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Container Use MCP Server

v0.0.1 · by Agus Zubiaga, Danilo Leal · added 3 November 2026

An extension for the container-use MCP server, which provides containerized environments for coding agents.

MCP servers

How to install

With Forge Super installed, the button above opens the app on this extension, where you press Install. Nothing is installed until you do.

You can also open the Extensions panel in the app and search for Container Use MCP Server. The extension's id is mcp-server-container-use.

Don't have Forge Super yet? Download it here.

README

From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.

Container Use MCP Extension for Zed

This is a Zed extension that integrates the Container Use MCP server, enabling containerized environments for coding agents within the Zed editor.

Installation

While Container Use is in development, you'll need to build the cu binary from source.

Visit the Container Use repository for the most up-to-date information on how to install it.

Configuration

Once installed, the extension will be available automatically. No additional configuration is required if cu is in your PATH.

Custom Binary Path

If you installed cu in a custom location, add this to your Zed settings.json:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "container-use-mcp": {
      "settings": {
        "cu_path": "/path/to/cu"
      }
    }
  }
}

Agent Rules

To ensure agents use containerized environments, save the following rules file in your project root:

curl -o .rules https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/container-use/main/rules/agent.md