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Create a placement group
An MCP tool from the Linode API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Create a placement group Creates a placement group on your account. Placement groups disperse your Linodes across physical machines (hosts) in one of our compute regions. Depending on your workload requirements, you may… [POST /v4/placement/groups]
Name on the gateway: linode_api__post_placement_group · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
label required | string | A unique name for the placement group. A placement group label has the… |
placement_group_policy required | strict | flexible | How requests to add future compute instances to your placement group are… |
placement_group_type required | anti_affinity:local | How compute instances are distributed in your placement group. A… |
region required | string | The data center that houses the compute instances you want to add to your… |
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:
{
"name": "linode_api__post_placement_group",
"arguments": {
"label": "…",
"placement_group_policy": "…",
"placement_group_type": "…",
"region": "…"
}
}Or connect the Linode API server directly, which lists 439 tools including this one:
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 create a placement group tool with label set to ….