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agent-sh/agent-workspace-linux

agent-sh/agent-workspace-linux is an MCP server in RepoRadar's Developer Tools section, holding Gold tier and a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 10.0 out of 10.

Score8.5
Popularity88.0
Riskconditional
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness9.0
Novelty8.0
Momentum7.0
Maturity8.5
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence8.0
Workflow potential10.0
Setup ease6.4

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for developers and ops teams who need real browser or desktop automation with a clearer safety boundary than pointing an agent at their live machine.

Who should use it

Teams testing browser QA or GUI automation without surrendering the host desktop Developers building MCP-based computer-use flows with a clearer boundary model Ops and support workflows that need a throwaway browser profile inside an agent-owned workspace Researchers comparing isolated computer-use runtimes with host-desktop automation

Who should skip it

Pass on agent-sh/agent-workspace-linux if its scope or audience does not match what your team is building right now.

About this signal

agent-sh/agent-workspace-linux is tracked by RepoRadar as an MCP server in the Developer Tools section. First seen 2026-06-26; the source record was last checked on 2026-06-26. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and moderate setup difficulty. Across RepoRadar's eight signals, agent-sh/agent-workspace-linux is strongest on workflow potential (10.0) and practical usefulness (9.0) and weakest on setup ease (6.4) — a profile worth weighing against your own priorities. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.

How this item is evaluated

The agent-sh/agent-workspace-linux record combines a 8.5/10 composite score with separate popularity (88.0), risk (conditional), and setup (moderate) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Putting this into practice? Read How to vet an AI agent or MCP server before you wire it in for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

The runtime can still browse, type, click, and handle files inside its hidden workspace, so start with disposable profiles and non-sensitive accounts; The hard isolation boundary depends on Linux dependencies and the permission ceiling you actually configure, so verify the enforcement path before production use; The control socket is same-user by design, which means shared or multi-user machines need a dedicated account or stronger host isolation.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
mcp computer-use browser-automation linux desktop-automation sandbox mit
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-08-13T20:20:15Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

39 dated snapshots retained from 2026-06-26 through 2026-08-13; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score8.5 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum9.3 current · +2.3 net
GitHub stars (observed)79 current · +10 net
GitHub stars79 exact observation
Versionv0.3.1
Last release2026-08-03T20:52:42Z
Maintenanceactive
Current riskconditional
Current verdicttry now
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineClaude Code, Model Context Protocol, OpenAI Codex

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-08-138.59.379conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-128.59.077conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-118.59.077conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-108.59.377conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-098.59.076conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-088.59.076conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-078.59.075conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-068.57.0Not recordedconditionaltry nownot recorded
2026-08-058.57.0Not recordedconditionaltry nownot recorded
2026-08-048.59.075conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-038.59.075conditionaltry nowactive
2026-08-028.59.075conditionaltry nowactive

Why the record changed

stars changed

Stars changed: 77 → 79.

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version changed

Version changed: v0.3.0 → v0.3.1.

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Stars changed: 69 → 71.