# Docker

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/docker/  
**Website:** https://www.docker.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 15

Docker is a platform for developers and sysadmins to build, share, and run applications in containers, packaging code and dependencies together for consistent deployment across environments.

## Kin Score — 41.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 41.1 |
| Governance | 16.7 |
| Contract Governance | 16.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 42.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 60.5 |
| Access Clarity | 60.5 |

## Agent readiness — 29.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | yes |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (15)

- **Docker Config API** — Configs are application configurations that can be used by services. Swarm mode must be enabled for these endpoints to work.
- **Docker Container API** — Create and manage containers.
- **Docker Distribution API** — The Distribution API from Docker — 1 operation(s) for distribution.
- **Docker Exec API** — Run new commands inside running containers. Refer to the [command-line reference](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/exec/) for more information. To exec a com...
- **Docker Image API** — The Image API from Docker — 15 operation(s) for image.
- **Docker Network API** — Networks are user-defined networks that containers can be attached to. See the [networking documentation](https://docs.docker.com/network/) for more information.
- **Docker Node API** — Nodes are instances of the Engine participating in a swarm. Swarm mode must be enabled for these endpoints to work.
- **Docker Plugin API** — The Plugin API from Docker — 11 operation(s) for plugin.
- **Docker Secret API** — Secrets are sensitive data that can be used by services. Swarm mode must be enabled for these endpoints to work.
- **Docker Service API** — Services are the definitions of tasks to run on a swarm. Swarm mode must be enabled for these endpoints to work.
- **Docker Session API** — The Session API from Docker — 1 operation(s) for session.
- **Docker Swarm API** — Engines can be clustered together in a swarm. Refer to the [swarm mode documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/) for more information.
- **Docker System API** — The System API from Docker — 6 operation(s) for system.
- **Docker Task API** — A task is a container running on a swarm. It is the atomic scheduling unit of swarm. Swarm mode must be enabled for these endpoints to work.
- **Docker Volume API** — Create and manage persistent storage that can be attached to containers.

## MCP servers (2)

- **MCP Server**
- **Docker MCP (artifact)** — Docker publishes first-party MCP infrastructure: the Docker MCP Gateway (a `docker mcp` CLI plugin that runs, secures, and orchestrates MCP servers as containers), the Docker MC...

## Agentic access (1)

- **Docker Agentic Access** — 107 operations · 62 acting · 4 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Docker Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Docker Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Docker Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Cloud, Containers, DevOps, Infrastructure, Microservices

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/docker/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.