# Docker Docs MCP server

> Fetch the official Docker documentation as Markdown, covering Engine, Compose, Hub and more.

- Listing: https://mcp.tc/i/docker-docs
- Connect: use the server's own URL `https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp` (no sign-in); clients connect to it directly. The listing link is a page, not an MCP endpoint.
- Type: remote (Streamable HTTP)
- Auth: none
- Category: [Docs & Knowledge](https://mcp.tc/c/docs-knowledge)
- Vendor: Docker
- Verified: yes, mcp.tc checked that this is the official server (https://mcp.tc/verify). It says who runs the server, not that it is safe.
- Homepage: <https://docs.docker.com>

## About

Connects to the official Docker documentation at docs.docker.com. Its single tool fetches the documentation index (llms.txt) and returns it as Markdown, so an assistant can answer questions about Docker from the current source instead of memory.

It runs as a hosted streamable HTTP endpoint at mcp-docs.docker.com. No sign-in or API key is needed.

## What it can do

- Fetch Docker documentation as Markdown
- Read the docs.docker.com llms.txt index
- Ground answers about Docker in current official docs

## Tools (1)

- `fetch_docker_docs`: Fetches Docker documentation from docs.docker.com/llms.txt and returns it as Markdown.

## Example prompts

- "Fetch the Docker docs and explain how to containerize a Node app."
- "Look up the Docker documentation on Compose file syntax."
- "What do the Docker docs say about Docker Build Cloud?"
- "Find the Docker docs section on Docker Hardened Images."

## Install

### Claude Code

1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http docker-docs https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp
```

2. Start Claude Code and type `/mcp`. **docker-docs** should show as connected.

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project, not just this one.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Settings → Connectors** and click **Add custom connector**.

2. Name it **Docker Docs** and paste this URL:

```url
https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp
```

3. Click **Add**. Its tools appear in the chat’s tools menu.

Claude Desktop’s JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too.

### claude.ai

1. Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you:

[Add to claude.ai](<https://claude.ai/customize/connectors?modal=add-custom-connector&connectorName=Docker%20Docs&connectorUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fmcp-docs.docker.com%2Fmcp>) (opens connector settings)

2. Check that the URL reads `https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp` and click **Add**.

3. Turn it on in a chat from the tools menu.

Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under **Organization settings → Connectors**.

### ChatGPT

1. On chatgpt.com, open **Settings → Security and login** and turn on **Developer mode**.

2. Go to `chatgpt.com/plugins` and click **+** to create an app for a remote MCP server.

3. Paste `https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp` as the server URL and choose **No authentication**.

Developer mode is available on the web for Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Education accounts.

### Cursor

[Add to Cursor](<https://cursor.com/install-mcp?name=docker-docs&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21jcC1kb2NzLmRvY2tlci5jb20vbWNwIn0%3D>) (opens Cursor)

Or add it by hand to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (all projects) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (this project):

`mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docker-docs": {
      "url": "https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

[Install in VS Code](<https://vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=docker-docs&config=%7B%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fmcp-docs.docker.com%2Fmcp%22%7D>) (opens VS Code)

Or from a terminal:

```bash
code --add-mcp '{"name":"docker-docs","type":"http","url":"https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp"}'
```

Or commit it to the repo in `.vscode/mcp.json`:

`.vscode/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "docker-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Devin Desktop

1. Add it to `~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json` (macOS and Linux) or `%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json` (Windows):

`mcp_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docker-docs": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

2. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads `serverUrl` (or `url`) for remote servers.

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add docker-docs --url https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp
```

Or edit `~/.codex/config.toml` directly:

`config.toml`:

```toml
[mcp_servers.docker-docs]
url = "https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp"
```

### Gemini CLI

```bash
gemini mcp add --transport http docker-docs https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp
```

This adds it to the current project. Add `-s user` to use it everywhere.

### Any client

Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: `serverUrl` in Devin Desktop, `httpUrl` in Gemini CLI’s settings file.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docker-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Zed puts servers under `context_servers` in its settings. Cline needs `"type": "streamableHttp"`, or it assumes SSE.

Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with `npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp-docs.docker.com/mcp`.

## Details

- Server version: 1.26.0
- MCP protocol version: 2025-11-25
- Last checked: 2026-10-03 (reachable)
- Listed: 2026-10-03
- Updated: 2026-10-04

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Source: https://mcp.tc/i/docker-docs (mcp.tc is an independent directory, not affiliated with this server's publisher). Corrections: https://mcp.tc/report