docker-mcp

🐳 docker-mcp

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Docker operations, enabling seamless container and compose stack management through Claude AI.

✨ Features

• 🚀 Container creation and instantiation
• 📦 Docker Compose stack deployment
• 🔍 Container logs retrieval
• 📊 Container listing and status monitoring

🚀 Quickstart

To try this in Claude Desktop app, add this to your claude config files:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docker-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "docker-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

🛠️ Development

Local Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/QuantGeekDev/docker-mcp.git
   cd docker-mcp

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2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

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3. Install dependencies:

   uv sync

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🔍 Debugging

Launch the MCP Inspector for debugging:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory <path-to-docker-mcp> run docker-mcp

The Inspector will provide a URL to access the debugging interface.

📝 Available Tools

The server provides the following tools:

create-container

Creates a standalone Docker container

{
    "image": "image-name",
    "name": "container-name",
    "ports": {"80": "80"},
    "environment": {"ENV_VAR": "value"}
}

deploy-compose

Deploys a Docker Compose stack

{
    "project_name": "example-stack",
    "compose_yaml": "version: '3.8'\nservices:\n  service1:\n    image: image1:latest\n    ports:\n      - '8080:80'"
}

get-logs

Retrieves logs from a specific container

{
    "container_name": "my-container"
}

list-containers

Lists all Docker containers

{}