What can you build with VibeControls?
Real use cases grounded in the product — from solo developer setups to enterprise governance workflows. Pick your persona and find your story.
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Individual Developer
Zero-config local agent in under a minute
Set up a VibeControls agent in under a minute. Transform your machine into a managed node with AI, sessions, and plugins—no config needed.
Individual Developer
Per-project environment variables without .env sprawl
Manage environment variables per project with Vibe. Automatically apply secrets to sessions without .env files or risking production data.
Individual Developer
Any machine's terminal in a browser tab
Open a live, interactive terminal to any of your machines — local or remote — straight from a browser tab. No SSH client, no key management friction, no VPN.
Individual Developer
Instant public URL for your local dev server
Share your local dev server via a public HTTPS URL instantly. No VPN or staging needed—just two clicks to share with your team or clients.
Individual Developer
Shared AI prompt library with project context
Create a shared AI prompt library with project context. Attach documentation to ensure every AI prompt runs with the correct background.
Individual Developer
Send code to AI directly from VS Code
Send code to AI directly from VS Code with VibeControls. Highlight, right-click, and get AI responses tailored to your active Vibe.'s project context automatically attached.
Individual Developer
Give your AI assistant scoped access to your codebase
Generate scoped URLs for AI access to specific code files. Keep your full codebase private while providing necessary context to AI.
DevOps / SRE
Bootstrap a multi-server agent fleet in under 5 minutes
Quickly bootstrap a multi-server agent fleet with VibeControls. Automate agent installation and configuration across all SSH servers.
DevOps / SRE
Visual map of your entire infrastructure topology
Visualize your infrastructure with the Agent Graph. See connectivity status and agent reachability for development and staging setups.
DevOps / SRE
Centrally audit scheduled database backups across all servers
Audit scheduled database backups across servers with Vibe. Centralized logging ensures you know every backup's status at a glance.
DevOps / SRE
One-click incident response operations deck
Streamline incident response with VibeDeck. Execute common actions like API restarts and cache flushes with a single click.
DevOps / SRE
Self-serve operations for the whole org via shared VibeDeck
Enable self-serve operations with shared VibeDeck. Product teams can deploy, flush caches, and perform health checks without SSH access.
DevOps / SRE
Connect your database GUI to a remote database over a tunnel
Connect your database GUI to a remote database using VibeTunnels. No VPN or IP allow-listing needed for seamless access.
DevOps / SRE
Instant Slack alert when a session fails
Get instant Slack alerts for session failures. Subscribe to session.error events and notify your team without polling or dashboards.
DevOps / SRE
Queue AI test-generation jobs and review results in the morning
Queue AI test jobs overnight with VibeControls. Review generated test cases in the morning, ready to integrate into your test suite.
DevOps / SRE
Roll out new capabilities to your whole fleet from the plugin catalog
Manage plugins across your fleet with VibeControls. Browse, install, and update plugins without SSH, directly from the catalog.
DevOps / SRE
The entire platform from your terminal — and your CI pipeline
Access the full VibeControls platform via CLI. Automate tasks with scriptable output and CI-ready authentication.
Team & Platform
New hire productive in under an hour
Onboard new hires in under an hour with VibeControls. Access shared sessions, environment variables, and documentation instantly.
Team & Platform
Golden-path templates that scaffold complete microservices
Use golden-path templates to scaffold microservices. Quickly deploy production-ready services with predefined configurations.
Team & Platform
Platform team's shared ops deck eliminates 80% of tickets
Reduce tickets by 80% with a shared VibeDeck. Enable product teams to self-serve operations while platform teams audit logs.
Team & Platform
Living software catalog with real ownership and dependency graphs
Maintain a live software catalog with VibeControls. Register services, APIs, and libraries with ownership and dependency graphs.'s connected to the Vibes where work actually happens.
Team & Platform
Auto-built docs site embedded in your project Vibe
Embed an auto-built docs site in your project Vibe. Use Markdown for documentation and eliminate the need for separate platforms.
Team & Platform
See exactly what version is deployed in every environment
Monitor deployed versions across environments with the Environment Topology view. Ensure safe promotions with a full audit trail.
