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docker-agent
Docker CLI plugin that runs multi-agent teams defined in YAML
- Stars
- 4.5k
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- Go
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Overview
docker-agent is a Go CLI plugin (`docker agent run agent.yaml`) that runs agents declared in YAML: model, instructions, and toolsets, including any MCP server. Agents can delegate to other agents, and configs can be pushed to and pulled from OCI registries. It supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, AWS Bedrock, Mistral, xAI and Docker Model Runner, plus built-in RAG with BM25, embeddings and reranking.
Who it is for: Developers building multi-agent setups from YAML with MCP tools
Strengths
- Agents, tools and models declared in versionable YAML, no code required
- Works with local, remote or Docker-based MCP servers as toolsets
- Agent configs can be shared through any OCI registry
- Many providers supported, plus local models via Docker Model Runner
Weaknesses
- Collects anonymous usage telemetry; opt-out details are only in the docs
- Needs a cloud provider API key or Docker Model Runner to do anything
- Configuration is YAML-centric; custom logic needs MCP tools rather than code hooks
- RAM and hardware requirements are not documented in the README
What it needs
- Go, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, AWS Bedrock
- Needs Docker CLI (plugin), LLM provider API key or Docker Model Runner, MCP servers (optional), OCI registry (optional)
- Docker
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