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Podman compatibility issue - MCP server fails to start when replacing "docker" with "podman" #213

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I'm trying to use n8n-MCP with Podman instead of Docker on Windows, but it doesn't seem to work when simply replacing docker with podman in the Claude Desktop configuration.

Environment
OS: Windows
Container Runtime: Podman (instead of Docker)
Claude Desktop: Latest version
n8n-MCP Image: ghcr.io/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp:latest

Configuration Attempted
I replaced the Docker configuration with Podman:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "n8n-mcp": {
      "command": "podman",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--init",
        "-e", "MCP_MODE=stdio",
        "-e", "LOG_LEVEL=error",
        "-e", "DISABLE_CONSOLE_OUTPUT=true",
        "-e", "N8N_API_URL=https://your-n8n-instance.com",
        "-e", "N8N_API_KEY=your-api-key",
        "ghcr.io/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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