--- title: VM templates description: Ready-to-run Beam VMs: OpenClaw and Hermes Agent, a devbox for Claude Code and Codex, a desktop for computer use, Blender on an RTX 4090 and a video studio for agents. Start one with a single command from your terminal or your coding agent. --- # VM templates This is Beam's VM template catalog. Each template is a public Beam VM template: a disk with the software installed and set to start on boot. Starting one creates an independent VM in the user's workspace (4 vCPU · 8 GiB · 50 GiB disk, plus a GPU where the table lists one), billed per second while it runs. The same catalog is on the web at [www.beam.cloud/templates](https://www.beam.cloud/templates) and as JSON at [www.beam.cloud/templates.json](https://www.beam.cloud/templates.json). --- ## Start a template - **Fresh machine:** `curl -fsSL https://www.beam.cloud/install | sh -s -- --template ` installs the CLI, signs in through the browser, connects the user's coding agents and starts the VM. It asks before creating the VM; add `--yes` once the user has approved. - **CLI already set up:** `beam vm new --template `. Add `--cpu` and `--memory` to change the size. - **MCP:** call `create_vm` with `{"name": "", "template": ""}`. - **Open it:** `beam vm terminal ` or `beam vm desktop `, as each template says. Tell the user which template you chose and its hourly price before creating it, from the VM and GPU rates in [pricing.md](https://www.beam.cloud/pricing.md). Templates ship signed out of every account, so once the VM is ready, give the user its first-run step: signing in is theirs to do. Never ask the user for a token. --- ## Templates | Template | Slug | Category | VM | Template ID | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | OpenClaw | `openclaw` | Personal agents | headless | `085a234c-5974-4f12-8cec-bf5da8258ea0` | | Hermes Agent | `hermes-agent` | Personal agents | headless | `eb8f47d8-4a7b-4dd9-8949-4a1c843a2236` | | Agent devbox | `agent-devbox` | Coding agents | desktop, Docker | `a1da2d96-f807-4f2b-9ccd-08ce9c695712` | | Computer use | `computer-use` | Coding agents | desktop | `a10dbe30-6dec-4e7b-ab41-4e86d4cad7cf` | | Blender | `blender` | Creative | desktop, RTX 4090 | `20717ff4-d7b2-4825-b341-de1faf7bb7d5` | | Video studio | `video-studio` | Creative | desktop | `71342c8e-c38d-49f0-8a6f-e51e4b06a853` | ### OpenClaw (`openclaw`) The personal agent you message on WhatsApp, Telegram or Slack, on a VM that stays on when your laptop doesn't. - OpenClaw, ready to onboard - Its gateway as a service once you onboard, running from boot - Node.js 24 ```bash # Fresh machine: install the CLI, sign in, connect agents, start the VM curl -fsSL https://www.beam.cloud/install | sh -s -- --template openclaw # CLI already set up beam vm new openclaw --template 085a234c-5974-4f12-8cec-bf5da8258ea0 # Open it beam vm terminal openclaw ``` MCP `create_vm` arguments: ```json {"name":"openclaw","template":"085a234c-5974-4f12-8cec-bf5da8258ea0"} ``` **First run:** Run `openclaw onboard --install-daemon` to sign in to a model, with a ChatGPT or Claude subscription or an API key, and connect your chat apps. Recipe: [https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/openclaw](https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/openclaw) ### Hermes Agent (`hermes-agent`) Nous Research's agent that remembers, learns skills and answers on Telegram, Discord, Slack and WhatsApp. - Hermes Agent with its tools and skills - Its messaging gateway - A browser for web tasks ```bash # Fresh machine: install the CLI, sign in, connect agents, start the VM curl -fsSL https://www.beam.cloud/install | sh -s -- --template hermes-agent # CLI already set up beam vm new hermes-agent --template eb8f47d8-4a7b-4dd9-8949-4a1c843a2236 # Open it beam vm terminal hermes-agent ``` MCP `create_vm` arguments: ```json {"name":"hermes-agent","template":"eb8f47d8-4a7b-4dd9-8949-4a1c843a2236"} ``` **First run:** Run `hermes setup` to pick a model and connect your chat apps, then `hermes gateway install` to keep it answering. Recipe: [https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/hermes-agent](https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/hermes-agent) ### Agent devbox (`agent-devbox`) Claude Code, Codex and the Cursor CLI on a VM that keeps working after your laptop closes. Drive Claude Code from your phone. - Claude Code, Codex and the Cursor CLI - Remote Control in tmux, for the Claude app - Docker, the GitHub CLI, Node.js 22, uv and Python 3.12 - Google Chrome on a desktop ```bash # Fresh machine: install the CLI, sign in, connect agents, start the VM curl -fsSL https://www.beam.cloud/install | sh -s -- --template agent-devbox # CLI already set up beam vm new