dsh-docker-desktop-mcp

@comecaramelos/dsh-docker-desktop-mcp

Connects DeepSeek Harness to the MCP Toolkit in Docker Desktop: each connection runs one docker mcp gateway run --profile <id> gateway, and you pick the profile from the connection editor or straight from the chat composer.

It is a component of the MCP connections bundle: it adds the docker-profile connection type to @comecaramelos/dsh-mcp-manager, which owns the connection list, the on/off switch and the live status.

Requirements

• dsh ^0.2.0 (0.2.0 and 0.2.1), on Linux, WSL or Windows.
• Docker Desktop with the MCP profiles feature turned on (Docker CE: docker mcp feature enable profiles). Without it the profile pickers only offer the profiles you saved.

Install

Install the bundle; this component comes with it:

dsh plugin --profile web add @comecaramelos/dsh-mcp-manager-bundle

Coming from the standalone 0.0.x bundle (dsh 0.1)? Remove it first — both insert the mcp-docker row. Your old settings are kept: the connections card offers to create the matching connection.

WSL: Docker Desktop keeps its MCP profiles on the Windows side, so when the Windows docker.exe is reachable from WSL (/Docker/host/bin/docker.exe, or on your PATH) it is used for discovery and for the gateway. Set the connection's executable to another path to opt out.

Use it

1. Plugins → MCP connections → MCP connections → Add connection, kind Docker MCP Toolkit.
2. Pick a Profile and the Docker executable to run it with. Reduce gateway log output (on by default) keeps the gateway's progress lines out of the dsh console and in a log file; the path shows under the connection.
3. Turn it on. Its line shows connected and how many tools the gateway publishes.

While the connection is on, a pill with the Docker mark under the chat box switches the profile without opening settings. Only one Docker connection is allowed.

The component's own page (Plugins → MCP connections → Docker MCP Toolkit) keeps what this machine knows: your saved profiles and saved executables, each with a Fetch button that asks Docker what it can see and lets you pick what to add. Details in docs/knowledge/card.md.

Slash commands

• /docker-profile <profile-id> — switches the running connection to that profile. With no argument it lists the profiles it knows.
• /docker-refresh — asks Docker again for its profiles and adds new ones to the saved list.

More

• docs/knowledge/card.md — the component page, Fetch, and where the gateway log goes.
• docs/knowledge/development.md — building and testing from a checkout.
• CONTRIBUTING · AGENTS.md (for coding agents)

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Legal notice

This is an independent plugin that connects DeepSeek Harness to the MCP Toolkit in Docker Desktop. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Docker, Inc.

Docker is a trademark or registered trademark of Docker, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

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