MCP Tools Reference: compute.googleapis.com

Tool: list_instance_templates

Lists Compute Engine instance templates. Details for each instance template include name, ID, description, machine type, region, and creation timestamp. Requires project as input.

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

Input Schema

Request message for listing instance templates basic info.

JSON representation 
{
  "project": string,
  "pageSize": integer,
  "pageToken": string
}
Fields
project

string

Required. Project ID for this request.
pageSize

integer

Optional. The maximum number of instance templates to return.
pageToken

string

Optional. A page token received from a previous call to list instance templates.

Output Schema

Response message for listing instance templates basic info.

JSON representation 
{
  "instanceTemplates": [
    {
      object (InstanceTemplateBasicInfo)
    }
  ],
  "nextPageToken": string
}
Fields
instanceTemplates[]

object (InstanceTemplateBasicInfo)

The list of instance templates.
nextPageToken

string

A token that can be sent as page_token to retrieve the next page. If this field is omitted, there are no subsequent pages.
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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