Labspace - Building Agentic Apps with Docker

Get up and going with building agentic applications with Compose, Docker Model Runner, and the Docker MCP Gateway.

Learning objectives

This Labspace will teach you the following:

1. 🧠 Models
   • What are models? How do we interact with them?
   • What is the Docker Model Runner?
   • How do I configure the Docker Model Runner in Compose?
   • How do I write code that connects to the Docker Model Runner?
2. 🛠️ Tools
   • What are tools? How do they work?
   • How does MCP (Model Context Protocol) fit in?
   • What is the Docker MCP Gateway?
   • How do I start a MCP Gateway?
   • How do I connect to the MCP Gateway in code?
3. 🧑‍💻 Code
   • What are agentic frameworks?
   • How do I define the models and tools my app needs in a Compose file?
   • How do I configure my app to use those models and tools?

Launch the Labspace

To launch the Labspace, run the following command:

docker compose -f oci://dockersamples/labspace-agentic-apps-with-docker up -d

Note that it may take a little while to start due to the AI model used by the Labspace.

And then open your browser to http://localhost:3030.

Using the Docker Desktop extension

If you have the Labspace extension installed (docker extension install dockersamples/labspace-extension if not), you can also click this link to launch the Labspace.