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title: "Runs start in the cloud, not your laptop"
description: "The moment signal arrives, ara boots an isolated workspace in its cloud. When a task needs a real OS, it escalates to a Mac, Windows, or Linux machine and keeps going."
url: "https://ara.so/product/cloud-agents"
section: "Features"
---

# Runs start in the cloud, not your laptop

The moment signal arrives, ara boots an isolated workspace in its cloud. When a task needs a real OS, it escalates to a Mac, Windows, or Linux machine and keeps going.

## Cloud first, full OS when it counts

### Cloud by default

Signal lands and a fresh isolated workspace boots in ara's cloud, no laptop required.

### Pick the right OS

When a build or test needs a real machine, ara routes the run to Mac, Windows, or Linux.

### Parallel by design

Independent runs execute side by side, each in its own clean environment.

## From signal to a clean teardown

### Signal boots a cloud workspace

An issue, comment, or trigger fires. ara provisions an isolated workspace in the cloud and pulls the repo at the right commit.

_Cloud_

### Match the environment to the task

If the work needs a native toolchain, ara escalates to a Mac, Windows, or Linux machine instead of forcing it through a container.

_Environment_

### Tear down, keep the evidence

The workspace is destroyed after each run. The transcript, diffs, and logs persist as part of the pull request.

_Pull request_

## Give ara a task and walk away

Runs start in the cloud, pick the OS they need, and come back as a reviewed pull request.