle; Claude is the genie inside. The genie's
powers are exactly what the manifest grants it — a specific set of
skills, a specific set of secrets, and a specific set of hosts it can
reach — nothing more. You uncork one bottle per agent
(`./cli.py start <agent>`), many bottles run in parallel, and each is
scoped to its task. When the session ends the bottle is destroyed and
the genie does not persist.
## Goals
- Scope each agent to the minimum credentials and network egress its task actually needs
- Run multiple agents in parallel, isolated from each other
- Keep code, credentials, and agent activity on infrastructure I control — no third-party agent runtime
## Security model
Each agent runs in its own bottle: its own container, its own internal
Docker network, and its own pipelock sidecar. Bottles don't share
state, don't talk to each other, and only get the env vars, skills,
SSH identities, and egress hosts the manifest grants them — nothing
more. Any one agent only has the access it needs to do its job.
The bottle limits both what an agent can see and where it can send
it. Each bottle gets only the secrets and SSH identities the manifest
grants it — a Gitea token but not a GitHub token, a deploy key but
not a personal SSH key — so even a compromised or misbehaving agent
only handles credentials it was already trusted with for its job.
Egress flows through pipelock, which constrains where those
credentials can travel: an agent with a Gitea token can reach
`gitea.dideric.is`, not arbitrary attacker-controlled hosts. The same
constraint blocks DNS-over-HTTPS as an exfil channel — a DoH resolver
like `cloudflare-dns.com` would have to be on the allowlist for the
agent to reach it at all. The container itself adds a layer between
the agent and the host, but the v1 design leans more on secret
minimization and egress allowlisting than on the container as a
hardened boundary. On Linux hosts where [gVisor](https://gvisor.dev/)
is registered with Docker, claude-bottle auto-detects it and launches
every bottle under `runsc` for a userspace syscall barrier — no
manifest configuration required. The broader v2 discussion lives in
`docs/research/stronger-isolation-alternatives.md`.
The egress proxy and OAuth-token handling below are the load-bearing
pieces of v1.
## Quickstart
Requires Docker on the host and a long-lived Claude Code OAuth token in
your shell env.
```sh
./cli.py start <agent> # builds the image on first run, drops you into claude
```
The container is removed automatically when the session ends. If the script
is killed with SIGKILL the exit trap won't fire and the container may be
left running; remove it with `docker rm -f <container-name>`.
## Manifest
Agents and the bottles they run in are declared in `claude-bottle.json`
in your project root or `$HOME` (both files merge if present, with
project entries overriding home entries on key conflict).
```jsonc
{
"bottles": {
"gitea-dev": {
"env": {
"GITEA_TOKEN": "?paste your Gitea API token",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "${GH_PAT}",
"GIT_AUTHOR_NAME": "didericis"
},
"ssh": [
{
"Host": "gitea",
"Hostname": "gitea.dideric.is",
"User": "git",
"Port": 30009,
"IdentityFile": "/Users/didericis/.ssh/id_ed25519_gitea",
"KnownHostKey": "gitea.dideric.is ssh-ed25519 AAAA..."
}
],
// Egress is forced through a per-agent
// [pipelock](https://github.com/luckyPipewrench/pipelock) sidecar
// on a Docker `--internal` network — without the proxy the agent
// has no route off-box. The effective allowlist is the union of
// baked-in defaults (api.anthropic.com, claude.ai, ...) and the
// hostnames listed here. Pipelock also runs DLP scanning and
// detects URL-embedded high-entropy secrets. The resolved
// allowlist is shown in the y/N preflight before launch.
"egress": {
"allowlist": [
"github.com",
"registry.npmjs.org",
"pypi.org"
]
}
}
},
"agents": {
"gitea-helper": {
"bottle": "gitea-dev",
"skills": ["init-prd"],
"prompt": "You help maintain Gitea-hosted projects."
}
}
}
```
Comments are illustrative; the file itself must be valid JSON. See
`claude-bottle.example.json` for a working starting point. Pipelock's
design lives in `docs/prds/0001-per-agent-egress-proxy-via-pipelock.md`
and the rationale in `docs/research/pipelock-assessment.md`.
## Auth: OAuth token, not API key
claude-bottle authenticates `claude` inside the container with the same
Pro/Max subscription you already use on the host, via a long-lived OAuth
token. No `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` is needed.
**Why a token instead of mounting `~/.claude.json`:** on macOS, Claude
Code stores OAuth credentials in the encrypted Keychain, not in
`~/.claude.json`. Mounting that file into a Linux container does not
carry the credentials with it. Linux hosts keep credentials in
`~/.claude/.credentials.json`, but to keep the launcher portable
claude-bottle uses the env-var path on every host.
**One-time setup on the host:**
```sh
claude setup-token # browser login, prints a ~1-year OAuth token
```
Stash the token in your shell env (e.g. `~/.zshrc` or a secret manager)
as `CLAUDE_BOTTLE_OAUTH_TOKEN`:
```sh
export CLAUDE_BOTTLE_OAUTH_TOKEN="<token>"
```
`cli.py` automatically forwards it to every container as
`CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN` via `docker run -e` — no manifest wiring
required, and the value is never written to disk or placed on argv.
Inside the container, `claude` picks up `CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN` and
authenticates against your subscription. Caveats: the token is bound
to your subscription tier (Pro/Max/Team/Enterprise), it does not work
with `claude --bare` (which only reads `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`), and if it
leaks, regenerate via `claude setup-token` again. Reference:
<https://code.claude.com/docs/en/authentication>.
## Trademarks
claude-bottle is an independent project and is not affiliated with,
endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, PBC. "Claude" and "Claude
Code" are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC; the project name uses
"claude" descriptively to indicate that the tool runs Claude Code
inside a sandbox.
## License
Copyright 2026 Eric Bauerfeld
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE)
for the full text.