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Create a Provider Credential
An MCP tool from the DigitalOcean API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Create a Provider Credential Stores an API key or OAuth client for a catalog provider that supports that credential type. Secret material is write-only. Only you can see and use the credential unless you share it with your team… [POST /v2/action-gateway/provider-credentials]
Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__provider_credentials_create · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
provider required | string | Required provider slug from the provider catalog. |
kind required | PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL_KIND_OAUTH_CLIENT | PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL_KIND_API_KEY | PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL_KIND_NONE | Credential type. NONE is available only for eligible MCP providers when… |
display_name required | string | Required label, unique among the team's credentials for this provider… |
api_key | string | Required for API-key credentials. Rejected for other kinds. Never returned. |
client_id | string | Required for OAuth client credentials. Rejected for other kinds. |
client_secret | string | Required for OAuth client credentials. Rejected for other kinds. Never returned. |
base_url | string | Provider API HTTPS origin. Accepted only when the provider allows one… |
credential_parameters | object | Non-secret configuration for API-key providers that declare credential… |
reusable_by_team | boolean | Share the credential with the team. Defaults to false, so only its creator can… |
redirect_url | string | OAuth clients only. Optional absolute HTTPS redirect URI registered at the… |
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:
{
"name": "digitalocean_api__provider_credentials_create",
"arguments": {
"provider": "…",
"kind": "…",
"display_name": "…"
}
}Or connect the DigitalOcean API server directly, which lists 874 tools including this one:
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 create a provider credential tool with provider set to ….