Description

This container-use MCP server by Dagger provides AI assistants with containerized development environments that persist state across interactions through git-based storage and Dagger's container runtime. The implementation creates isolated environments from configurable base images with custom setup commands, toolchains, and services, automatically committing filesystem changes to git branches and maintaining container state through serialized snapshots. Key differentiators include seamless integration between container state and git history, support for background services with port forwarding, and the ability to checkpoint environments as publishable container images, making it valuable for AI-powered development workflows that require persistent, reproducible environments with full filesystem access and service orchestration capabilities.

Installation 

git clone https://github.com/dagger/container-use

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file to enable this MCP server:

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "container-use": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "path/to/server.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}