Team & Platform
Pair on a live terminal session from a Slack link
Share terminal sessions via Slack with teammates. Collaborators can join read-only or request control. All actions are audited.
Team & Platform
Quality scorecards your CI keeps honest
Create scorecards for vibes and components. Metrics update with each build, showing pass/warn/fail status and trend history.
Enterprise & Governance
Full audit trail for every operation, every actor, every outcome
Capture operations in a tamper-evident audit log with actor identity and timestamp. Logs are retained for 7 years.
Enterprise & Governance
Enterprise SSO via OIDC — every engineer logs in with their corporate identity
Set up OIDC SSO for VibeControls. Authenticate users via corporate identity provider, ensuring secure access management.
Enterprise & Governance
Security scorecards that show which services are production-ready
Grade services with security scorecards. Checklists include ownership, documentation, secrets scan, and SBOM generation.'t make the bar are flagged before they reach production.
Enterprise & Governance
Human-in-the-loop approval before AI executes high-risk changes
Use Plan Mode for AI operations. High-risk changes require human approval through the Plannotator portal before execution.
Enterprise & Governance
Fine-grained RBAC without complexity
Define workspace roles with RBAC. Roles map to access needs, providing project-level control without added complexity.
AI-Native & Extensibility
Control VibeControls from Claude Code with 600+ tools
Integrate VibeControls MCP server with Claude Code. Access 600+ tools to manage your development environment naturally.
AI-Native & Extensibility
Build a custom Vibe plugin by describing it in plain language
Describe your plugin in plain text. VibeControls AI Builder creates a complete plugin with UI panels and test environment.
AI-Native & Extensibility
Review AI-generated scripts in an isolated sandbox before real execution
Run AI-generated scripts in a VibeControls Sandbox. Review output in isolation before executing in a real environment.
AI-Native & Extensibility
Give external beta testers time-limited API access via tunnel token
Provide beta testers with time-limited API access. Create a public-access tunnel with a 4-hour expiry for testing.
AI-Native & Extensibility
A workspace AI assistant that acts as you — never beyond you
Use AI Assistant for workspace actions. It operates under your identity, respecting RBAC permissions and auditing.
AI-Native & Extensibility
One source of truth for your AGENTS.md and .cursorrules
Centralize AGENTS.md and .cursorrules in VibeControls. Scope instructions to agents or entire Vibes, ensuring consistent team coding standards.
AI-Native & Extensibility
See exactly what your AI agents did — task by task
Track AI agent tasks in real-time with VibeControls. View task status, source tool, and agent details in a live stream for full transparency.
Enterprise & Governance
Scan every vibe and agent — then triage the findings in one queue
Conduct comprehensive security scans on Vibes and agents. Manage findings in a unified queue, set statuses, and document exceptions efficiently.
Team & Platform
Package any operation into a reusable, shareable action
Create reusable Actions from commands, scripts, or webhooks. Share and run pre-built Actions with parameters across your team seamlessly.
AI-Native & Extensibility
Run Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and OpenCode from one workbench
Integrate Claude, Codex, Gemini, and more in one workbench. Control AI sessions with model, SDK mode, and server settings in a single interface.
AI-Native & Extensibility
Bring your own model keys — and keep them on your own machine
Securely store API keys on your machine. VibeControls supports various providers without needing to access your keys for AI harness sessions.
AI-Native & Extensibility
Decide how much rope the agent gets — per session, per machine
Customize agent autonomy per session. Choose from Plan, Accept edits, or Full auto modes, ensuring local command origin for security.
AI-Native & Extensibility
AI spend you can see — checked before the turn, charged after it
Monitor AI credit usage with VibeControls. Check budgets before dispatch and charge actual token counts post-turn for accurate spend tracking.'s own prices, deduplicated by message id, and shown in a meter inside the panel.
AI-Native & Extensibility
Turn what you just debugged into reusable AI context
Capture and reuse AI contexts from terminal sessions. Share prompts across teams and integrate them into harness chats or workbench drawers.
AI-Native & Extensibility
AI that proposes the ops fix and waits for your approval
VibeControls previews AI-driven ops plans for agent issues. Human approval required for execution, with governance features already active.
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