Write files into a Vercel Sandbox and download build artifacts back to the local filesystem using the JS/TS SDK file APIs.
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Documented steps
Create the sandbox: `const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()`.
Create a directory if needed with `await sandbox.mkDir('src')` (paths are relative to `/vercel/sandbox` unless absolute). Docs: https://vercel.com/docs/sandbox/sdk-reference
Write one or more files in a single call: `await sandbox.writeFiles([{ path: 'src/build-artifact.js', content: Buffer.from('...') }])`. Batch related files into one call to reduce round trips. Use the optional `mode` field (e.g. `0o755`) to set Unix permissions for executable scripts.
Run the code that produces output: `const result = await sandbox.runCommand('node', ['src/build-artifact.js']); if (result.exitCode !== 0) throw new Error(await result.stderr());`.
Download the resulting artifact: `await sandbox.downloadFile({ path: 'dist/output.txt' }, { path: './artifacts/dist/output.txt' }, { mkdirRecursive: true })`. Use `sandbox.readFile()` (returns a `ReadableStream | null`) or `sandbox.readFileToBuffer()` (returns `Buffer | null`) to pull contents into memory instead of to disk.
Call `await sandbox.stop()` when done.
Known gotchas
`readFile()`, `readFileToBuffer()`, and `downloadFile()` all resolve to `null` (not throw) when the source file does not exist — check for `null` explicitly.
The sandbox filesystem is ephemeral by default for non-persistent sandboxes; without `persistent: true` (the actual default) or manual snapshotting, files are lost when the sandbox stops unless downloaded first.
Each sandbox is provisioned 32 GB of ephemeral NVMe storage regardless of plan — large build artifacts can hit this ceiling.
`writeFiles()` requires `content` as a `Buffer` in JS (or `bytes` in Python) — passing a plain string will not satisfy the type.
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