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Set a value on an environment variable

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

Set a value on an environment variable Updates or creates a new value for an existing environment variable. [PATCH /accounts/{account_id}/env/{key}]

Name on the gateway: netlify_api__set_env_var_value · may change things.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`account_id` required	`string`	Scope response to account_id
`key` required	`string`	The existing environment variable key name (case-sensitive)
`site_id`	`string`	If provided, update an environment variable set on this site
`context`	`all \| dev \| dev-server \| branch-deploy \| deploy-preview \| production \| branch`	The deploy context in which this value will be used. dev refers to local…
`context_parameter`	`string`	An additional parameter for custom branches. Currently, this is used for…
`value`	`string`	The environment variable's unencrypted value

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__set_env_var_value",
  "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 set a value on an environment variable tool with account_id set to ….