How to connect Digitalocean to Claude Code

1. 1. Enable Digitalocean in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the Digitalocean MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.

2. 2. Add the server over HTTP

   Add --scope user to use it in every project.

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   claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>

3. 3. Sign in

   Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Digitalocean tools.

• Manage Node Pools: List, add, or remove node pools in a Kubernetes cluster.
• Get App: Get detailed information about an App Platform application, including its full specification, deployment status, and URLs.
• Manage Firewall: List, create, or delete cloud firewalls.
• Deploy App: Trigger a new deployment for an App Platform application.
• Get Account: Get your DigitalOcean account information including email, Droplet limit, billing status, and team details.
• Manage Database Users: List, create, or delete users on a managed database cluster.
• Manage Project: Create, update, or delete a project.
• List Snapshots: List snapshots of Droplets and volumes.
• Create Droplet: Create a new Droplet (virtual machine) in DigitalOcean.
• Create Domain: Add a new domain to DigitalOcean DNS management.
• List Kubernetes Clusters: List all managed Kubernetes clusters in your DigitalOcean account.
• Droplet Action: Perform an action on a Droplet: **power_on**, **power_off**, **reboot**, **shutdown** (graceful), **resize**, **rebuild**, **rename**, or **snapshot**.
• Manage Tags: List, create, delete tags, or tag/untag resources.
• Delete Volume: Delete a block storage volume.
• List Alert Policies: List all monitoring alert policies.
• And 31 more on the Digitalocean MCP server page.

• Digitalocean tools appear as mcp__metorial__<tool>. Use that name in permission rules to allow or deny a tool.
• Run /mcp to see whether Metorial is connected and to sign in again.
• Claude Code warns when a tool result passes 10,000 tokens and caps it at 25,000 by default. Raise the cap with MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS.
• Pre-approve trusted Digitalocean tools with allow rules in your settings so Claude Code stops asking each time.

claude mcp list shows "Needs authentication"

Run /mcp, select Metorial, and sign in. If sign-in keeps failing, choose Clear authentication in the same menu and sign in again.

A teammate sees "Pending approval"

Servers shared through a project .mcp.json need approval. Run claude in the project and approve Metorial when asked.

Large tool results are cut off

Claude Code limits MCP tool output to 25,000 tokens by default. Raise it with the MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS environment variable.

Based on the Claude Code MCP documentation.