Claude Science SANDBOX on Chimera
Access: JupyterHUB
claude-science-SANDBOX is the same Claude Science application as the one described on the Claude Science page, started in its supported sandbox mode. It comes from the same launcher package and appears as a second tile in your JupyterLab launcher.
Use this tile when you want the sandbox and do not need the Chimera tools.
Installation
There is nothing separate to install. The single launcher installation described in Install the launcher provides both the claude-science and claude-science-SANDBOX tiles.
As with the other tile, you sign in with your own Claude account and subscription; Chimera provides neither.
What is different
claude-science |
claude-science-SANDBOX |
|
|---|---|---|
| Claude Science sandbox | Off | On |
| Chimera Slurm MCP | Enabled | Disabled |
| Chimera FileCompress MCP | Enabled | Disabled |
| Chimera-related skills | Enabled | Disabled |
| Profile directory | /work/<username>/.claude-science |
/work/<username>/.claude-science-sandbox |
The trade-off is the whole point of having two tiles. The Chimera MCP tools have to start external command-line processes through the cluster module system, which the sandbox does not permit. So you can have the sandbox, or you can have the Chimera tooling, but not both in one session.
Choose this tile for general research work where the agent does not need to drive the cluster. Choose Claude Science when you want the agent to inspect the queue, submit jobs, read logs, or work with archives; see AI Interfaces for Chimera for what those tools do.
Data location
This tile uses its own profile directory:
/work/<username>/.claude-science-sandbox
The profile is entirely separate from the non-sandboxed tile's /work/<username>/.claude-science. Session state, login state, caches, settings, and MCP configuration do not mix between the two.
The practical consequence is that you sign in separately in each tile, and work you started in one tile is not visible in the other.
Troubleshooting
The Chimera MCP tools being absent here is intentional, not a fault. If you need them, use the Claude Science tile.
For everything else — a missing tile, first sign-in problems, or ending a session that keeps holding cluster resources after you close the browser — see Troubleshooting on the Claude Science page.