# limabean

> Disposable Ubuntu dev VMs on a Mac from layered Lima templates, with pinned toolchains, keys that stay on the host, and an MCP server so Claude can drive them.

- URL: https://rossedman.io/projects/limabean/

`limabean up dev` gives you an Ubuntu VM with a complete, version-pinned toolchain and your git identity, ready as fast as it boots. It pushes with your SSH keys without ever copying them in.

- **Packs.** Docker, Python and core CLI tools in every VM; Go, Node, Kubernetes, Terraform, Rust and more per VM or per project.
- **`.limabean.yaml`** in a repo describes the VM it needs, and `limabean recipes` has starters.
- **Keys and secrets stay on your Mac**, from your agent, Keychain or 1Password.
- **Sandboxes for agents.** Limit a VM to the domains its work needs and lock it.
- **Claude drives it** through an MCP server: create VMs, clone repos, run tests and snapshot, without touching your Mac.
- **Safe to throw away.** `~/code` survives a rebuild, and `rm` refuses to run while you have unpushed work.

It's plain [Lima](https://lima-vm.io) underneath, so `limactl` always works.