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# Making “Works on All Machines” Work for Agent Environments


- **Date:** Wednesday, Sep 23, 2026
- **Time:** 10:00–10:30 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 1
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

Agentic development environments need a lot of things - the project, agent harnesses, vector stores, compile tools, and more. And on top of that, it needs to be a trusted and safe environment in case an agent goes off-script. But, how?

This talk will dive deep on how to create and customize the sandbox environments for your agent, from the simple to the very complex. You'll also learn how to version control and share the environment through your codebase, ensuring everyone on your team has consistency in both environments and trust. The best part? It's not as hard as you think!


## Speaker

### [Michael Irwin](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@michael-irwin)

Principal Engineer, Developer Success


## Related talks at this congress

- [The AI-Ready Developer Environment — Local Setup, Reproducibility, and Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1888-the-ai-ready) — Michael Irwin
- [Give the Agent Its Own Machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1921-give-the-agent-its) — Dan Ndombe
- [Manufacturing trust: speed and safety in the age of agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1870-manufacturing-trust) — Mark Cavage
- [Tools, Sandboxes, and the Plumbing of Agentic Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1919-tools-sandboxes-and) — Oleg Šelajev

## Watch remotely

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- All full videos, bookmarks, and playlists
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[See pricing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/pricing)

## Links

- [Get tickets](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america/tickets)