--- title: How To Build a Multi-Agent AI System with Docker Agent description: Docker Agent is an open-source framework for building multi-agent AI systems using YAML configuration, requiring no Python orchestration code. This tutorial... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-multi-agent-ai-system-with-docker-agent-fbwusburz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How To Build a Multi-Agent AI System with Docker Agent | daily.dev og:description: Docker Agent is an open-source framework for building multi-agent AI systems using YAML configuration, requiring no Python orchestration code. This tutorial... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-a-multi-agent-ai-system-with-docker-agent-fbwusburz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fbWUsbURz.png og:image:alt: How To Build a Multi-Agent AI System with Docker Agent og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How To Build a Multi-Agent AI System with Docker Agent **[DigitalOcean Community](https://daily.dev/sources/do_community)** · 15 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Docker Agent is an open-source framework for building multi-agent AI systems using YAML configuration, requiring no Python orchestration code. This tutorial walks through deploying a Docker Agent Droplet on DigitalOcean via a 1-Click Marketplace image, then building a four-agent Bug Investigator system (Investigator, Researcher, Fixer, Tester). It covers configuring cloud API backends (OpenAI, Anthropic) and local model inference via Docker Model Runner with Qwen3 8B. A comparison table highlights trade-offs: cloud APIs are fast but send code externally, while local models are private and free per-request but require more RAM and run slower on CPU. The tutorial also covers publishing agent configurations as OCI artifacts to Docker Hub for team sharing, and explains how MCP integrations (GitHub, Postgres, DuckDuckGo) can extend agent capabilities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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