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Boot a Linode into rescue mode

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

Boot a Linode into rescue mode Rescue Mode is a safe environment for performing many system recovery and disk management tasks. Rescue Mode is based on the Finnix recovery distribution, a self-contained and bootable Linux… [POST /v4/linode/instances/{linodeId}/rescue]

Name on the gateway: linode_api__post_rescue_linode_instance · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
linodeId requiredintegerID of the Linode to rescue.
devicesobject

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_rescue_linode_instance",
  "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 boot a linode into rescue mode tool with linodeId set to ….

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