Get an environment variable

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

Get an environment variable Returns an individual environment variable. [GET /accounts/{account_id}/env/{key}]

Name on the gateway: netlify_api__get_env_var · read-only.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`account_id` required	`string`	Scope response to account_id
`key` required	`string`	The environment variable key (case-sensitive)
`site_id`	`string`	If provided, return the environment variable for a specific site (no merging…

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__get_env_var",
  "arguments": {
    "account_id": "…",
    "key": "…"
  }
}

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"

Use the get an environment variable tool with account_id set to ….