Merge pull request modelcontextprotocol#746 from cliffhall/docker-readme

Add Docker container startup command to README.md

Author: olaservo

Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build stage
-FROM node:24-slim AS builder
+FROM node:current-alpine3.22 AS builder
 
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ ENV SERVER_PORT=6277
 EXPOSE ${CLIENT_PORT} ${SERVER_PORT}
 
 # Use ENTRYPOINT with CMD for arguments
-ENTRYPOINT ["npm", "start"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["npm", "start"]

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector
 
 The server will start up and the UI will be accessible at `http://localhost:6274`.
 
+### Docker Container
+
+You can also start it in a Docker container with the following command:
+
+```bash
+docker run --rm --network host -p 6274:6274 -p 6277:6277 ghcr.io/modelcontextprotocol/inspector:latest
+```
+
 ### From an MCP server repository
 
 To inspect an MCP server implementation, there's no need to clone this repo. Instead, use `npx`. For example, if your server is built at `build/index.js`: