Tool: start_instance
Starts a Google Compute Engine virtual machine (VM) instance. Requires project, zone, and instance name as input. Proceed only if there is no error in response and the status of the operation is DONE
without any errors. To get details of the operation, use the get_zone_operation
tool.
The following sample demonstrate how to use curl
to invoke the start_instance
MCP tool.
| Curl Request |
|---|
curl --location 'https://compute.googleapis.com/mcp' \ --header 'content-type: application/json' \ --header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \ --data '{ "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "start_instance", "arguments": { // provide these details according to the tool' s MCP specification } } , "jsonrpc" : "2.0" , "id" : 1 } ' |
Input Schema
Request message for starting an instance.
McpStartInstanceRequest
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "project" : string , "zone" : string , "name" : string } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
project
|
Required. Project ID for this request. |
zone
|
Required. The zone of the instance. |
name
|
Required. Identifier. The instance name. |
Output Schema
Response message for starting an instance.
McpStartInstanceResponse
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "operationName" : string } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
operationName
|
The operation name of the instance start. |
Tool Annotations
Destructive Hint: ✅ | Idempotent Hint: ❌ | Read Only Hint: ❌ | Open World Hint: ❌
