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Dagu is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Self-hostable workflow orchestrator for teams whose main work isn't orchestration. It has 4,289 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-3.0 license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/dagucloud/dagu.

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Install Dagu

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dagu": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/dagucloud/dagu"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio dagu -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/dagucloud/dagu

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dagu": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/dagucloud/dagu"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "dagu": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/dagucloud/dagu"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Dagu

Docs · CLI · API · Examples · Live demo (username/password: demouser) · Discord Dagu is a local-first workflow engine for operations and internal automation. It is open source and self-hostable: a single binary with a built-in Web UI, no external database or message broker, running on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Define DAGs in a declarative YAML format. It natively supports shell commands, Docker containers, Kubernetes Jobs, remote commands via SSH, and more through Dagu Actions.

  • cron
  • workflow-engine
  • workflow-scheduler
  • workflow-orchestration
  • devops
  • data-pipeline
  • job-scheduler
  • task-automation
  • durable-execution
  • human-in-the-loop

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What is Dagu?

Dagu is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Self-hostable workflow orchestrator for teams whose main work isn't orchestration. It has 4,289 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-3.0 license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/dagucloud/dagu. The source code is at github.com/dagucloud/dagu.

How do I install the Dagu MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/dagucloud/dagu to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Dagu free?

The server is open source under the GPL-3.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Dagu actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. The latest release is v2.18.2, published Oct 4, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.