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Import a Zone file

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

Import a Zone file Imports a zone file, replacing all resource record sets (RRSets). The import will fail if existing RRSet are change protected. See Zone file import for more details. Only applicable for Zones in… [POST /zones/{id_or_name}/actions/import_zonefile]

Name on the gateway: hetzner_api__import_zone_zonefile · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
id_or_name requiredstringID or Name of the Zone.
zonefile requiredstringZone file to import. See Zone file import for more details.

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__import_zone_zonefile",
  "arguments": {
    "id_or_name": "…",
    "zonefile": "…"
  }
}

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 import a zone file tool with id_or_name set to ….

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