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Build MCP server as a Docker image

Build an MCP server from the current project.

This command will detect the project type and build the appropriate MCP server Docker image.

kmcp build [flags]

Flags:

• -h, --help - help for build
• --kind-load - Load image into kind cluster (requires kind)
• --kind-load-cluster string - Name of the kind cluster to load image into (default: current cluster)
• --platform string - Target platform (e.g., linux/amd64,linux/arm64)
• -d, --project-dir string - Build directory (default: current directory)
• --push - Push Docker image to registry
• -t, --tag string - Docker image tag (alias for –output)

Global Flags:

• -v, --verbose - verbose output

Example

kmcp build                              # Build Docker image from current directory
kmcp build --project-dir ./my-project   # Build Docker image from specific directory