Docker docs MCP server
A hosted MCP server run by Docker for searching the Docker documentation. Clients reach it over Streamable HTTP at ai-backend-service.docker.com/mcp with no sign-in or session setup.
What it does
A hosted MCP server run by Docker for searching the Docker documentation. Clients reach it over Streamable HTTP at ai-backend-service.docker.com/mcp with no sign-in or session setup. It offers one read-only search tool that takes a question and returns matching excerpts from Docker Docs together with their source URLs. Docker's docs site lists the endpoint in its llms.txt file for agent access, and the Docker skills plugin for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI and Gemini CLI registers it automatically under the name docker-docs; other clients can add it by hand.
Capabilities
- Search Docker documentation
- Return doc excerpts with source URLs
Install
- Run this to add it to Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http docker-docs https://ai-backend-service.docker.com/mcp
From the project's documentation · Add to a config file with the config builder
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | |
| Tool | Docker | |
| Publisher | Docker | source |
| Official status | OfficialDocker Docs list this MCP endpoint for structured agent access | source |
| Connection | Remote (hosted, you connect over the internet) | source |
| Can change data | No | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Licence | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | No commit dataDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | |
| Links | Website |
Sources
- File in the repository (mcp-setup.md)github.com/docker/skills · Backs: Can change data, Connection, Needs an API key or sign-inNov 12, 2026
- Web pagedocs.docker.com · Backs: Official status, PublisherNov 12, 2026