Portainer MCP — Instalar & Demo en vivo

Name: Portainer MCP MCP Server
Author: portainer

Por qué usarlo

Características clave

Multi-environment: Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, KubeEdge
RBAC respected — agent acts with the API token's permissions
Read logs, exec into containers, restart services
Stack and Helm chart deployment
Works with self-hosted Portainer CE (free) and BE

Demo en vivo

Cómo se ve en la práctica

portainer-mcp.replay ▶ listo

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Instalar

Elige tu cliente

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Abre Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Reinicia después de guardar.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor usa el mismo esquema mcpServers que Claude Desktop. La configuración del proyecto prevalece sobre la global.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Haz clic en el icono MCP Servers de la barra lateral de Cline y luego en "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Mismo formato que Claude Desktop. Reinicia Windsurf para aplicar.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "portainer-mcp",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue usa un array de objetos de servidor en lugar de un mapa.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": {
        "path": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "portainer-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Añádelo a context_servers. Zed recarga en caliente al guardar.

claude mcp add portainer-mcp -- uvx portainer-mcp

Un solo comando. Verifica con claude mcp list. Quita con claude mcp remove.

Casos de uso

Usos del mundo real: Portainer MCP

Triage which containers are unhealthy across the fleet

👤 DevOps / SRE ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

Cuándo usarlo: You manage many envs through Portainer and need a fleet-wide health snapshot.

Requisitos previos

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

Flujo

Inventory

List every environment Portainer manages. For each, count running, exited, and unhealthy containers.✓ Copiado

→ Per-env health table
Drill in

For the env with the most unhealthy containers, show the last 50 log lines from each and tell me what's failing.✓ Copiado

→ Root-cause hypothesis per container

Resultado: Fleet-wide triage in one chat, prioritized by impact.

Errores comunes

Granting an API token full admin to give Claude broad access is risky — Granting an API token full admin to give Claude broad access is risky — scope to read-only first, then escalate per-task.

Combinar con: kubernetes-mcp-server · filesystem

Combinaciones

Combínalo con otros MCPs para multiplicar por 10

portainer-mcp + kubernetes-mcp-server

Pair with kubernetes-mcp-server for complementary capabilities

Use this server together with kubernetes-mcp-server to complete a multi-step task.✓ Copiado

portainer-mcp + filesystem

Pair with filesystem for complementary capabilities

Use this server together with filesystem to complete a multi-step task.✓ Copiado

Herramientas

Lo que expone este MCP

Herramienta	Entradas	Cuándo llamar	Coste
list_environments	(none)	Discover which clusters Portainer manages	1 API call
list_containers	environment_id, filter	Inventory running containers in one env	1 API call
container_logs	environment_id, container_id, lines	Triage a misbehaving container	1 API call
container_restart	environment_id, container_id	Bounce an unhealthy container	1 API call

Coste y límites

Lo que cuesta ejecutarlo

Cuota de API: See provider docs for rate limits
Tokens por llamada: Varies by tool
Monetario: See repo README for pricing details
Consejo: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

Seguridad

Permisos, secretos, alcance

Almacenamiento de credenciales: Use environment variables; never commit secrets

Salida de datos: Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

Resolución de problemas

Errores comunes y soluciones

401 Unauthorized

Create an API token in Portainer (User settings → Access tokens) and set PORTAINER_API_KEY.

Verificar: list_environments returns a list

Endpoint not found

Token must have access to the requested environment. Check team/endpoint permissions in Portainer.

Verificar: list_environments returns the target env

Alternativas

Portainer MCP vs otros

Alternativa	Cuándo usarla	Contrapartida
Rancher MCP	You're a Rancher shop	Different feature set; Portainer is broader on plain Docker

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Recursos

📖 Lee el README oficial en GitHub

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