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Q: Does DigitalOcean need an API key?

Yes. It reads DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN from its environment, and DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN is a secret. Put the value in your client's config on your own machine, never in a shared file.

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Manage DigitalOcean App Platform, Droplets, databases, Kubernetes and other resources from your AI assistant.

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npx -y @digitalocean/mcp --services apps,droplets,databases

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DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN listing.env.secret DigitalOcean personal access token.

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Connects an assistant to the DigitalOcean API so it can manage cloud resources by service. Documented services include App Platform apps and deployments, Droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes clusters and node pools, container registry, and account details such as billing, invoices and SSH keys.

It runs locally with npx @digitalocean/mcp, where the --services flag picks which services to expose, and needs a DigitalOcean personal access token in DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN. DigitalOcean also hosts one remote server per service, such as https://apps.mcp.digitalocean.com/mcp, which signs in with OAuth or an API token sent as a bearer header.

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Manage App Platform applications, deployments and configuration
Create, resize, snapshot and monitor Droplets
Provision and monitor managed database clusters
Manage Kubernetes clusters and node pools
View account, billing, balance, invoices and SSH keys
Choose which services to expose with the --services flag

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List my Droplets and show which ones are powered off
Show the latest deployment status for my App Platform app
Create a snapshot of the Droplet named web-1
List my managed database clusters and their engines

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Claude Code

Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:

claude mcp add --transport stdio digitalocean --env "DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN>" -- npx -y @digitalocean/mcp --services apps,droplets,databases

Start Claude Code and type /mcp. digitalocean should show as connected.

Add --scope user to make it available in every project. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Developer → Edit Config. It opens claude_desktop_config.json. Add:

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "digitalocean": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@digitalocean/mcp",
        "--services",
        "apps,droplets,databases"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Save the file and restart Claude Desktop. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

Needs Node.js on your computer. The file lives in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ on macOS and %APPDATA%\Claude\ on Windows.

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Or add it by hand to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project):

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "digitalocean": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@digitalocean/mcp",
        "--services",
        "apps,droplets,databases"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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VS Code

Add it to .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code asks for the secret the first time and stores it securely:

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{
  "servers": {
    "digitalocean": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@digitalocean/mcp",
        "--services",
        "apps,droplets,databases"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN": "${input:digitalocean-api-token}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "digitalocean-api-token",
      "description": "DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

Needs Node.js on your computer.

Devin Desktop

Add it to ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json (macOS and Linux) or %APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json (Windows):

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "digitalocean": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@digitalocean/mcp",
        "--services",
        "apps,droplets,databases"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

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Codex

codex mcp add digitalocean --env "DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN>" -- npx -y @digitalocean/mcp --services apps,droplets,databases

Or edit ~/.codex/config.toml directly:

config.toml

[mcp_servers.digitalocean]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@digitalocean/mcp", "--services", "apps,droplets,databases"]
env = { DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN = "<YOUR_DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN>" }

Needs Node.js on your computer. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add -e "DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN>" digitalocean npx -- -y @digitalocean/mcp --services apps,droplets,databases

This adds it to the current project. Add -s user to use it everywhere.

Any client

Most clients that start local servers accept this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "digitalocean": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@digitalocean/mcp",
        "--services",
        "apps,droplets,databases"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Zed puts servers under context_servers in its settings, with the same command, args and env fields.

Needs Node.js on your computer. Replace the placeholders with your own values.

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Can I paste mcp.tc/i/digitalocean into my MCP client?

No. DigitalOcean runs on your own computer, started by your client, so it has no web address to connect to. The quick link is the page to share; the install command is npx -y @digitalocean/mcp --services apps,droplets,databases.

Does DigitalOcean need an API key?

Yes. It reads DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN from its environment, and DIGITALOCEAN_API_TOKEN is a secret. Put the value in your client's config on your own machine, never in a shared file.

Is DigitalOcean a remote or a local server?

Local. Your client starts it as a process on your computer with npx -y @digitalocean/mcp --services apps,droplets,databases, which needs Node.js.

What can DigitalOcean do?

You can manage App Platform applications, deployments and configuration, create, resize, snapshot and monitor Droplets and provision and monitor managed database clusters.

Which clients can use it?

Any client that starts local servers: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Devin Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Zed and others. claude.ai and ChatGPT only connect to remote servers.

Who wrote this page?

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