Devcontainer Setup Plugin

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Create pre-configured devcontainers with Claude Code and language-specific tooling

1 Skill 0 MCPs

Purpose

To streamline the setup of isolated and feature-rich development environments using devcontainers, integrated with Claude Code and common programming languages.

Features

Pre-configured devcontainers
Multi-language support (Python, Node, Rust, Go)
Includes Claude Code and marketplace plugins
Modern CLI tools (ripgrep, fd, fzf, tmux)
Session persistence and token forwarding
Filesystem and network isolation

Use Cases

Setting up new development projects with consistent environments
Creating isolated sandboxes for code development and testing
Configuring project-specific development tools and runtimes
Ensuring reproducible build and development environments

Non-Goals

Production deployment of containers
General Docker or Kubernetes management
Modifying existing, non-devcontainer configurations

Workflow

User requests devcontainer setup
Detect project language stack
Generate Dockerfile, devcontainer.json, and helper scripts
Write configuration files to .devcontainer/
Provide instructions for starting and managing the container

Practices

Devcontainer configuration
Language environment setup
Development workflow automation
Security best practices for development environments

Prerequisites

Docker or compatible container runtime installed
VS Code with Dev Containers extension
Claude Code installed

Trust

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Installation

First, add the marketplace

/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills

/plugin install devcontainer-setup@trailofbits

Contains 1 extensions

Skill (1)

Devcontainer Setup Skill

Creates devcontainers with Claude Code, language-specific tooling (Python/Node/Rust/Go), and persistent volumes. Use when adding devcontainer support to a project, setting up isolated development environments, or configuring sandboxed Claude Code workspaces.

Quality Score

Verified

97 /100

Analyzed about 13 hours ago

Trust Signals

Last commit3 days ago

GitHub owner trailofbits

Stars5.2k

LicenseCC-BY-SA-4.0

Status

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