MCP Reference

scitex-container exposes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server so that AI agents can manage containers autonomously.

Starting the Server

scitex-container-mcp

Or via the CLI helper:

scitex-container mcp install  # Install to Claude Code config

Available MCP Tools

Tool	Description
status	Show unified container/host status dashboard
build	Build a SIF container from a definition file
list	List available container versions
switch	Switch active container version
rollback	Roll back to previous version
deploy	Deploy a container version
cleanup	Remove old container versions
sandbox_create	Create writable sandbox from SIF
docker_rebuild	Rebuild Docker Compose services
docker_restart	Restart Docker services
host_install	Install host-side packages
host_check	Check host package status
env_snapshot	Capture reproducibility snapshot