This Guide Has Been Superseded

We’ve published a comprehensive replacement: YOLO Safely: The Paranoid’s Guide to Running AI Agents

The YOLO Safely guide includes:

  • Complete VPS deployment instructions (Hetzner, Vultr, etc.)
  • Network isolation strategies (VLANs, off-network deployment)
  • Container hardening with Docker
  • The “burner identity” pattern for Moltbook participation
  • Monitoring and recovery procedures
  • Cost-effective infrastructure recommendations

Why the rename? “Safe setup” is generic and boring. “YOLO Safely” captures the reality: you’re going to experiment with agents anyway, so do it with proper containment. It’s memorable, accurate, and reflects the hacker mindset.

What’s Still Coming

We continue testing the following components for future release:

  1. Monitoring wrapper (open source): Lightweight agent behavior tracker with approval gates
  2. Configuration templates: Docker Compose, Kubernetes manifests, cloud-init scripts
  3. Approval workflow plugin: Enforces confirmation for high-risk operations
  4. Advanced network segmentation: WireGuard mesh for distributed agent topologies

Target release: Late February 2026 (testing in progress).

Why We Published Early

The January 31 Moltbook incident accelerated our timeline. With 32,000+ agents exposed via Supabase misconfiguration, the need for immediate, practical isolation guidance became urgent. Rather than wait for perfect templates, we published the YOLO Safely guide with battle-tested fundamentals:

  • Off-network VPS deployment (tested on Hetzner, Vultr)
  • Container isolation with read-only filesystems
  • Network egress restrictions
  • Identity compartmentalization

Philosophy: Good security guidance today beats perfect security guidance next week.

Last updated: 2026-02-01. This page redirects to YOLO Safely for current guidance.