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Power off a Server

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

Power off a Server Cuts power to the Server. This forcefully stops it without giving the Server operating system time to gracefully stop. May lead to data loss, equivalent to pulling the power cord. Power off should… [POST /servers/{id}/actions/poweroff]

Name on the gateway: hetzner_api__poweroff_server · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
id requiredintegerID of the Server.

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__poweroff_server",
  "arguments": {
    "id": 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 power off a server tool with id set to ….

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