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Pause a MicroVM

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

Pause a MicroVM To pause a MicroVM, send a POST request to /v2/microvms/{microvm_id}/pause. Pausing suspends the MicroVM's processes and preserves its memory, files, and processes. A paused MicroVM incurs storage… [POST /v2/microvms/{microvm_id}/pause]

Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__microvms_post_pause · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
microvm_id requiredstringThe unique ID of the MicroVM.

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__microvms_post_pause",
  "arguments": {
    "microvm_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 pause a microvm tool with microvm_id set to ….

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