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Manage Docker compose stacks via Dockge — a file-based stack manager that stores stacks as compose files under /opt/stacks. Covers its file-on-disk model, the lack of a REST API/MCP (so operations are filesystem- or SSH-oriented), and how to edit stacks safely. Load this when the user manages Docker with Dockge.

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name	dockge
description	Manage Docker compose stacks via Dockge — a file-based stack manager that stores stacks as compose files under /opt/stacks. Covers its file-on-disk model, the lack of a REST API/MCP (so operations are filesystem- or SSH-oriented), and how to edit stacks safely. Load this when the user manages Docker with Dockge.

Dockge

Dockge (https://github.com/louislam/dockge) is a lightweight, file-based compose manager. It's popular in homelabs but, unlike Dockhand/Portainer, exposes no documented REST API and no MCP server — its UI talks over Socket.IO. Practical management therefore leans on the filesystem (and SSH). Obey the homelab-core:homelab-safety skill and load docker-compose-stacks.

The model

Stacks live as real files: ${DOCKGE_STACKS_DIR} (default /opt/stacks), one dir per stack containing compose.yaml + .env.
Because stacks are plain files, they're friendly to Git/backup and to direct editing — but edits and deploys generally happen via the Dockge UI or on the host filesystem.
Agent system (v1.4.0+) lets one Dockge manage multiple hosts, each with its own /opt/stacks.

Working with it

Since there's no API/MCP:

Read: you can read compose.yaml/.env under /opt/stacks/<name> and docker compose ps/logs to inspect — read-only, fine.
Change a stack: editing the compose file on disk and (re)deploying is a host filesystem operation → treat as significant. If it requires SSH to the host, clear the SSH-confirmation gate (homelab-core:homelab-safety) and follow the SSH execution discipline (homelab-core:homelab-ssh): confirm the host, back up the compose/.env before editing, validate with docker compose config, then deploy via the Dockge UI or docker compose up -d in that stack dir. Keep the UI and disk in sync.
Prefer the UI for deploy/stop when the user has it open, to avoid the UI showing stale state.

When to steer toward Dockhand

The user prefers Dockhand. If a task needs reliable programmatic control (bulk changes, automation, multi-host orchestration), note that Dockge's lack of an API makes it awkward and Dockhand/Portainer are better suited — surface that trade-off rather than silently doing fragile filesystem surgery.

Build opportunity

A Dockge MCP server doesn't exist (its Socket.IO interface makes it harder). If Dockge automation becomes important, building one is a candidate under the repo's hybrid MCP strategy — note it.

Safety checklist

Identify the stack dir and host → read current files first → for edits, confirm the SSH/filesystem change → back up the compose/.env before editing → summarize + approve → deploy → verify health.

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name	dockge
description	Manage Docker compose stacks via Dockge — a file-based stack manager that stores stacks as compose files under /opt/stacks. Covers its file-on-disk model, the lack of a REST API/MCP (so operations are filesystem- or SSH-oriented), and how to edit stacks safely. Load this when the user manages Docker with Dockge.

Dockge

The model

Stacks live as real files: ${DOCKGE_STACKS_DIR} (default /opt/stacks), one dir per stack containing compose.yaml + .env.
Because stacks are plain files, they're friendly to Git/backup and to direct editing — but edits and deploys generally happen via the Dockge UI or on the host filesystem.
Agent system (v1.4.0+) lets one Dockge manage multiple hosts, each with its own /opt/stacks.

Working with it

Since there's no API/MCP:

Read: you can read compose.yaml/.env under /opt/stacks/<name> and docker compose ps/logs to inspect — read-only, fine.
Change a stack: editing the compose file on disk and (re)deploying is a host filesystem operation → treat as significant. If it requires SSH to the host, clear the SSH-confirmation gate (homelab-core:homelab-safety) and follow the SSH execution discipline (homelab-core:homelab-ssh): confirm the host, back up the compose/.env before editing, validate with docker compose config, then deploy via the Dockge UI or docker compose up -d in that stack dir. Keep the UI and disk in sync.
Prefer the UI for deploy/stop when the user has it open, to avoid the UI showing stale state.

When to steer toward Dockhand

Build opportunity

A Dockge MCP server doesn't exist (its Socket.IO interface makes it harder). If Dockge automation becomes important, building one is a candidate under the repo's hybrid MCP strategy — note it.