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 "generated": "2026-10-19",
 "id": "stablyai-orca--run-agents-on-remote-ssh-box",
 "repo": "stablyai/orca",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/stablyai/orca",
 "repo_slug": "stablyai-orca",
 "title": "Run agents on a bigger remote machine over SSH",
 "page_title": "How to run agents on a bigger remote machine over SSH with orca",
 "summary": "Point Orca at a beefy remote box and run agents there with full editing, git and terminals from your laptop.",
 "who": "Developer whose laptop is too slow or too small to run several agents and their builds at once",
 "problem": "Parallel agents plus test runs overwhelm a laptop, but plain SSH sessions are fiddly to keep alive.",
 "outcome": "Agents work in worktrees on the remote machine while you edit, review and use terminals locally, with reconnects handled for you.",
 "steps": [
  "Make sure you can SSH into the remote machine and that your agent CLI is installed there.",
  "Add the remote host as an SSH worktree in Orca by following the SSH docs.",
  "Start an agent in a remote worktree and watch it from the Orca window.",
  "Use port forwarding to preview any dev server the agent starts."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using stablyai/orca, help me set up an SSH worktree for <user@host> and repo <path on remote>. Tell me how to confirm auto-reconnect works after I drop the connection.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "1 hour",
 "basis": "field",
 "caveat": "One HN user reported trouble installing on a headless server and fell back to a machine with a desktop, so a pure headless box may need extra effort.",
 "category": "Software & DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software & DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Windows or Linux desktop (README badge lists all three)",
  "At least one coding agent CLI installed and signed in with your own subscription, such as Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode",
  "A git repository to work in, since each agent runs in its own git worktree",
  "Optional: iPhone or Android phone for the mobile companion app",
  "Optional: a remote machine reachable over SSH for SSH worktrees"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": true,
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.702,
 "evidence": [
  {
   "platform": "x",
   "url": "https://x.com/i/web/status/2112067084913942686",
   "posted": "2026-10-19"
  },
  {
   "platform": "hn",
   "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49606598",
   "posted": "2026-09-08"
  }
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 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/run-agents-on-remote-ssh-box/",
 "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/run-agents-on-remote-ssh-box/index.md",
 "disclaimer": "Deduped lists open-source repositories that belong to other people. We do not own, maintain, audit, or vouch for any of them, and a repo appearing here is not an endorsement or a safety check. The use cases, steps, and prompts are written by AI and may be incomplete, outdated, or just wrong. Where a use case is marked \"Seen in the wild\", we link to public posts where someone described something similar, but we have not verified those posts and the use case itself is still our AI's own write-up. Use all of this at your own risk. Only run code, commands, or agents on systems and accounts you are authorized to use, and read the code and every command before you run it, especially anything that touches credentials, files, or the network. Nothing here is professional, security, legal, or financial advice. All trademarks and project names belong to their respective owners, and their use here does not imply affiliation. Content is provided as is, without warranties of any kind. Found a mistake, a safety problem, or something you want removed? Email hello@dedupedai.com and we will look at it promptly."
}