agent-devbox --template a1da2d96-f807-4f2b-9ccd-08ce9c695712 # Open it beam vm terminal agent-devbox ``` MCP `create_vm` arguments: ```json {"name":"agent-devbox","template":"a1da2d96-f807-4f2b-9ccd-08ce9c695712"} ``` **First run:** Sign in with `claude`, then run `claude-remote` and open the session in the Claude app on your phone. Recipe: [https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/agent-devbox](https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/agent-devbox) ### Computer use (`computer-use`) A Linux desktop that Claude Code and Codex operate, clicking through apps and websites while you watch. - Claude Code and Codex - agent-desktop, for apps on the desktop - agent-browser, for websites in Chrome - Their skills, so the agents know how to use them ```bash # Fresh machine: install the CLI, sign in, connect agents, start the VM curl -fsSL https://www.beam.cloud/install | sh -s -- --template computer-use # CLI already set up beam vm new computer-use --template a10dbe30-6dec-4e7b-ab41-4e86d4cad7cf # Open it beam vm terminal computer-use ``` MCP `create_vm` arguments: ```json {"name":"computer-use","template":"a10dbe30-6dec-4e7b-ab41-4e86d4cad7cf"} ``` **First run:** Sign in with `claude` or `codex` and give it a task, then watch with `beam vm desktop computer-use`. Recipe: [https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/computer-use](https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/computer-use) ### Blender (`blender`) Blender on an RTX 4090 in your browser, for Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client to build and render scenes in while you watch. - Blender 4.5 LTS full screen, streamed over WebRTC - An RTX 4090 for the viewport and Cycles, which renders with OptiX - MCP for Blender, registered and running - A starter project in /workspace ```bash # Fresh machine: install the CLI, sign in, connect agents, start the VM curl -fsSL https://www.beam.cloud/install | sh -s -- --template blender # CLI already set up beam vm new blender --template 20717ff4-d7b2-4825-b341-de1faf7bb7d5 # Open it beam vm desktop blender ``` MCP `create_vm` arguments: ```json {"name":"blender","template":"20717ff4-d7b2-4825-b341-de1faf7bb7d5"} ``` **First run:** Run `beam vm port-forward blender 8082` and add `http://127.0.0.1:8082/mcp` to your agent as an HTTP MCP server. Recipe: [https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/blender](https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/blender) ### Video studio (`video-studio`) Claude Code and Codex make videos from code with HyperFrames and Remotion, rendered on the VM. - HyperFrames and Remotion, with their skills - A starter project for each in /workspace - Claude Code, Codex and FFmpeg ```bash # Fresh machine: install the CLI, sign in, connect agents, start the VM curl -fsSL https://www.beam.cloud/install | sh -s -- --template video-studio # CLI already set up beam vm new video-studio --template 71342c8e-c38d-49f0-8a6f-e51e4b06a853 # Open it beam vm terminal video-studio ``` MCP `create_vm` arguments: ```json {"name":"video-studio","template":"71342c8e-c38d-49f0-8a6f-e51e4b06a853"} ``` **First run:** Sign in with `claude` or `codex` and describe the video you want. Recipe: [https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/video-studio](https://github.com/beam-cloud/beta9/tree/main/sdk/examples/vm/templates/video-studio) --- ## Questions ### How is a template billed? Like any Beam VM: per second for CPU, memory and any GPU while it runs, plus its disk. Templates start at the default size, 4 vCPU and 8 GiB of memory with a 50 GiB disk, and Blender adds an RTX 4090. Stop or pause the VM and its compute charges stop; a GPU VM stops rather than pauses. ### What do I get when I start one? An independent VM in your workspace, booted from a copy of the template's disk. What you change stays on your VM: nothing flows back to the template, and later versions of the template don't change your VM. ### Why does it start signed out? Everyone who starts a template gets a copy of the same disk, so it carries no accounts, API keys or chat apps. Each template's first step signs you in on your own VM, and those sign-ins stay on its disk. The terminal and desktop are only open to people signed in to your Beam workspace. ### Can I change the size? Yes. Add `--cpu` and `--memory` to `beam vm new` along with `--template`, for example `beam vm new devbox --template ID --cpu 8 --memory 16384`. ### How do agents use this page? https://www.beam.cloud/templates.md lists every template with its ID, commands and the arguments for Beam's MCP `create_vm` tool, and https://www.beam.cloud/templates.json has the same data as JSON. The installer looks up `--template SLUG` in that list.