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Retrieve an Existing App

An MCP tool from the DigitalOcean API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Retrieve an Existing App Retrieve details about an existing app by either its ID or name. To retrieve an app by its name, do not include an ID in the request path. Information about the current active deployment as well as… [GET /v2/apps/{id}]

Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__apps_get · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
id requiredstringThe ID of the app
namestringThe name of the app to retrieve.

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "digitalocean_api__apps_get",
  "arguments": {
    "id": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the DigitalOcean API server directly, which lists 874 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-digitalocean-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/digitalocean-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the retrieve an existing app tool with id set to ….

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