MCP Tools Reference: compute.googleapis.com

Tool: get_instance_basic_info

Get basic information about a Compute Engine VM instance, including its name, ID, status, machine type, creation timestamp, and attached guest accelerators. Requires project, zone, and instance name as input.

The following sample demonstrate how to use curl to invoke the get_instance_basic_info 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": "get_instance_basic_info",
    "arguments": {
      // provide these details according to the tool's MCP specification
    }
  },
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1
}'

Input Schema

Request message for getting instance basic info.

JSON representation 
{
  "project": string,
  "zone": string,
  "name": string
}
Fields
project

string

Required. Project ID for this request.
zone

string

Required. The zone of the instance.
name

string

Required. Identifier. The instance name.

Output Schema

Response message for getting instance basic info.

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string,
  "id": string,
  "status": enum (Status),
  "machineType": string,
  "createTime": string,
  "guestAccelerators": [
    {
      object (AcceleratorConfig)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
name

string

Name of the instance.
id

string (uint64 format)

The unique identifier for the instance.
status

enum (Status)

The status of the instance.
machineType

string

The machine type of the instance.
createTime

string (Timestamp format)

Creation timestamp of the instance.

Uses RFC 3339, where generated output will always be Z-normalized and use 0, 3, 6 or 9 fractional digits. Offsets other than "Z" are also accepted. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z", "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z" or "2014-10-02T15:01:23+05:30".
guestAccelerators[]

object (AcceleratorConfig)

Accelerators attached to the instance.
JSON representation 
{
  "seconds": string,
  "nanos": integer
}
Fields
seconds

string (int64 format)

Represents seconds of UTC time since Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. Must be between -62135596800 and 253402300799 inclusive (which corresponds to 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59Z).
nanos

integer

Non-negative fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution. This field is the nanosecond portion of the duration, not an alternative to seconds. Negative second values with fractions must still have non-negative nanos values that count forward in time. Must be between 0 and 999,999,999 inclusive.
JSON representation 
{
  "acceleratorType": string,
  "acceleratorCount": integer,
  "acceleratorCountAlts": [
    integer
  ]
}
Fields
acceleratorType

string

Full or partial URL of the accelerator type resource to attach to this instance. For example: projects/my-project/zones/us-central1-c/acceleratorTypes/nvidia-tesla-p100 If you are creating an instance template, specify only the accelerator name. See GPUs on Compute Engine for a full list of accelerator types.
acceleratorCount

integer

The number of the guest accelerator cards exposed to this instance.
acceleratorCountAlts[]
(deprecated)

integer

Tool Annotations

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