Docker Agent

Definition

Docker Agent is docker’s Apache-2.0 CLI plugin for YAML-defined multi-agent workflows with mcp tools, multi-provider models, RAG, and OCI-packaged agents distributable via registries.

Key Points

• 2026-10-07: Open-sourced as docker/docker-agent; preinstalled in Docker Desktop 4.63+ (2026-10-07-docker-agent-open-source)
• docker agent serve mcp exposes agents to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code
• Parallels container workflow: define agent config, run locally, push/pull OCI images

Related

• docker
• mcp
• agent-harness
• agentic-ai
• oci

Sources

• 2026-10-07-docker-agent-open-source