Docker AI

Canonical version: Docker AI.

Docker AI is Docker's push to make the existing container workflow (docker, docker compose, Docker Hub, OCI artifacts) the substrate for building, running, and shipping agentic AI apps. The mental model is three layers: models (reasoning), agents (orchestration), and tools (integration), all wireable through a single docker compose up, with cloud GPU available when local hardware falls short.

The pieces

Models

• Docker Model Runner: run and serve open models locally behind an OpenAI-compatible API

Agents

• Docker Agent (formerly cagent): build teams of specialized agents from YAML
• Gordon (Docker AI Agent): Docker's built-in assistant ("Ask Gordon")
• Docker Compose for AI: models as a first-class Compose element

Tools

• Docker MCP Catalog: 300+ verified MCP servers as container images
• Docker MCP Toolkit: configure MCP servers once, share across clients
• Docker MCP Gateway: proxy that runs MCP servers in isolated containers with credential injection

Execution and isolation

• Docker Sandboxes: microVM isolation for running agents safely
• Docker Offload: ephemeral cloud GPU when local hardware isn't enough

Related

• Docker
• Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• AI Agents
• Agentic Engineering
• Large Language Models (LLMs)

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