Tool: create_instance
Create a new instance in the specified project. The request requires project_id, instance_id, display_name, and at least one cluster. Each cluster must specify its zone (e.g. us-central1-a). Example: { "project_id": "my-project", "instance_id": "my-instance", "display_name": "This is my instance", "clusters": [ { "zone": "us-central1-a", "serve_nodes": 3, "default_storage_type": "SSD" } ] }
The following sample demonstrate how to use curl
to invoke the create_instance
MCP tool.
| Curl Request |
|---|
curl --location 'https://bigtableadmin.googleapis.com/mcp' \ --header 'content-type: application/json' \ --header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \ --data '{ "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "create_instance", "arguments": { // provide these details according to the tool' s MCP specification } } , "jsonrpc" : "2.0" , "id" : 1 } ' |
Input Schema
Request message for Bigtable.CreateInstance
CreateInstanceRequest
| JSON representation |
|---|
{
"projectId"
:
string
,
"instanceId"
:
string
,
"displayName"
:
string
,
"clusters"
:
[
{
object (
|
| Fields | |
|---|---|
projectId
|
Required. The project ID (e.g., "my-project"). If not known from the context, the Agent should attempt to get the current project ID from the gcloud config by running |
instanceId
|
Required. The ID to be used when referring to the new instance within its project, e.g., just |
displayName
|
Required. The descriptive name for this instance as it appears in UIs. |
clusters[]
|
Required. Clusters to be created within the instance. At least one cluster must be specified. |
Cluster
| JSON representation |
|---|
{
"clusterId"
:
string
,
"zone"
:
string
,
"serveNodesCount"
:
integer
,
"defaultStorageType"
:
enum (
|
| Fields | |
|---|---|
clusterId
|
Optional. The ID of the cluster, e.g., just |
zone
|
Required. The zone where the cluster will be located. e.g., |
serveNodesCount
|
Optional. The number of nodes to serve. If not specified, the tool mapping will default to 1. |
defaultStorageType
|
Optional. The default storage type for the cluster, e.g., SSD, HDD. If not specified, the tool mapping will default to SSD. |
Output Schema
This resource represents a long-running operation that is the result of a network API call.
Operation
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "name" : string , "metadata" : { "@type" : string , field1 : ... , ... } , "done" : boolean , // Union field |
name
string
The server-assigned name, which is only unique within the same service that originally returns it. If you use the default HTTP mapping, the name
should be a resource name ending with operations/{unique_id}
.
metadata
object
Service-specific metadata associated with the operation. It typically contains progress information and common metadata such as create time. Some services might not provide such metadata. Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.
An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field "@type"
contains a URI identifying the type. Example: { "id": 1234, "@type": "types.example.com/standard/id" }
.
done
boolean
If the value is false
, it means the operation is still in progress. If true
, the operation is completed, and either error
or response
is available.
result
. The operation result, which can be either an error
or a valid response
. If done
== false
, neither error
nor response
is set. If done
== true
, exactly one of error
or response
can be set. Some services might not provide the result. result
can be only one of the following:error
object (
Status
)
The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.
response
object
The normal, successful response of the operation. If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete
, the response is google.protobuf.Empty
. If the original method is standard Get
/ Create
/ Update
, the response should be the resource. For other methods, the response should have the type XxxResponse
, where Xxx
is the original method name. For example, if the original method name is TakeSnapshot()
, the inferred response type is TakeSnapshotResponse
.
An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field "@type"
contains a URI identifying the type. Example: { "id": 1234, "@type": "types.example.com/standard/id" }
.
Any
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "typeUrl" : string , "value" : string } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
typeUrl
|
Identifies the type of the serialized Protobuf message with a URI reference consisting of a prefix ending in a slash and the fully-qualified type name. Example: type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.StringValue This string must contain at least one The prefix is arbitrary and Protobuf implementations are expected to simply strip off everything up to and including the last All type URL strings must be legal URI references with the additional restriction (for the text format) that the content of the reference must consist only of alphanumeric characters, percent-encoded escapes, and characters in the following set (not including the outer backticks): In the original design of |
value
|
Holds a Protobuf serialization of the type described by type_url. A base64-encoded string. |
Status
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "code" : integer , "message" : string , "details" : [ { "@type" : string , field1 : ... , ... } ] } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
code
|
The status code, which should be an enum value of |
message
|
A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the |
details[]
|
A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use. An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field |
Tool Annotations
Destructive Hint: ❌ | Idempotent Hint: ✅ | Read Only Hint: ❌ | Open World Hint: ✅

