Supercharge Your AI Agent with Terraform: Introducing the Terraform Ops Kit for Docker Sandbox

If you've ever wanted your AI coding agent to do more than just write code — to actually plan , validate , and cost-estimate real cloud infrastructure — the new Terraform Ops Kit for Docker Sandbox (sbx) is here to make that happen. This community-contributed kit, submitted to the docker/sbx-kits-contrib repository, brings a production-ready Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) toolkit straight into the sandbox environment where agents like Claude, Gemini, GitHub Copilot, and Shell already run. What Is a Sandbox Kit? Docker Sandbox ( sbx ) is a runtime environment where AI agents operate. Kits are modular add-ons that extend the capabilities of those agents — think of them as pre-configured toolboxes that get installed automatically when a sandbox is created. The Terraform Ops Kit is a mixin kit , meaning it can be layered on top of any existing agent setup without replacing or conflicting with other kits. What's Inside the Kit? When the Terraform Ops Kit is activated, six tools are pre-installed and ready to use inside the sandbox: Tool Purpose Terraform Core IaC engine — plan, apply, and destroy infrastructure Terragrunt Terraform wrapper for DRY configurations and multi-account workflows tflint Linter for catching Terraform misconfigurations before they're applied Checkov Static analysis security scanner for IaC files Infracost Cost estimation — know the price tag before you deploy AWS CLI Interact with AWS services directly from the sandbox Together, these tools enable AI agents to autonomously carry out the full infrastructure development lifecycle: write Terraform code, lint it, scan it for security issues, estimate its cost, and plan the deployment — all without leaving the sandbox. Why This Matters Infrastructure work has traditionally required a human-in-the-loop at every step. You'd write the config, then manually run terraform plan , then check the security scan, then get a cost estimate — context switching across multiple tools. With the Terraform Ops Kit, an AI