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User discovers hosted agents cannot access local filesystem

A user spent a week troubleshooting why a hosted AI agent couldn't access files on their local machine. They realized the agent runs in an ephemeral container on a remote server, so local files are never mounted—only uploaded copies are available.

3 engagement·1 source·Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 07:17 PM
The user tried to have a hosted agent read a contract from their Downloads folder, a Slack thread, and a Google Doc in one task. The agent repeatedly reported no access to the computer. After investigation, the user concluded that hosted agents execute tool calls inside ephemeral containers on remote machines, so the local filesystem is never mounted. No permission setting can grant access because the agent sees a different filesystem entirely. The only way to provide files is to upload them, giving the agent a copy to reason about.

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