DigitalOcean launches Cuttlefish to supervise AI agents from anywhere, with Box as launch partner

DigitalOcean launched Cuttlefish, a native iPhone app that lets managers and developers supervise AI agents from anywhere, and announced Box as its first launch partner. The collaboration, revealed November 5 at BoxWorks, gives enterprise teams a way to run agents on real business content stored in Box while keeping a human in the loop for key decisions - all from a phone.

What Cuttlefish does

Cuttlefish connects to DigitalOcean's Managed Agents platform, which is now in public preview. Users follow live agent sessions as the AI streams replies, reasoning, and tool calls. When a run needs approval, finishes, or fails, the app sends a notification. The person supervising can approve or deny a tool call with the full command, file path, or diff displayed, and can redirect, pause, or stop the run entirely.

The app works with agent harnesses including Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, OpenHands, Hermes, LangGraph, and CrewAI. Sessions run in DigitalOcean MicroVMs that persist independently of any device. Billing tracks active CPU use, so time spent waiting for human input costs little.

"Agentic work is a new paradigm. Builders direct agents that work on projects and check in when a decision needs a human," said Vinay Kumar, Chief Product and Technology Officer of DigitalOcean. "That turns every builder into a supervisor, and supervision shouldn't wait for someone to get back to a desk. Cuttlefish keeps people in control from anywhere, and with Box, their agents can work on the content their companies actually run on."

How Box Mount keeps content under control

Box Mount syncs a Box folder into every session of a Managed Agents environment. A user picks the folder in Cuttlefish, and the agent works on plain files. Edits - including deletions - sync back to Box, and changes made in Box appear in the workspace. Each person syncs with their own Box account, so Box's permissions, version history, and audit trail apply to every change an agent makes.

Biswaroop Palit, VP of Product Management Platform and Integrations at Box, said: "AI agents need secure access to enterprise content to deliver useful results - and the ability to share their output with the right set of collaborators. With Box Mount, developers using DigitalOcean Managed Agents can give agents secure access to business content in Box, with existing permissions and audit trails preserved."

DigitalOcean expects enterprises to combine the Box platform, Managed Agents, and Cuttlefish for domain-specific work across legal, finance, engineering, and support teams. Box Mount is in private preview. Cuttlefish is available now on the App Store for Managed Agents customers.

Why this matters for operations and IT teams

For managers in IT, operations, and support, Cuttlefish changes where and how agent oversight happens. Instead of checking a dashboard at a desk, a team lead can approve a file operation or stop a run from a phone while away. The Box integration means agents work on actual contracts, reports, and specs - not sandboxed copies - with the company's existing permissions and audit trail intact. That reduces the gap between what an agent can do in a demo and what it can safely do with live business content. Professionals exploring how to integrate agents into daily workflows may also benefit from structured AI Agent Courses that cover automation patterns relevant to these tools.