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Retrieve an Existing Volume Snapshot

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

Retrieve an Existing Volume Snapshot To retrieve the details of a snapshot that has been created from a volume, send a GET request to /v2/volumes/snapshots/$VOLUME_SNAPSHOT_ID. [GET /v2/volumes/snapshots/{snapshot_id}]

Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__volume_snapshots_get_by_id · read-only.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
snapshot_id requiredstringThe unique identifier for the snapshot.

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__volume_snapshots_get_by_id",
  "arguments": {
    "snapshot_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 retrieve an existing volume snapshot tool with snapshot_id set to ….

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