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Nilbox

Show HN: Nilbox – Run OpenClaw without exposing your API tokens

49 AI Score
Show_hn other Added Apr 18, 2026

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I built this to run OpenClaw safely. The problem: every sandbox I tried still handed the real API token to the agent as an env var.<p>nilbox never gives the agent the real token. It gets a fake placeholder instead (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=ANTHROPIC_API_KEY). nilbox intercepts outbound API calls and swaps in the real token at the network layer.<p>So if the agent leaks the &quot;token&quot; — attacker gets a useless string. That&#x27;s it.<p>Also ships a managed Linux runtime (consistent across mac&#x2F;win&#x2F;linux) and a Store for one-click agent app installs. Full shell access too.<p>Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nilbox.run" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nilbox.run</a><p>Curious how others are thinking about token security when running agents locally.

AI Score Reasoning

Nilbox addresses a critical security gap in the burgeoning AI agent space by preventing API token leakage at the network layer. While the technical approach is clever and timely, the project is in its infancy with minimal traction and faces significant risk of being absorbed as a feature by larger agent platforms.

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