vibebolt

Vibe code some Rust!

Vibebolt is an experimental MCP server which enables you to write and execute Rust code within a docker container.

It's pretty bare bones. Currently it can only compile a single file at a time, has to write that file all at once, and doesn't support any external libraries. Honestly, it's just kinda fun to watch Claude go as it iteratively writes code, runs into a bug or compile error, and iteratively works on fixing it (it doesn't always).

NOTE: This is a pretty crude implementation and might melt your quota (and the polar ice caps).

NOTE: Even if sandboxed, vibebolt is still running arbitrary code within a docker container inside the host machine. Use with caution. I've noticed other servers seem to be way more comfortable letting a server execute commands on the terminal.

Prerequisites

Python 3 (TODO: Figure out minimum working version) uv package manager.

Installation

TODO: Add setup guide

Usage

TODO: Add usage guide

Random Notes

Thoughts on vibe coding?

In my experience, vibe coding is highly iterative, and the agent often gets trapped in a loop, even with chain of thought. If I ever continue this project, a more complex agent probably should focus on exploring some techniques for mitigating this. The crudest idea seems to be "stack more agents".

I've also noticed it often struggles to use vibebolt's APIs in an intended manner. I'm pretty new to agent API design and prompt engineering, so I don't have a good handle of what the best practices are.

Why Rust specifically?

No reason. Maybe focusing on Python would have been better, but I wanted to see if AI could take advantage of assembly dumps.

Should I be running this locally?

Hopefully, the code inside this codebase is small enough that it can be easily audited.