Skills
Agent skills for working with container. A skill teaches a coding agent this tool's command
surface — how it maps to docker, lima, colima, and podman, and where it differs.
container
Covers the full command surface, the Docker command mapping, and the differences that
commonly trip people up (singular command groups, -t on builds, the three-step DNS setup,
container machines).
Install
Claude Code, from a local clone:
# in Claude Code, from anywhere
/plugin marketplace add /path/to/container
/plugin install container@apple-container
Or straight from GitHub, without a clone:
/plugin marketplace add apple/container
/plugin install container@apple-container
The skill loads on demand — it activates when a task involves containers, Dockerfiles, or images on macOS, and stays out of the way otherwise.
Editing
skills/container/SKILL.md is the always-loaded surface, so keep it short and put detail in
skills/container/references/.
Document command names and behavior that surprises people. Do not paste exhaustive flag
lists — they drift. container <command> --help is authoritative, and the skill tells the
agent to use it.