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Change a Zone's Default TTL

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

Change a Zone's Default TTL Changes the default Time To Live (TTL) of a Zone. This TTL is used for RRSets that do not explicitly define a TTL. Only applicable for Zones in primary mode. #### Operation specific errors | Status… [POST /zones/{id_or_name}/actions/change_ttl]

Name on the gateway: hetzner_api__change_zone_ttl · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
id_or_name requiredstringID or Name of the Zone.
ttl requiredintegerDefault Time To Live (TTL) of the Zone. Must be in between 60s and…

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": "hetzner_api__change_zone_ttl",
  "arguments": {
    "id_or_name": "…",
    "ttl": 0
  }
}

Or connect the Hetzner Cloud API server directly, which lists 178 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-hetzner-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/hetzner-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the change a zone's default ttl tool with id_or_name set to ….

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