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Set up Docker MCP Gateway

Runs servers from Docker's MCP catalogue in containers behind one gateway endpoint.

Publisher: Docker Official
Run locally: docker mcp gateway run
Transports: stdio, sse, streamable-http
Authentication: Secrets are stored and supplied by Docker Desktop; docker mcp client connect <client> wires up a client.
What it can touch: Whatever the servers you enable can do.
Licence: MIT
Source: github.com/docker/mcp-gateway
Status: Active

Install

This server runs on your machine as a child process of the client. You need the runtime its command uses, such as Node.js for npx, uv for uvx or Docker, plus any variables listed under Environment.

Claude Code

shell

claude mcp add --scope project docker-mcp-gateway -- docker mcp gateway run

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docker-mcp-gateway": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "mcp",
        "gateway",
        "run"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.docker-mcp-gateway]
command = "docker"
args = ["mcp", "gateway", "run"]

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Sources

github.com/docker/mcp-gateway