Convert To Apple Container

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user wants Apple Container instead of Docker
• Is setting up on macOS and prefers the native runtime
• Apple container
• Convert to apple container

Example prompts

• “apple container”
• “convert to apple container”
• “switch to apple container”
• “/convert-to-apple-container”

Requirements

• Docker

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Pre-flight
2. 2Apply Code Changes
3. 3Verify

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1395af4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • git
  • npm
  • docker

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • github.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Convert To Apple Container loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 433 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~84

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:16

  - Dockerfile entrypoint: `.env` shadowing via `mount --bind` inside the container (Apple Container only supports directo

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:74

  `src/orchestrator/container-runner.ts` — .env shadow mount fix and privilege dropping

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:75

  er/Dockerfile` — entrypoint that shadows .env via `mount --bind`

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:175

  `src/orchestrator/container-runner.ts` | .env shadow mount removed, main containers start as root with privilege drop |

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:176

  erfile` | Entrypoint: `mount --bind` for .env shadowing, `setpriv` privilege drop |

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from sbusso/claudeclaw at commit 1395af4, republished under its MIT licence (© sbusso). 433 words, ~1,414 tokens.

name

convert-to-apple-container

description

Switch from Docker to Apple Container for macOS-native container isolation. Use when the user wants Apple Container instead of Docker, or is setting up on macOS and prefers the native runtime. Triggers on "apple container", "convert to apple container", "switch to apple container", or "use apple container".

container --version && echo "Apple Container ready" || echo "Install Apple Container first"

grep "CONTAINER_RUNTIME_BIN" src/orchestrator/container-runtime.ts

git remote -v

git remote add upstream https://github.com/sbusso/claudeclaw.git

git fetch upstream skill/apple-container
git merge upstream/skill/apple-container

npm test
npm run build

container system status || container system start

./src/runtimes/docker/build.sh

echo '{}' | container run -i --entrypoint /bin/echo claudeclaw-agent:latest "Container OK"

mkdir -p /tmp/test-ro && echo "test" > /tmp/test-ro/file.txt
container run --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash \
  --mount type=bind,source=/tmp/test-ro,target=/test,readonly \
  claudeclaw-agent:latest \
  -c "cat /test/file.txt && touch /test/new.txt 2>&1 || echo 'Write blocked (expected)'"
rm -rf /tmp/test-ro

mkdir -p /tmp/test-rw
container run --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash \
  -v /tmp/test-rw:/test \
  claudeclaw-agent:latest \
  -c "echo 'test write' > /test/new.txt && cat /test/new.txt"
cat /tmp/test-rw/new.txt && rm -rf /tmp/test-rw

npm run build
launchctl kickstart -k gui/$(id -u)/com.claudeclaw

container system start
container system status

# Clean rebuild — Apple Container caches aggressively
container builder stop && container builder rm && container builder start
./src/runtimes/docker/build.sh

© sbusso, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/convert-to-apple-container of sbusso/claudeclaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1395af4