claw machine

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claw machine gives any agent access to the users local scoped docker socket.

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ClawMachine

Give any AI a homelab. MCP server for WAGMIOS — exposes Docker management as Model Context Protocol tools with scoped API keys.

Works with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Gemini, and any MCP-compatible client.

Why

AI agents that manage Docker need access to the Docker socket — which means full root on the host. One wrong docker rm and production data is gone.

ClawMachine solves this by sitting between the AI and Docker, routing all requests through WAGMIOS's scoped API:

Scope-gated tools — If the API key doesn't have containers:delete, the delete_container tool doesn't exist. The AI literally can't call it.
Audit trail — Every API call is tracked per-key in WAGMIOS.
Multi-machine — One MCP server, multiple WAGMIOS instances, each with its own key and scopes.

The AI never touches the Docker socket. The AI never gets sudo. The enforcement is in the key, not the prompt.

How It Works

┌──────────────┐     MCP (stdio/SSE)     ┌──────────────┐     REST (scoped key)    ┌──────────────┐     Docker API     ┌────────┐
│  AI Client   │ ───────────────────────→ │  ClawMachine │ ──────────────────────→ │   WAGMIOS    │ ────────────────→ │ Docker │
│ (Claude,etc) │                          │  MCP Server  │                         │  REST API    │                   │ Daemon │
└──────────────┘                          └──────────────┘                         └──────────────┘                   └────────┘

You install WAGMIOS on your machine and create a scoped API key
You run ClawMachine, pointing it at WAGMIOS with that key
ClawMachine reads the key's scopes and only registers tools the key permits
Your AI client sees a tailored set of Docker management tools — nothing more

Tools

Tools are dynamically registered based on API key scopes. If the key doesn't have the required scope, the tool doesn't exist.

Scope Required	Tools	Description
(any key)	`check_scopes`	Show key label, prefix, and granted scopes
`system:read`	`system_info`	Docker version, API version, OS/arch
`system:read`	`system_metrics`	CPU, memory, disk usage, container counts
`containers:read`	`list_containers`	All containers (running + stopped)
`containers:read`	`container_logs`	Container log output (configurable tail)
`containers:read`	`container_config`	Full container config (env, volumes, ports)
`containers:write`	`start_container`	Start a stopped container
`containers:write`	`stop_container`	Stop a running container
`containers:write`	`restart_container`	Restart a container
`containers:write`	`create_container`	Create a new container (image, name, env, ports, volumes)
`containers:delete`	`delete_container`	Permanently delete a container (irreversible)
`images:read`	`list_images`	All Docker images on the host
`images:write`	`pull_image`	Pull an image from a registry
`images:write`	`delete_image`	Delete an image (irreversible)
`marketplace:read`	`browse_marketplace`	Browse 34+ self-hosted apps
`marketplace:read`	`get_marketplace_app`	App details (description, categories, compose)
`marketplace:read`	`list_installed_apps`	Apps installed via marketplace
`marketplace:write`	`install_app`	Download and install a marketplace app
`marketplace:write`	`start_app`	Start an installed app (docker compose up)

Multi-Instance Mode

Manage multiple machines from one MCP server. Create a config file:

{
  "instances": {
    "nas": {
      "url": "http://192.168.1.10:5179",
      "key": "wag_live_aaa",
      "label": "Homelab NAS"
    },
    "vps": {
      "url": "https://vps.example.com:5179",
      "key": "wag_live_bbb",
      "label": "VPS"
    }
  }
}

Run with:

clawmachine -config instances.json -transport sse -sse-addr :8080

In multi-instance mode:

Every tool gets a host parameter (e.g. host="nas")
A list_hosts tool shows all configured instances with labels and scopes
Each host's key has its own scope restrictions — the NAS key can have containers:delete while the VPS key doesn't

You: "Restart Nginx on the NAS and check images on the VPS"
→ restart_container(host="nas", id="nginx-proxy")
→ list_images(host="vps")

Transport Modes

Mode	Use Case	Command
stdio	Local AI clients (Claude Code, Cursor)	`clawmachine -api-url ... -api-key ...`
SSE	Remote clients, web-based agents	Add `-transport sse -sse-addr :8080 -sse-base-url http://your-host:8080`

