About Sandbox Verdict

We test viral AI tools and GitHub repos before you install them, and publish exactly what we found.

Why this exists

Every week a new AI tool or agent skill collects thousands of GitHub stars in a few days. Most people install it straight onto the machine that holds their code, their keys and their accounts. Some of these tools are excellent. Some don't do what the README says. A few are risky.

We do the slow part for you: read the code, run it somewhere it can't hurt anything, give it real work, and say plainly whether it's worth installing.

What we publish

  • Tuesday: one tool, tested in full, with a case file on this site.
  • Friday: the week's five most viral tools, checked fast.
  • Quarantine: the repos we refused to run, and why.

How we stay independent

Nobody pays for a verdict. If a link earns us a commission it is labelled, and it never changes a score. Read the affiliate disclosure and how we test.

Suggest a tool

Seen a repo going viral that you'd like checked before you install it? Tell us in the comments of our latest video on YouTube. We read every one.