Meet Gordon, Docker’s AI agent built into Docker Desktop. It understands your containers, images, and environment — and helps you debug, generate Dockerfiles, and execute fixes with approval.

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Gordon is Docker's purpose-built AI agent, now available in Docker Desktop 4.61 (beta). Unlike general-purpose AI assistants, Gordon has direct access to your shell, filesystem, Docker CLI, and Docker knowledge base, giving it full context of your local environment. It can debug container issues (e.g., OOM exits), generate production-ready Dockerfiles with multi-stage builds, manage routine Docker operations conversationally, and optimize existing setups. All actions require explicit user approval before execution. Gordon is accessible via the Docker Desktop sidebar or the `docker ai` CLI command, and is included with all Docker subscription tiers with varying usage capacities.

Gordon: Docker’s AI Agent That Understands Your Containers%

<p>Having an agent that understands your actual Docker setup and logs can save a lot of debugging time. The approval step is important too, since you still keep control over what changes in your environment.</p>
