Google Compute Engine

Connect a Google Cloud project to the Compute Engine API for virtual machine, disk, image, machine type, accelerator, managed instance group, template, reservation, commitment, and operation workflows.

Configuration

• Project ID (projectId) is required and scopes every Compute Engine API request.
• Default zone (defaultZone) is optional. Zonal tools use their zone input first and then this value.
• Default region (defaultRegion) is optional. Regional commitment tools use their region input first and then this value.

Calls to zonal or regional tools fail with a user-facing validation error when neither a per-call location nor its configured default is available.

Authentication

Authenticate with Google OAuth 2.0 or a Google Cloud service account JSON key.

• Read tools accept the Compute Read Only, Compute, or Cloud Platform scope.
• Write tools require the Compute or Cloud Platform scope.
• OAuth preserves refresh tokens for offline access and uses profile/email scopes to identify the connection.
• Service-account credentials sign a Compute-scoped JWT assertion and exchange it for a short-lived Google access token.

Tools

| Tool | Access | Purpose | |---|---|---| | create_instance | Write | Create a VM with documented machine/image defaults and optional accelerators. | | delete_instance | Destructive write | Delete a VM. | | start_instance | Write | Start a stopped VM. | | stop_instance | Destructive write | Stop a running VM. | | reset_instance | Destructive write | Hard-reset a VM. | | set_instance_machine_type | Write | Change the machine type of a stopped VM. | | get_instance_basic_info | Read | Get VM identity, state, machine type, creation time, and accelerators. | | list_instances | Read | List VMs in a zone. | | list_instance_attached_disks | Read | List complete attached-disk configurations for a VM. | | get_disk_basic_info | Read | Get disk identity, size, type, state, and attachment timestamps. | | get_disk_performance_config | Read | Get disk IOPS, throughput, block size, storage pool, and access mode. | | list_disks | Read | List disks in a zone. | | list_snapshots | Read | List global snapshots in the configured project. | | list_images | Read | List images from one project, or aggregate the configured project plus the standard public image projects by default. | | list_machine_types | Read | List machine types in a zone. | | list_accelerator_types | Read | List accelerator types in a zone. | | get_instance_group_manager_basic_info | Read | Get managed instance group identity, target sizes, template, and status. | | list_instance_group_managers | Read | List managed instance groups in a zone. | | list_managed_instances | Read | List instances and current actions in a managed instance group. | | get_instance_template_basic_info | Read | Get global instance-template identity and machine type. | | get_instance_template_properties | Read | Get full instance-template properties. | | list_instance_templates | Read | List global instance templates. | | get_reservation_basic_info | Read | Get reservation identity, status, and commitment links. | | get_reservation_details | Read | Get detailed reservation shape, sharing, and resource status. | | list_reservations | Read | List reservations in a zone. | | get_commitment_basic_info | Read | Get a regional commitment's term, type, resources, and status. | | list_commitments | Read | List commitments in a region. | | list_commitment_reservations | Read | List reservations attached to a commitment. | | get_zone_operation | Read | Poll a zonal operation and inspect progress, warnings, and failures. |

Asynchronous Operations

VM mutations return operationName and status before the change necessarily completes. Poll get_zone_operation with the same zone and returned operation name until status is DONE. Treat populated operation errors or HTTP failure fields as a failed mutation; a DONE status alone does not guarantee success.

Changing a machine type requires the VM to be stopped. Creating a VM with guest accelerators forces onHostMaintenance=TERMINATE, because accelerator-backed VMs cannot live migrate.

Live E2E Setup

The private live suite requires a profile with projectId, defaultZone, and defaultRegion, plus Compute Engine API access. Stable fixture names unlock read-only get_* scenarios. Write scenarios are disabled unless enableWriteScenarios is explicitly set; enabling them requires project billing, VM quota, and permission to create and delete ephemeral VMs in defaultZone.

License

This integration is licensed under the FSL-1.1.

OAuth consent

New connections request compute, userinfo.profile, userinfo.email. Tool gates retain provider-supported legacy grants for existing connections.