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Create a site

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

Create a site **Note:** Environment variable keys and values have moved from build_settings.env and repo.env to a new endpoint. Please use createEnvVars to create environment variables for a site. [POST /sites]

Name on the gateway: netlify_api__create_site · may change things.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`configure_dns`	`boolean`	configure_dns parameter
`id`	`string`
`state`	`string`
`plan`	`string`
`name`	`string`
`custom_domain`	`string`
`domain_aliases`	`array`
`branch_deploy_custom_domain`	`string`
`deploy_preview_custom_domain`	`string`
`password`	`string`
`notification_email`	`string`
`url`	`string`
`ssl_url`	`string`
`admin_url`	`string`
`screenshot_url`	`string`
`created_at`	`string`
`updated_at`	`string`
`user_id`	`string`
`session_id`	`string`
`ssl`	`boolean`
`force_ssl`	`boolean`
`managed_dns`	`boolean`
`deploy_url`	`string`
`published_deploy`	`object`
`account_id`	`string`
`account_name`	`string`
`account_slug`	`string`
`git_provider`	`string`
`deploy_hook`	`string`
`capabilities`	`object`
`processing_settings`	`object`
`build_settings`	`object`
`id_domain`	`string`
`default_hooks_data`	`object`
`build_image`	`string`
`prerender`	`string`
`functions_region`	`string`
`prevent_non_git_prod_deploys`	`boolean`
`repo`	`object`

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": "netlify_api__create_site",
  "arguments": {}
}

Or connect the Netlify API server directly, which lists 188 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal

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

Try asking

Use the create a site tool with configure_dns set to ….

Create a site

Parameters

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