ClickUp · Productivity · Oct 2026
Anicet - introducing boat, the best sandbox infra for agents > full VMs, u
Boat · Oct 2026 · 2:12 · AI-annotated
The video is a rapid-fire feature list: each headline builds word by word over a low-poly 3D ocean scene, and the camera alternates between close orbits of a single ship and pull-backs that reveal fleets of hundreds or thousands. Signature moves are the highlighted keyword boxes, the ghost-copy duplication effects, and the scale reveals from one ship to a whole fleet, all on a steady ~118 BPM pulse.
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ClickUp · Productivity · Sep 2026
Anicet - introducing boat, the best sandbox infra for agents > full VMs, u, scene by scene
· 26 scenes as text
01 · Product intro · 0:00–0:20
A low-poly 3D ocean at sunset: a wooden ship carries a computer monitor as its sail, with a lighthouse island, dolphins and birds. The camera orbits and closes in on the ship as headline text appears top-left, and the monitor switches from terminal to desktop.
On-screen text: “boat.dev”, “Cloud computers for agents”, “A real Linux VM with 0 restrictions”, “Desktop & browser included”, “Docker inside”, “SSH & root access”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
02 · Feature reveal · 0:20–0:22
A low-poly 3D cargo ship with a penguin on a crate sails a stylized blue ocean; a terminal window on its sail types SSH commands line by line. Palm islands and birds drift past as the camera tracks the ship. The title sits static at top.
On-screen text: “SSH & root access”
Camera: Pan
03 · Feature reveal · 0:22–0:23
A low-poly 3D sea with a wooden ship at center; a terminal on its mast types an SSH login while the camera pulls back to reveal islands, whales and other boats. A bold title holds at the top.
On-screen text: “SSH & root access”, “Popular”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Push in
04 · Feature reveal · 0:23–0:26
A low-poly ship with a penguin captain sails a blue ocean while the camera orbits it, islands and birds drifting past. A mast billboard shows a two-column panel with chat bubbles, and the headline builds in at the top.
On-screen text: “Popular harnesses”, “pre-installed”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Push in
05 · Feature reveal · 0:26–0:33
A low-poly galleon bearing a dark Claude Code panel sails a blue sea of white line networks, watched by a small figure on a yellow rock. The camera pulls back to a wide shot as the ship recedes toward islands, brown birds wheel overhead, and the headline appears.
On-screen text: “Prompt agents inside,”, “from outside”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
06 · Feature reveal · 0:33–0:38
Low-poly 3D ocean with wooden ships of increasing size, each bearing a black sign numbered 2, 4, 8, 16 with vCPU and RAM text. The camera pans right across the fleet as islands and birds drift by under the headline 'Many VM sizes'.
On-screen text: “Many VM sizes”
Techniques: Parallax
Camera: Push in
07 · Feature reveal · 0:38–0:43
Low-poly 3D ocean crossed by white network lines. A wooden ship with a penguin and a floating monitor screen sails; a ghosted copy of it fades in and solidifies into a second ship beside it. A headline builds in the top left.
On-screen text: “Copy a VM,”, “Copy a VM, even while running”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
08 · Feature reveal · 0:43–0:44
Two low-poly pirate ships, each carrying a monitor showing a code editor, sail on a stylized blue ocean marked with white network lines. A headline sits at the top, then the camera pulls back to reveal a wider fleet of identical ships on the horizon.
On-screen text: “Copy a VM, even while running”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
09 · Feature reveal · 0:44–0:49
A 3D field of small islands, each with a sailing ship and a monitor showing terminal windows, spreads across blue water. The camera pulls back to reveal thousands of them, then pushes in as the caption builds word by word above.
On-screen text: “Spawn”, “thousands”, “of VMs”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Pull out
10 · Feature reveal · 0:49–0:50
A stylized 3D ocean with white network lines fills the frame as a wooden ship carrying two monitors sails forward. The camera pulls back to reveal islands and mountains. The words Snapshot them sit locked at the top left.
On-screen text: “Snapshot them”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
11 · Feature reveal · 0:50–0:51
A low-poly 3D ocean with a ship carrying a monitor showing a UI panel; a penguin sits on deck. The scene begins washed out and snaps to full color. Islands and a green volcano float behind. Top text reads 'Snapshot them any time' with 'Snapshot' in a white box.
On-screen text: “Snapshot them any time”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
12 · Feature reveal · 0:51–0:58
A 3D ocean with white network lines shows a brown ship carrying a monitor beside a transparent wireframe copy of itself. A flock of brown birds scatters and regroups as the camera pulls back to reveal a fleet of identical ships, while the headline swaps from Snapshot to Restore.
On-screen text: “Snapshot them any time”, “Restore them any time”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pan
13 · Feature reveal · 0:58–1:03
Isometric 3D view of a blue ocean crossed by white network lines, with a fleet of stylized blue ships showing code screens near a small palm island. The camera pulls back to reveal the full fleet while the top headline builds phrase by phrase.
