# Creating Devcontainers

> Create and review DevContainer configurations that follow organisational standards. Use when a user asks to set up a dev container, configure a development environment, create a devcontainer.json, add lifecycle hooks, review an existing DevContainer for compliance, or improve container security. Covers base images, features, extensions, lifecycle hooks, and security hardening.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-willvelida-code-minions-creating-devcontainers`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [willvelida](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/willvelida)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [willvelida](https://github.com/willvelida)
- **Source:** https://github.com/willvelida/code-minions/tree/main/packages/creating-devcontainers/skills/creating-devcontainers

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-willvelida-code-minions-creating-devcontainers
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# DevContainer Skill

## Overview

This skill provides capabilities for creating and reviewing DevContainer configurations that comply with organisational standards.

## Capabilities

| Capability | Action | Description |
|------------|--------|-------------|
| Create | `actions/create.md` | Generate a standards-compliant DevContainer configuration |
| Review | `actions/review.md` | Analyse an existing DevContainer for compliance and improvements |

## Standards

This skill bundles the following standards in `standards/`:

| Standard | File | Description |
|----------|------|-------------|
| Core | `core.md` | Base image, lifecycle hooks, container configuration, file structure |
| Extensions | `extensions.md` | VS Code extension requirements and guidelines |
| Features | `features.md` | DevContainer features configuration and versioning |
| Security | `security.md` | Security requirements and risk guidance |
| Checklist | `checklist.md` | Consolidated compliance checklist |
| Template | `template.json` | Base configuration template |

## Usage

1. Load this skill manifest
2. Identify the required capability (create or review)
3. Load the bundled standards from `standards/`
4. Ask the user what language(s) and tooling the DevContainer needs to accommodate
5. Execute the action following `actions/.md`

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [willvelida](https://github.com/willvelida)
- **Source:** [willvelida/code-minions](https://github.com/willvelida/code-minions)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-willvelida-code-minions-creating-devcontainers
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/willvelida
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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