Docker MCP Server

An MCP server that exposes the full Docker CLI as tools, letting any MCP client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, etc.) manage containers, images, volumes, networks, Compose services, and more on your system.

Tools (79)

Category	Tools
Containers (22)	ps, run, create, start, stop, restart, rm, logs, exec, inspect, top, stats, cp, kill, pause, unpause, rename, port, wait, diff, update, export
Images (14)	images, pull, push, build, rmi, tag, inspect, history, search, save, load, image_prune, import
Volumes (5)	ls, create, rm, inspect, prune
Networks (7)	ls, create, rm, inspect, connect, disconnect, prune
Compose (13)	up, down, ps, logs, build, pull, restart, stop, start, exec, config, rm, top
System (5)	info, version, system_df, system_prune, events
Registry (2)	login, logout
Contexts (5)	ls, create, inspect, use, rm
Buildx (6)	ls, create, rm, use, inspect, build
Raw (1)	Execute any arbitrary docker command

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• uv
• Docker CLI installed and accessible

Setup

git clone https://github.com/bottobot/docker-mcp-server.git
cd docker-mcp-server
uv sync

Usage

Claude Code

Add to your project's .mcp.json or run:

claude mcp add --transport stdio docker -- \
  uv run --directory /path/to/docker-mcp-server python server.py

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):

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

Standalone

uv run python server.py

The server runs over stdio transport by default.

License

MIT