so does the container install anything,

The way the agent works with dockers:
spin the docker Install the base stuff inside the docker (like git and make sure it has python etc) Create a new venv inside the docker, inheriting everything from the docker's system wide python packages, this means that if you have the "object_detection" package installed, it will be available inside the new venv. Install specific python package your Task requires (inside the venv). This allows you to override/add missing packages on the base docker container Run the code