# Install docker-agent with Homebrew, winget Agent Builder and Runtime by Docker Engineering. Version 1.101.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:docker-agent ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install docker-agent ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Docker.Agent -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Docker.Agent from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:docker-agent - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.101.0 - **Source summary:** Agent Builder and Runtime by Docker Engineering - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-07T12:14:12Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - docker-agent (cli) - docker-agent (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.101.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-07 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/docker/docker-agent - Upstream latest detected: v1.101.0 (current) ## Project history and usage Docker Agent is Docker's open source CLI for defining, running, and sharing AI agents from YAML or HCL configuration. The upstream README describes it as a docker CLI plugin that can run as docker agent, with multi-agent orchestration, MCP toolsets, provider-agnostic model support, RAG, and OCI registry distribution. ### Project history Docker Agent is a recent Docker Engineering project that applies Docker packaging habits to AI-agent workflows: declarative configuration, a CLI entry point, reusable toolsets, and distribution through registries. Its docs position it explicitly as an agent runner rather than a hosted SaaS or code framework. ### Adoption history The README documents three adoption channels: preinstallation in Docker Desktop 4.63 and later, Homebrew installation, and binary releases from GitHub. That makes it unusual among early AI-agent CLIs because Docker is trying to make the agent runtime feel like another Docker workflow rather than a separate Python or Node stack. ### How it is used Users write an agent.yaml file with model, instructions, and toolsets, then run it with docker agent run or docker-agent directly. The docs and README highlight coding agents, operations and SRE tasks, multi-agent teams, filesystem and shell tools, MCP integrations, local models through Docker Model Runner, and pushing or pulling agents through OCI registries. ### Why package nerds care For package-manager users, Docker Agent is notable because it packages a fast-moving AI-agent runtime as a CLI plugin in the Docker ecosystem. Its significance is still emerging, but it is a clear example of AI tooling being distributed through the same channels as container developer tools. ### Timeline - 2026: Upstream docs describe Docker Agent as a Docker tool for running AI agents from configuration. - 2026: The README documents Docker Desktop 4.63+ bundling, Homebrew installation, and GitHub binary releases. - 2026: The batch input lists Homebrew and winget package-manager entries. ### Related projects - Docker Agent overlaps with Docker Model Runner, Docker's MCP catalog, general MCP servers, local-model runtimes, and AI coding-agent CLIs, but its official framing is Docker-native agent configuration and distribution. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ./agent.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** docker-agent - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - winget - Docker.Agent: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Docker.Agent from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [strands-agents-sops](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/strands-agents-sops/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: agents, ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [gptme](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gptme/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: agents, ai, cli, developer-tools. - [cc-connect](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cc-connect/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [e2b](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/e2b/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [fabric-ai](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fabric-ai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, automation, cli, developer-tools. - [gastown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gastown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [gptscript](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gptscript/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, automation, cli, developer-tools. - [langgraph-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/langgraph-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, developer-tools. - [docker-engine](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docker-engine/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, docker, runtime. - [docker-gen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docker-gen/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: automation, cli, developer, developer-tools, docker. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/docker-agent.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/docker-agent.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph