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 (16 total)

Tool

Description

container_build

Build a SIF or sandbox from a .def file

container_list_versions

List versioned SIFs with active marker

container_switch

Switch active SIF version

container_rollback

Roll back to previous SIF version

container_deploy

Copy active SIF to production target dir

container_cleanup

Remove old SIF versions (keep N most recent)

container_verify

Verify SIF SHA256, .def origin, and lock file consistency

container_status

Unified dashboard: Apptainer + host packages + Docker

container_env_snapshot

Capture environment snapshot (container + host + git)

container_skills_get

Get content of a bundled skill file by name

container_skills_list

List bundled skill files

sandbox_create

Convert a SIF to a writable timestamped sandbox directory

docker_rebuild

Rebuild Docker images without cache

docker_restart

Restart Docker containers (compose down + up -d)

host_install

Install TeXLive / ImageMagick on the host

host_check

Check which host packages are installed