cell
Run AI coding agents in a devcell container
Synopsis
cell launches AI coding agents (claude, codex, opencode) and utility tools inside a consistent Docker dev environment.
cell [flags]
Options
--base-image string core image for scaffold Dockerfile (default: ghcr.io/dimmkirr/devcell:core-local)
--build rebuild image before running (forces --no-cache)
--debug plain-text mode plus stream full build log to stdout
--dry-run print docker run argv and exit without running
--engine string execution engine: docker or vagrant (default "docker")
-h, --help help for cell
--macos use macOS VM via Vagrant (alias for --engine=vagrant)
--plain-text disable spinners, use plain log output (for CI/non-TTY)
--session-name string session name for persistent home (~/.devcell/<name>)
--vagrant-box string Vagrant box name override
--vagrant-provider string Vagrant provider (e.g. utm) (default "utm")
SEE ALSO
- cell build - Build (or rebuild) the local devcell image
- cell chrome - Open Chromium with a project-scoped profile and sync cookies to Playwright
- cell claude - Run Claude Code in a devcell container
- cell codex - Run Codex in a devcell container
- cell init - Initialize .devcell.toml and .devcell/ build context in current directory
- cell login - Open a URL in Chromium, log in, and sync cookies to Playwright
- cell models - Detect locally available LLM models and show coding capability ratings
- cell opencode - Run OpenCode in a devcell container
- cell rdp - Open RDP connection to the running devcell container
- cell serve - Start HTTP API server for LLM commands
- cell shell - Open an interactive shell in a devcell container
- cell vnc - Open VNC connection to the running devcell container