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Create a PlacementGroup

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

Create a PlacementGroup Creates a new Placement Group. [POST /placement_groups]

Name on the gateway: hetzner_api__create_placement_group · may change things.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`name` required	`string`	Name of the Placement Group.
`labels`	`object`	User-defined labels (key/value pairs) for the Resource. For more information…
`type` required	`spread`	Define the Placement Group Type.

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__create_placement_group",
  "arguments": {
    "name": "…",
    "type": "…"
  }
}

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"

Use the create a placementgroup tool with name set to ….