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Add a New Database

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

Add a New Database To add a new database to an existing cluster, send a POST request to /v2/databases/$DATABASE_ID/dbs. Note: Database management is not supported for Caching or Valkey clusters. The response will be a… [POST /v2/databases/{database_cluster_uuid}/dbs]

Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__databases_add · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
database_cluster_uuid requiredstringA unique identifier for a database cluster.
name requiredstringThe name of the database.

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__databases_add",
  "arguments": {
    "database_cluster_uuid": "…",
    "name": "…"
  }
}

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 add a new database tool with database_cluster_uuid set to ….

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