Tidesman MCP Server
A free native MCP server for running, understanding, and debugging Linux containers with Apple's container tool.
People who need documentation tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-07-18 · ★ 6 · #166 OF 183 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25
how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Tidesman
Claude Desktop
Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/JeronimoColon/tidesman-mcp/releases/download/v0.3.0/tidesman-0.3.0.mcpb .mcpb bundle02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)
repo age created 2026-07-01 - young repo, little track record yet
license no standard license detected - usage rights unclear; check the repo before commercial use
registry vendor namespace dev.tidesman - domain-verified with the official MCP registry
03 · What Tidesman can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
v0.3.0 · 2026-07-18
Tidesman 0.3.0 grows the surface from fourteen tools to twenty and teaches the audit log to answer "what did the assistant destroy" on its own. · New container tools. container_start boots an existing stopped container…
v0.2.0 · 2026-07-16
Layer 2: container images. · Five new tools for working with images, bringing the surface to fourteen: image_list and image_inspect (read), image_pull and image_tag (write, available in safe mode), and image_delete…
v0.1.3 · 2026-07-05
Agent discoverability release. · Every tool is now advertised in every access mode; the mode controls which ones may run, and a tool the mode locks says so in its description and names the mode that unlocks it. Your…
04 · Who maintains Tidesman
Tidesman is maintained by jeronimocolon. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jul 2026.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/jeronimocolon/tidesman-mcp
- website
- https://tidesman.dev/
- category
- documentation - ranked #166 of 183 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-08-25.
- release cadence
- 6 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-07-18)
- registry
- dev.tidesman/tidesman (active, first published 2026-07-04 · 5 versions)
- packages
- mcpb:https://github.com/JeronimoColon/tidesman-mcp/releases/download/v0.3.0/tidesman-0.3.0.mcpb
06 · Tidesman FAQ
What is Tidesman?
A free native MCP server for running, understanding, and debugging Linux containers with Apple's container tool.
Is Tidesman still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-07-18 and it shipped 6 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
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