Buddy Documentation

Pipelines, sandboxes, AI agents and deployments. Use them from the UI, the bdy CLI, YAML, the API or your coding agent.

Build with your favorite AI agent

Paste into any AI coding agent to set up Buddy.

All agents setup
Run

Sandboxes, agents and environments

Isolated machines, agents and the environments they work in.

Build

Pipelines, actions and integrations

Automate builds, tests and agent tasks, connected to the services you use.

Deliver

Git, targets and domains

Host your code, deploy it to servers and clouds, and put it on a domain.

Run
Build
Deliver
AI Agents

Connect AI coding agents to Buddy: run them as pipeline actions, in isolated sandboxes, or from your own terminal over the bdy CLI, skills and MCP.

Pipelines

Automate builds, tests, deployments and agent tasks with pipelines.

Buddy Git

Everything you need to know about Buddy Git hosting.

Sandboxes

All Buddy Sandboxes documentation in one place - quick start, configuration, endpoints, snapshots, pipelines, CLI, SDK, and everything in between.

Actions & Services

Learn all about actions in Buddy

Targets

Explore Buddy's deployment targets. Learn about supported protocols, integration possibilities, and how to manage targets to automate your CI/CD workflows efficiently.

Environments

Learn how to create and manage environments, configure permissions, and monitor activity in real time.

Integrations

Connect Buddy to the clouds, Git providers and services your pipelines and agents use.

Domains

Set up, transfer or point domains in Buddy with full DNS control, automation, and seamless integration into your CI/CD pipelines.

Agents & Tunnels

Learn how to use agents and tunnels - install, configure, and manage secure tunnels for your workflows.

Tests

Testing in Buddy - live unit test results with flaky and slow test detection, and visual regression testing with snapshot comparison and approvals.

Terraform

Run Terraform and OpenTofu in Buddy pipelines - plan, approve, apply, detect drift, and keep state in a Buddy artifact or your own backend.

  • MCP server

    Remote server with tools for pipelines, sandboxes, domains, packages.

    mcp.buddy.works/mcp
  • Buddy skill

    Teaches your agent to link, deploy, run pipelines and read logs.

    npx skills add buddy/buddy-plugin
  • Buddy CLI
    npm i -g bdy$