---
title: "docker-development"
description: "Docker image development patterns for Dockerfile, docker-compose, docker-bake.hcl, and CI testing"
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/docker-development
last-updated: 2026-09-22
---

# docker-development
Docker image development patterns for Dockerfile, docker-compose, docker-bake.hcl, and CI testing
- Slug: docker-development
- Publisher: Netresearch DTT GmbH
- Repository: https://github.com/netresearch/docker-development-skill
- Manifest: plugin.json
- Version: 1.16.2
- License: (MIT AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)
- Category (editorial): devops-cloud
- Skills: 2 (docker-development, docker-via-wsl)
- MCP servers: 0
- Stars: 22
- Repository created: 2026-01-29
- Repository last pushed: 2026-09-21
- Publisher type: Organization
- Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/docker-development
- Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json

## What docker-development does, in the publisher's words

Agent Skill for Docker image development: Dockerfile best practices, CI testing patterns, and Docker Compose orchestration.

- Dockerfile Best Practices: Multi-stage builds, layer optimization, security
- CI Testing Patterns: Test Docker images reliably in CI pipelines
- Docker Compose: Service orchestration, health checks, networking
- Docker Bake: Multi-platform builds with BuildKit
- Security: Vulnerability scanning, non-root users, secret management
- Windows / WSL2: Run docker through WSL when Docker Desktop uses the WSL2 backend (separate docker-via-wsl skill)

This package bundles two skills:

The docker-development skill activates automatically when working with:

From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netresearch/docker-development-skill/HEAD/README.md

## Skills

- docker-development: Use when working with ANY Docker task: writing Dockerfiles, configuring docker-compose/compose.yml, multi-stage builds, docker-bake.hcl, container security audits,.dockerignore optimization, or CI/CD container testing. Triggers on: Dockerfile, docker-compose, container, image build, multi-stage, d…
- docker-via-wsl: Use when YOU (the AI agent) are running on Windows OUTSIDE WSL (Git Bash/MSYS/PowerShell shell) and need to run ANY docker / docker compose command. Docker Desktop runs on the WSL2 engine, so commands must be re-issued INSIDE WSL via wsl.exe: running them from the Windows shell on a network/SMB d…

Descriptions come from the frontmatter of each SKILL.md, punctuation lightly normalized.