MCP Tools Reference: compute.googleapis.com

Tool: get_instance_template_basic_info

Get basic information about a Compute Engine instance template, including its name, ID, description, machine type, region, and creation timestamp. Requires project and instance template name as input.

The following sample demonstrate how to use curl to invoke the get_instance_template_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_template_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 template basic info.

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

string

Required. Project ID for this request.
name

string

Required. Identifier. Name of the instance template to return.

Output Schema

InstanceTemplateBasicInfo contains basic information about an instance template.

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string,
  "id": string,
  "description": string,
  "machineType": string,
  "region": string,
  "createTime": string
}
Fields
name

string

Name of the instance template.
id

string (uint64 format)

The unique identifier for the instance template.
description

string

Description of the instance template.
machineType

string

The machine type of the instance template.
region

string

The region of the instance template if it is a regional resource.
createTime

string (Timestamp format)

Creation timestamp of the instance template.

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".
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.

Tool Annotations

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