Docker_Docker_Compose
Automates Docker container deployment and management using Docker Compose files for repeatable, scalable cloud environments.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add docker_docker_compose npx -- -y @trustedskills/docker_docker_compose
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"docker_docker_compose": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/docker_docker_compose"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill enables AI agents to manage and orchestrate Docker containers using docker and docker-compose. It allows for defining multi-container applications, managing their lifecycle (start, stop, rebuild), and interacting with services running within those containers. The agent can deploy complex application stacks from declarative configuration files.
When to use it
- Local Development: Quickly spin up a development environment with multiple interconnected services like databases, web servers, and APIs.
- Testing Environments: Create reproducible testing environments by deploying containerized applications based on defined configurations.
- Simple Deployments: Automate the deployment of small-scale applications or microservices to local or remote Docker hosts.
- Infrastructure as Code: Manage application infrastructure using
docker-composefiles, enabling version control and consistent deployments.
Key capabilities
docker compose up: Starts and runs containers defined in adocker-compose.ymlfile.docker compose down: Stops and removes containers, networks, volumes, and images associated with adocker-compose.ymlfile.- Container management: Start, stop, restart individual containers within a Docker Compose project.
Example prompts
- "Run the application defined in
my_app/docker-compose.yml." - "Stop all services in the
developmentenvironment defined bydocker-compose.yml." - “Rebuild the image for service ‘web’ in my docker compose file.”
Tips & gotchas
Ensure that Docker and Docker Compose are installed on the system where the AI agent is running. The skill relies on correctly formatted docker-compose.yml files; errors in these files will prevent successful execution.
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