Devcontainers

About

Devcontainers is an MCP server designed to streamline the creation and management of development containers. It leverages `devcontainer.json` configuration files to automate the setup and configuration of isolated development environments, ensuring consistency and ease of use. This tool provides functionalities to initialize, run post-creation commands, and execute arbitrary commands within a devcontainer, facilitating efficient and reproducible development workflows, particularly useful for AI agents and automated development pipelines.

Key Features

• Configuration driven by devcontainer.json files
• Support for multiple MCP transport protocols (stdio, SSE, Streamable HTTP)
• Automated devcontainer initialization and startup
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• Ability to run custom shell commands inside devcontainers
• Execution of post-creation and post-start commands within devcontainers

Use Cases

• Automating the setup and configuration of consistent development environments using devcontainer.json.
• Executing post-creation and post-start scripts within new or existing devcontainers for project initialization.
• Running custom commands and scripts directly inside a running development container for testing or maintenance.