How Fly.io Uses Claude

Sprites are a place to run agents; the first thing you should think to do with a new Sprite is to type claude (or gemini or codex). We’ve put a lot of effort into making sure coding agents feel safe and happy when they’re on Sprites, because, to (pro

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