Lab: Building Agentic Apps with Docker

Get up and running with building agentic applications using Compose, Docker Model Runner, and the Docker MCP Gateway. This hands-on lab takes you from understanding AI models to building complete agentic applications.

Launch the lab

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What you'll learn

This lab covers three core areas of agentic application development:

Models: What models are, how to interact with them, configuring Docker Model Runner in Compose, and writing code that connects to the Model Runner

Tools: Understanding tools and how they work, how MCP (Model Context Protocol) fits in, configuring the Docker MCP Gateway, and connecting to the MCP Gateway in code

Code: What agentic frameworks are, defining models and tools in a Compose file, and configuring your app to use those models and tools

Modules