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Create a New Check
An MCP tool from the DigitalOcean API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Create a New Check To create an Uptime check, send a POST request to /v2/uptime/checks specifying the attributes in the table below in the JSON body. [POST /v2/uptime/checks]
Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__uptime_create_check · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
name required | string | A human-friendly display name. |
type required | ping | http | https | The type of health check to perform. |
target required | string | The endpoint to perform healthchecks on. |
regions required | array | An array containing the selected regions to perform healthchecks from. |
enabled required | boolean | A boolean value indicating whether the check is enabled/disabled. |
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__uptime_create_check",
"arguments": {
"name": "…",
"type": "…",
"target": "…",
"regions": [],
"enabled": true
}
}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 new check tool with name set to ….