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Create a VPC Subnet

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

Create a VPC Subnet To create a subnet within a VPC, send a POST request to /v2/vpcs/$VPC_UUID/subnets with a name and, optionally, an IP range. [POST /v2/vpcs/{vpc_uuid}/subnets]

Name on the gateway: digitalocean_api__vpc_subnets_create · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
vpc_uuid requiredstringThe unique identifier of the VPC to which the subnet…
name requiredstringThe human-readable name of the VPC subnet.
ip_rangestringAn RFC1918 CIDR range between /16 and /24 that does not overlap another team…

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__vpc_subnets_create",
  "arguments": {
    "vpc_uuid": "…",
    "name": "…"
  }
}

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 create a vpc subnet tool with vpc_uuid set to ….

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