Docker MCP server

An MCP server for Docker

Components

Resources

The server implements a couple resources for every container:

• Stats: CPU, memory, etc. for a container
• Logs: tail some logs from a container

Prompts

docker_compose

Use natural language to compose containers.

Simply provide a project name and a description of the containers comprising the project, and the LLM will come up with a deployment plan.

This prompt instructs the LLM to enter a plan+apply loop. Your interaction with the LLM will involve the following steps:

1. You give the LLM instructions for which containers to bring up
2. The LLM calculates a concise natural language plan and presents it to you
3. You either:

• Apply the plan
• Provide the LLM feedback, and the LLM recalculates the plan

Examples

• name: nginx, containers: "deploy an nginx container exposing it on port 9000"
• name: wordpress, containers: "deploy a WordPress container and a supporting MySQL container, exposing Wordpress on port 9000"

Resuming a Project

When starting a new chat with this prompt, the LLM will receive the status of any containers, volumes, and networks created with the given project name.

This is mainly useful for cleaning up, in-case you lose a chat that was responsible for many containers.

Tools

Containers

• list_containers
• create_container
• run_container
• recreate_container
• start_container
• fetch_container_logs
• stop_container
• remove_container

Images

• list_images
• pull_image
• push_image
• build_image
• remove_image

Networks

• list_networks
• create_network
• remove_network

Volumes

• list_volumes
• create_volume
• remove_volume

Disclaimers

Sensitive Data

DO NOT CONFIGURE CONTAINERS WITH SENSITIVE DATA. This includes API keys, database passwords, etc.

Any sensitive data exchanged with the LLM is inherently compromised, unless the LLM is running on your local machine.

If you are interested in securely passing secrets to containers, file an issue on this repository with your use-case.

Reviewing Created Containers

Be careful to review the containers that the LLM creates. Docker is not a secure sandbox, and therefore the MCP server can potentially impact the host machine through Docker.

For safety reasons, this MCP server doesn't support sensitive Docker options like --privileged or --cap-add/--cap-drop. If these features are of interest to you, file an issue on this repository with your use-case.

Configuration

This server uses the Python Docker SDK's from_env method. For configuration details, see the documentation.

Quickstart

Install

Claude Desktop

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration

"mcpServers": {
  "mcp-server-docker": {
    "command": "uv",
    "args": [
      "--directory",
      "/path/to/repo",
      "run",
      "mcp-server-docker"
    ]
  }
}

Development

Prefer using Devbox to configure your development environment.

See the devbox.json for helpful development commands.