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Docker Agent uses YAML to configure tool-using, multi-agent workflows

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The Docker CLI plugin configures agents in YAML, supports multiple model providers and MCP tools, and includes orchestration, memory and retrieval features. It gives teams a declarative way to build and share agent workflows.

What: Docker Agent is a Docker CLI plugin for defining and running tool-using agents and multi-agent teams from declarative YAML.
How: Agents can use built-in tools or MCP servers, with support for multiple model providers, memory, and pluggable RAG.
Why it matters: YAML configuration and OCI packaging let engineering teams version, share, and run agent setups across environments.

YAML config defines agents that use models and tools. Sketched from the article's own text.

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