On-screen text: “Manage your fleet”, “via the API,”, “SDKs & CLI”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Push in
14 · Feature reveal · 1:03–1:04
A 3D blue ocean fills the frame, dotted with small drone devices, each holding a dark terminal window of code, plus a palm island at left. A white headline with cyan highlight boxes sits across the top. The camera pushes in, scaling the text and fleet larger.
On-screen text: “Manage your fleet via the API, SDKs & CLI”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
15 · Feature reveal · 1:04–1:14
Low-poly 3D ocean: a wooden ship with a penguin at the stern carries a large screen cycling through UI mockups, from chat to code to a flowchart. The camera orbits the ship while islands and birds drift past, and the sky shifts from day to dusk.
On-screen text: “Now, some use cases:”, “Autonomous”, “software factories”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Push in
16 · Feature reveal · 1:14–1:18
A 3D sailing ship with a browser window as its main sail glides across a blue sea, a penguin mascot on the deck, flocks of birds crossing the sky. “Knowledge work” scales in overhead, then a second line with a navy highlight block lands below it.
On-screen text: “Knowledge work”, “with browser agents”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
17 · Feature reveal · 1:18–1:19
A low-poly wooden ship sails a stylized blue ocean, its sail holding a browser window that flips from a profile card to a red bar chart. A headline scales in above, then the camera follows the ship from behind toward a distant island.
On-screen text: “Knowledge work”, “with browser agents”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Static
18 · Feature reveal · 1:19–1:31
A fleet of cartoon ships, each carrying a browser window as a sail, drifts on a blue sea. The camera pulls back as the fleet multiplies into hundreds. It cuts to a golden key on a pedestal, ships ringed around it, as glass bubbles descend to enclose each ship.
On-screen text: “Login once,”, “spawn hundreds of copies”, “AI employees,”, “isolated & secure”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
19 · Feature reveal · 1:31–1:32
The camera pulls back from a golden key and ships sealed in glass bubbles to reveal a red-roofed white castle on an island, ringed by a fleet of ships carrying screens of code and checkmarks, on a blue network-patterned sea. A headline sits top-left.
On-screen text: “AI employees, isolated & secure”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Pan
20 · Feature reveal · 1:32–1:39
A high-angle 3D shot slowly pulls back as a low-poly castle on an island is ringed by orbiting pirate ships carrying monitor screens. Projectiles hit the castle until it collapses into rubble, while the caption stays centered above.
On-screen text: “Red teaming”, “try multiple attack vectors”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Particles
Camera: Pull out
21 · Feature reveal · 1:39–1:46
Rows of cartoon sailing ships carrying black laptops race across a 3D ocean toward a checkered finish line beside a red thermometer. Green check and red cross flags pop up over the front row as the camera pans across the fleet, while the headline builds at the top.
On-screen text: “Run agent evals”, “at scale”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Parallax
Camera: Pull out
22 · Feature reveal · 1:46–1:47
A 3D fleet of low-poly ships on a blue ocean, each with a monitor showing green checks, red X marks or spinners. The camera pulls back as the screens swap to colorful 3D shapes and a horizon with islands appears.
On-screen text: “Run agent evals at scale”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
23 · Feature reveal · 1:47–1:53
A fleet of small blue ships, each carrying a white panel with a colorful 3D shape, sails across a deep blue sea toward dark islands. The camera tracks the formation from a high angle as it advances. A headline builds in the upper left.
On-screen text: “Creative tasks”, “: use more VMs,”, “try more variants”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Pan
24 · Feature reveal · 1:53–1:54
A 3D field of white easels, each holding a colorful 3D shape, spreads across a dark blue glowing network surface. The camera tilts up to reveal the full grid under a pale sky. A headline with a blue highlight sits at the top.
On-screen text: “Creative tasks: use more VMs, try more variants”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Static
25 · Pricing · 1:54–2:07
A stylized 3D ocean with four boats sailing in a row; price signs pop up on poles above each (Daytona $0.33, E2B $0.33, Modal VMs $0.76, boat.dev $0.036), then the three competitor signs tip over and sink, and the headline “9× cheaper” appears, followed by “$0 when paused”.
On-screen text: “Daytona”, “$0.33”, “E2B”, “$0.33”, “Modal VMs”, “$0.76”, “boat.dev”, “$0.036”, “9× cheaper”, “$0 when paused”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Static
26 · Outro · 2:07–2:12
A fleet of cartoon boats, each carrying a glowing screen, sails in tight formation across a blue sea. The camera pulls back as the sky shifts from sunset orange to blue, and the wordmark plus tagline settle above the fleet. Birds and small islands dot the horizon.
On-screen text: “boat.dev”, “Computers for AI agents”
Camera: Pull out






