About environments
Environments provide a consistent workspace for agents to run commands and execute code. An environment includes your repositories, toolchain, and Cosmos dependencies like Auggie. You can host your environment on Augment’s cloud sandboxes, or use self-hosted daemons to use your own virtual machine infrastructure or laptop. The fastest way to experience Cosmos is to run the daemon on a development machine you already have configured, like your laptop.Getting started
| Cloud environment | Self-hosted daemon | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Augment infrastructure | Your machine (laptop, virtual machine, devbox) |
| Setup | Configure with repos, tools, and secrets | Run auggie daemon on the host |
| Network access | Configured egress only | Same as host |
| Concurrency | Unlimited | Bounded by the number of daemons you’ve connected |
| Persistence between sessions | New each sessions | Disk and other state persists |
| Cost model | Billed per minute of uptime | No additional costs |
| Best for | Most workflows. Reproducible, isolated, scales with the team. | Local-network access, custom hardware, regulated data that can’t leave your premises. |