Docker's MCP Gateway is a Docker CLI plugin, used by the Docker MCP Toolkit, that runs MCP servers as containers and exposes them to AI clients through a single gateway. It manages catalogs of 300+ verified servers, profiles, secrets and OAuth, and supports dynamic server discovery.
Connect
- 1Add the server to Codex
codex mcp add docker-mcp-gateway -- docker mcp gateway run
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
Things to ask
- “Add the GitHub and Notion MCP servers from the Docker catalog”
- “Which MCP servers are enabled in my web-dev profile?”
- “Find an MCP server in the catalog for Slack and enable it”