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# Building Agentic Apps with Docker


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 10, 2025
- **Time:** 10:45–12:45 (120 min)
- **Room:** M2 (40 Seats)
- **Event:** World Congress 2025

## Description

Building GenAI apps may feel like a large leap, especially if you're unfamiliar with the stack. With Docker, you can use the same tools and processes you're using on your other apps, but with this new stack! And you'll quickly come to learn that it's not as different as you thought.

This hands-on workshop is designed for developers of all backgrounds - whether you're just getting started with GenAI or looking to deepen your understanding of Docker's latest AI tooling. We'll walk through the fundamentals of LLMs, learn about tool calling and MCP, and then orchestrate agents using Docker Compose. By the end, you'll have created your very own agentic application!

Agenda:
Introduction to LLMs and the OpenAI API
Running models with Docker Model Runner
Choosing the right LLM - trust and security
Understanding tool calling and MCP
Running MCP Servers with the Docker MCP Toolkit
Step-by-step guidance to build a simple Agentic app
Sneak peeks on orchestrating more advanced agents with Compose

## Speaker

### [Michael Irwin](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@michael-irwin)

Principal Software Engineer, Developer Success at Docker


## Related talks at this congress

- [Compose the Future: Building Agentic Applications, Made Simple with Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/531-compose-the-future) — Jim Clark, Mark Cavage, Tushar Jain, Yunong Xiao
- [From Monolith to Magic: An AI-Powered DevOps Workshop](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/652-from-monolith-to) — Riccardo Carlesso
- [Agentic DevOps: How AI-Powered Automation Transforms Software Delivery on GitHub and Azure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/696-agentic-devops-how) — Mike
- [Building AI Tool Integrations with Model Context Protocol](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/467-building-ai-tool) — Adam Cowley, Michael Hunger