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Provides tools for inspecting, orchestrating, and troubleshooting Docker Engine and Docker Compose environments, including container lifecycle management, compose stacks, images, volumes, networks, and system-level operations.

How do I use docker-mcp?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@docker-mcp show me all running containers and their resource usage" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

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Docker MCP Server (`docker-mcp`)

Node.js Version License: MIT Architecture: Deep Module TypeScript

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing high-leverage tools for inspecting, orchestrating, and troubleshooting Docker Engine and Docker Compose environments.

Built on @thargy/mcp-server-core following John Ousterhout’s Deep Module philosophy (A Philosophy of Software Design).

1. Architectural Vision: Deep Module vs. Tool Bloat

Traditional MCP servers map 1:1 to Docker CLI verbs, resulting in 25+ shallow tools that bloat LLM context windows (consuming 4,000+ prompt tokens per turn) and increase hallucinations.

docker-mcp exposes exactly 6 consolidated, high-leverage tools with polymorphic typed action discriminators, consuming <1,000 tokens:

graph LR
    subgraph Clients ["MCP Clients"]
        Claude["Claude Desktop (Stdio)"]
        Agent["Antigravity / Coding Agents"]
        Gateway["mcp-gateway (SSE / Streamable HTTP)"]
    end

    subgraph DeepModule ["docker-mcp (Deep Module)"]
        T1["docker_containers"]
        T2["docker_compose"]
        T3["docker_images"]
        T4["docker_volumes"]
        T5["docker_networks"]
        T6["docker_system"]
        
        Seam["IDockerClient Seam"]
        Engine["DockerodeClient / InMemoryDockerClient"]
    end

    subgraph Host ["Docker Infrastructure"]
        Socket["/var/run/docker.sock"]
        RemoteTCP["tcp://remote-host:2376"]
        RemoteSSH["ssh://user@remote-host"]
    end

    Clients --> DeepModule
    DeepModule --> Seam
    Seam --> Engine
    Engine --> Host

Related MCP server: Docker MCP Server

2. Consolidated MCP Tool Catalog

Tool	Actions	Capabilities & Highlights
`docker_containers`	`list`, `inspect`, `start`, `stop`, `restart`, `logs`, `stats`, `exec`, `remove`	Name/status regex filtering, real-time CPU/RAM calculation, multiplexed stdout/stderr log extraction, command execution, safe timeouts.
`docker_compose`	`ps`, `up`, `down`, `restart`, `logs`	Multi-container stack discovery via labels/directories, lifecycle orchestration, healthcheck readiness verification.
`docker_images`	`list`, `inspect`, `pull`, `prune`, `remove`	Image inventory, virtual size formatting, tag resolution, dangling image cleanup.
`docker_volumes`	`list`, `inspect`, `create`, `prune`, `remove`	Persistent volume catalog, driver inspection, orphan volume pruning.
`docker_networks`	`list`, `inspect`, `create`, `prune`, `remove`	Bridge, overlay, and macvlan network topology inspection and subnet resolution.
`docker_system`	`info`, `df`, `prune`, `version`, `ping`	Daemon healthcheck, engine version, disk usage breakdown, system-wide reclamation.

3. Quickstart & Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PORT`	`3008`	HTTP / SSE listen port
`HOST`	`0.0.0.0`	Bind address
`MCP_TOKEN`	optional	Secret token for Bearer authentication over HTTP / SSE
`DOCKER_SOCKET`	`/var/run/docker.sock`	Path to local Unix Docker socket
`DOCKER_HOST`	optional	Remote Docker TCP URL (e.g. `tcp://192.168.86.50:2376`)
`DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY`	optional	Enable TLS certificate verification (`1` or `0`)
`DOCKER_CERT_PATH`	optional	Path to client TLS certificates (`ca.pem`, `cert.pem`, `key.pem`)

Running with Stdio (Claude Desktop / Local CLI)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docker": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/Users/craigdean/Repos/docker-mcp/dist/src/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "DOCKER_SOCKET": "/var/run/docker.sock"
      }
    }
  }
}

Running with Docker Compose & `mcp-gateway`

docker compose up -d --build

Access HTTP SSE at http://localhost:3008/docker/mcp or http://localhost:3008/docker/sse.

4. Testing & Code Quality

100% of unit tests execute against InMemoryDockerClient without requiring access to a live Docker socket.

# Run unit tests
npm test

# Run test coverage (>85% required)
npm run test:coverage

# TypeScript compile check
npm run types:check

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