The Docker MCP Toolkit in Docker Desktop lets developers configure and run MCP servers from the Docker MCP Catalog in profiles. It is powered by the docker-mcp CLI plugin, whose main feature is the Docker MCP Gateway that runs and routes to MCP servers running as containers. It can work in Docker Desktop or independently.
Was es kann
Wo Docker MCP Toolkit and MCP Gateway läuft und was es ergänzt, laut Dokumentation
Runs MCP servers from the Docker MCP Catalog as isolated containers
Groups servers into profiles that clients connect to
Serves clients over stdio or streaming through docker mcp gateway run
Manages secrets and OAuth flows for servers
Connects clients with docker mcp client connect --profile
Supports per-tool allowlists and Dynamic MCP to add servers during a conversation
Wann Sie es einsetzen sollten
Gut geeignet
Using many MCP servers from several clients with one shared configuration
Wanting container isolation and managed secrets for MCP servers
Sharing server sets as profiles via OCI registries
Nicht geeignet für
Setups without Docker (Docker Desktop 4.59+ with MCP Toolkit enabled, or the CLI plugin, is required)
So installieren Sie Docker MCP Toolkit and MCP Gateway
Sie benötigen: Docker Desktop 4.59+ with MCP Toolkit enabled; Go 1.24+ only for building from source
Install Docker Desktop 4.59+ and enable the MCP Toolkit
Or build the plugin: git clone https://github.com/docker/mcp-gateway.git, then make docker-mcp
Runs MCP servers as containers; by default they have no host filesystem access, only mounts you grant
Tool containers limited to 1 CPU and 2 GB memory
Sicherheitshinweise der Maintainer
Images under mcp/ in the catalog are built and signed by Docker with an SBOM
Secrets are kept in Docker Desktop secrets management, not environment variables
Requests carrying sensitive information such as secrets are blocked
Prüfen Sie den Quellcode, bevor Sie einem Agenten Zugriff auf Zugangsdaten oder Produktivsysteme geben. Wir dokumentieren die Angaben der Maintainer; Code prüfen wir nicht.
Einschränkungen
Docs mark the MCP Toolkit as Beta
Outside Docker Desktop, set DOCKER_MCP_IN_CONTAINER=1 and enable the profiles feature manually
Das agentische Coding-Tool von Anthropic, das Ihre Codebasis liest, Dateien bearbeitet und Befehle ausführt, im Terminal, in IDEs, in der Desktop-App oder im Browser.
Kostenlos bis: Kein kostenloser Tarif: Claude Code ist in den bezahlten Claude-Abonnements (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise) enth…