Environment Variables

Flags can be set via environment variables:

WAGMIOS_API_URL — WAGMIOS backend URL
WAGMIOS_API_KEY — WAGMIOS API key

Security Model

	Raw Docker Access	ClawMachine + WAGMIOS
Permissions	All or nothing	Granular scopes per key
Audit trail	Docker daemon logs (noisy)	WAGMIOS activity feed (per-key)
Deletion safety	Agent can `docker rm -f` anything	Key must have `containers:delete` scope
Multi-tenant	One socket, everyone shares	Separate keys, separate scopes
Blast radius	Entire host	Scoped to key permissions

The enforcement is in the key, not the prompt. Even if an AI decides to call delete_container without asking, the call fails at the WAGMIOS API level if the key doesn't have the scope.

Architecture

cmd/clawmachine/main.go       Entry point, single/multi routing
internal/config/
  config.go                    Single-instance config
  multi.go                     Multi-instance config loader
internal/wagmios/
  client.go                    WAGMIOS REST API client
internal/mcp/
  server.go                    Single-instance MCP server (18 tools)
  multi.go                     Multi-instance MCP server (19 tools)

Stack: Go 1.25, mcp-go v0.48.0, MCP protocol version 2024-11-05

Docker

# Build
docker build -t itzmizzle/clawmachine .

# Run (stdio)
docker run -i itzmizzle/clawmachine -api-url http://host.docker.internal:5179 -api-key wag_live_xxx

# Run (SSE)
docker run -p 8080:8080 itzmizzle/clawmachine \
  -api-url http://host.docker.internal:5179 -api-key wag_live_xxx \
  -transport sse -sse-addr :8080 -sse-base-url http://localhost:8080

Multi-arch images (amd64 + arm64) are built and pushed to itzmizzle/clawmachine on Docker Hub via GitHub Actions on every push to main and on version tags.

Development

git clone https://github.com/mentholmike/clawmachine.git
cd clawmachine
go build ./cmd/clawmachine/
go vet ./...

WAGMIOS — Self-hosted Docker management platform
mcp-go — Go MCP SDK
Docker MCP Catalog — Curated MCP server catalog

Copy & paste — that's it

go install github.com/mentholmike/clawmachine/cmd/clawmachine@latest

Before it works, you'll need: WAGMIOS_API_KEY

Quick Start

1. Install WAGMIOS

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mentholmike/wagmios/main/docker-compose.yaml
docker compose up -d

WAGMIOS runs at http://localhost:5179 (API) and http://localhost:5174 (UI).

2. Create an API Key

In WAGMIOS UI → Settings → Agent Permissions:

Name: my-agent
Enable: containers:read, containers:write, images:read, marketplace:read, system:read
Leave containers:delete off unless you want the AI to be able to remove containers
Copy the key: wag_live_abc123...

3. Install ClawMachine

Binary (Go):

go install github.com/mentholmike/clawmachine/cmd/clawmachine@latest

Docker:

docker run -i itzmizzle/clawmachine -api-url http://host.docker.internal:5179 -api-key wag_live_abc123

4. Configure Your AI Client

Claude Code (~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clawmachine": {
      "command": "clawmachine",
      "args": ["-api-url", "http://localhost:5179", "-api-key", "wag_live_abc123"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clawmachine": {
      "command": "clawmachine",
      "args": ["-api-url", "http://localhost:5179", "-api-key", "wag_live_abc123"]
    }
  }
}

Docker MCP Toolkit (Docker Desktop 4.62+):

{
  "servers": {
    "clawmachine": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "itzmizzle/clawmachine", "-api-url", "http://host.docker.internal:5179", "-api-key", "wag_live_abc123"],
      "type": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

5. Use It

You: "What containers am I running?"
→ list_containers
   "3 containers: nginx-proxy (running), postgres-db (running), jellyfin (stopped)"

You: "Delete postgres"
→ "I don't have a delete_container tool — your API key is missing the containers:delete scope."

You: "Install Ollama"
→ browse_marketplace → install_app → start_app
   "Ollama is installed and running on port 11434."