Development environments for coding agents. Enable multiple agents to work safely and independently with your preferred stack.
- • Basic MCP protocol features implemented (10/40)
- • GitHub community is developing well (16/20)
- • Good dependency choices (18/20)
- • Full deployment maturity (10/10)
- • Documentation (8/8)
- • Archestra MCP Trust score badge is missing
{
"container-use-stdio": {
"command": "container-use",
"args": [
"stdio"
],
"env": {}
},
"cu-stdio": {
"command": "cu",
"args": [
"stdio"
],
"env": {}
}
}
container-use
Containerized environments for coding agents. (📦🤖) (📦🤖) (📦🤖)
Container Use lets coding agents do their work in parallel environments without getting in your way. Go from babysitting one agent at a time to enabling multiple agents to work safely and independently with your preferred stack. See the full documentation.
It's an open-source MCP server that works as a CLI tool with Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible agents. Powered by Dagger.
- 📦 Isolated Environments: Each agent gets a fresh container in its own git branch - run multiple agents without conflicts, experiment safely, discard failures instantly.
- 👀 Real-time Visibility: See complete command history and logs of what agents actually did, not just what they claim.
- 🚁 Direct Intervention: Drop into any agent's terminal to see their state and take control when they get stuck.
- 🎮 Environment Control: Standard git workflow - just
git checkout <branch_name>to review any agent's work. - 🌎 Universal Compatibility: Works with any agent, model, or infrastructure - no vendor lock-in.
🦺 This project is in early development and actively evolving. Submit issues and/or reach out to us on Discord in the #container-use channel.
Quick Start
Install
# macOS (recommended)
brew install dagger/tap/container-use
# All platforms
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/container-use/main/install.sh | bash
Setup with Your Agent
Container Use works with any MCP-compatible agent. The setup is always the same: add container-use stdio as an MCP server.
👉 Complete setup guide for all agents (Cursor, Goose, VSCode, etc.)
Example with Claude Code:
# Add Container Use MCP server
cd /path/to/repository
claude mcp add container-use -- container-use stdio
# Add agent rules (optional)
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/container-use/main/rules/agent.md >> CLAUDE.md
💡 Command Shortcut
The container-use command is also available as cu for convenience. Both commands work identically:
container-use stdio(used in documentation)cu stdio(shortcut)
Try It
Ask your agent to create something:
Create a hello world app in python using flask
Your agent will work in an isolated environment and give you URLs to view the app and explore the code!
[](https://archestra.ai/mcp-catalog/dagger__container-use)container-use
Containerized environments for coding agents. (📦🤖) (📦🤖) (📦🤖)
Container Use lets coding agents do their work in parallel environments without getting in your way. Go from babysitting one agent at a time to enabling multiple agents to work safely and independently with your preferred stack. See the full documentation.
It's an open-source MCP server that works as a CLI tool with Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible agents. Powered by Dagger.
- 📦 Isolated Environments: Each agent gets a fresh container in its own git branch - run multiple agents without conflicts, experiment safely, discard failures instantly.
- 👀 Real-time Visibility: See complete command history and logs of what agents actually did, not just what they claim.
- 🚁 Direct Intervention: Drop into any agent's terminal to see their state and take control when they get stuck.
- 🎮 Environment Control: Standard git workflow - just
git checkout <branch_name>to review any agent's work. - 🌎 Universal Compatibility: Works with any agent, model, or infrastructure - no vendor lock-in.
🦺 This project is in early development and actively evolving. Submit issues and/or reach out to us on Discord in the #container-use channel.
Quick Start
Install
# macOS (recommended)
brew install dagger/tap/container-use
# All platforms
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/container-use/main/install.sh | bash
Setup with Your Agent
Container Use works with any MCP-compatible agent. The setup is always the same: add container-use stdio as an MCP server.
👉 Complete setup guide for all agents (Cursor, Goose, VSCode, etc.)
Example with Claude Code:
# Add Container Use MCP server
cd /path/to/repository
claude mcp add container-use -- container-use stdio
# Add agent rules (optional)
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/container-use/main/rules/agent.md >> CLAUDE.md
💡 Command Shortcut
The container-use command is also available as cu for convenience. Both commands work identically:
container-use stdio(used in documentation)cu stdio(shortcut)
Try It
Ask your agent to create something:
Create a hello world app in python using flask
Your agent will work in an isolated environment and give you URLs to view the app and explore the code!
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