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Cancel backups

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

Cancel backups Cancels the Backup service on the given Linode. Deletes all of this Linode's existing backups forever. > --- - __CLI__. linode-cli linodes backups-cancel 123 Learn more... - __OAuth scopes__.… [POST /v4/linode/instances/{linodeId}/backups/cancel]

Name on the gateway: linode_api__post_cancel_backups · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
linodeId requiredintegerThe ID of the Linode to cancel backup service for.

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": "linode_api__post_cancel_backups",
  "arguments": {
    "linodeId": 0
  }
}

Or connect the Linode API server directly, which lists 439 tools including this one:

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

Try asking

Use the cancel backups tool with linodeId set to ….

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