Sandbox Trial

ServerCC normally needs a server you own, with an agent installed on it. The Sandbox Trial removes that requirement for your first run: the app hands you a free temporary cloud sandbox so you can try the whole workflow — connect, prompt an agent, browse files, review a diff — before setting anything up yourself.

Where to find it

  • On iPhone: the button on the empty server list.
  • On iPad: the row in the sidebar when you have no servers yet.
  • At the end of the Quick Start guide: the main button turns into a claim button on the last page.

The first two entry points exist only while your server list is empty — once you add a server of your own, they go away.

Claiming

Claiming is automatic. The app walks through four visible steps: it requests a sandbox, stores the connection credentials, connects over SSH, and sets up a workspace pointing at a sample project that is already checked out. When it finishes you are back at the server list with the new sandbox row in it — tap it and start a session like on any other server.

What is inside

  • Three agents, preinstalled and signed in: Claude Code, Codex, and Pi. No API key, no login step. The app enables all three for you automatically.
  • tmux and git, so persistent sessions and the git diff view work the same as on a real server.
  • A sample project, already checked out, so the agents have something real to work on from the first prompt.

AI usage inside the sandbox has a fixed budget.

The time limit

A sandbox lives for a fixed number of minutes from the moment you claim it. The remaining time shows as a countdown on the server row and as a banner on the workspace page, and a notification reminds you shortly before expiry.

When time runs out, the sandbox machine is destroyed together with everything on it. If a session is open at that moment, the app disconnects it and tells you the trial ended. The row itself stays in your list, marked Trial ended; tapping it offers to add your own server or delete the trial host.

Not a place for real work

Nothing survives expiry — code, credentials, agent conversations are all deleted with the machine, and the timer cannot be extended. Treat the sandbox as a demo, and put real projects on your own server.

Limits and details

  • A trial host never counts toward the free plan’s server limit.
  • Trial hosts are excluded from iCloud Backup — there is nothing durable to back up.
  • Each device can claim a limited number of sandboxes.

When you are ready for a real server, the Quick Start covers adding one, and Server Management has the full options.