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Acting on Tagged Droplets

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

Acting on Tagged Droplets Some actions can be performed in bulk on tagged Droplets. The actions can be initiated by sending a POST to /v2/droplets/actions?tag_name=$TAG_NAME with the action arguments. Only a sub-set of… [POST /v2/droplets/actions]

Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__droplet_actions_post_by_tag · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
tag_namestringUsed to filter Droplets by a specific tag. Can not be combined with name or…
type requiredenable_backups | disable_backups | reboot | power_cycle | shutdown | power_off | power_on | restore | password_reset | resize | rebuild | rename | change_kernel | enable_ipv6 | snapshotThe type of action to initiate for the Droplet.

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__droplet_actions_post_by_tag",
  "arguments": {
    "type": "…"
  }
}

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 acting on tagged droplets tool with tag_name set to ….

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