# Exoscale MCP by usefulapi (remote · exoscale.usefulapi.io)

Inspect Exoscale: instances, volumes, SKS, DNS, IPs, quotas and usage; start, stop, reboot VMs.

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-17

## Components

- remote · `exoscale.usefulapi.io`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-exoscale/exoscale.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-exoscale/exoscale)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-17.

- **Endpoint Security**: 78/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port redirected somewhere other than https, so enforcement is unproven.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
  - The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 84/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 2594 tokens (~99/item across 26 items; 26 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 26 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 27 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Exoscale MCP by usefulapi server?

Exoscale MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-exoscale 'https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-exoscale": {
      "url": "https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "io-usefulapi-exoscale": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-exoscale]
url = "https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "io-usefulapi-exoscale": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-exoscale --url 'https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-usefulapi-exoscale:
    url: "https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-exoscale": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add io-usefulapi-exoscale -t streamable-http -u 'https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-exoscale": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-16 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 64, +2)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional] The server now declares the “prompts” capability
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: 100
- [functional] New prompt “getting_started”
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.1.0

### 2026-10-13 (score 62, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 61)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (26)

### `exoscale_list_zones` (~46 tokens)

List zones

List the Exoscale zones (data centers) with their API and object-storage endpoints. Compute, storage and network resources live in one zone each. GET /zone.

### `exoscale_get_organization` (~39 tokens)

Get organization

The Exoscale organization of the API key: id, name, address, country, account balance and currency. GET /organization.

### `exoscale_list_quotas` (~92 tokens)

List quotas

Resource quotas of the organization: for each resource its current usage and limit (instances, volumes, elastic IPs, and so on). GET /quota.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.

### `exoscale_get_quota` (~58 tokens)

Get quota

Usage and limit of one quota entity, for example 'instance'. Use exoscale_list_quotas for the names. GET /quota/{entity}.

Input parameters:

- `entity` (string, required): Quota resource name, for example instance.

### `exoscale_get_usage_report` (~110 tokens)

Get usage report

Aggregated usage of the organization for one month: product, variable, quantity and unit per line. GET /usage-report.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.
- `period` (string): Month, YYYY-MM, for example 2026-09. Default: the current month.

### `exoscale_list_instances` (~131 tokens)

List compute instances

List the compute instances of one zone: id, name, state, instance type, template, IP addresses and security groups. Call once per zone for a full inventory. GET /instance.

Input parameters:

- `ip_address` (string): Only the instance with this IP address.
- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_get_instance` (~86 tokens)

Get compute instance

Details of one compute instance: state, type, template, disk size, networks, security groups, elastic IPs, snapshots. The cloud-init user-data is never returned. GET /instance/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_start_instance` (~87 tokens)

Start compute instance

WRITE: start a stopped compute instance (normal boot, no rescue profile). Billing for the instance resumes. Returns an operation; poll it with exoscale_get_operation. PUT /instance/{id}:start.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_stop_instance` (~91 tokens)

Stop compute instance

WRITE: stop a running compute instance. Running services go down and the public IP may change unless it is an elastic IP. Returns an operation; poll it with exoscale_get_operation. PUT /instance/{id}:stop.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_reboot_instance` (~88 tokens)

Reboot compute instance

WRITE: reboot a running compute instance. Running services restart and unsaved data in memory is lost. Returns an operation; poll it with exoscale_get_operation. PUT /instance/{id}:reboot.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_get_operation` (~88 tokens)

Get operation

State of an asynchronous operation (pending, success, failure, timeout), for example the reply of a start, stop or reboot. Use the same zone as the call that created it. GET /operation/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_list_instance_types` (~106 tokens)

List instance types

List the compute instance types: family, size, CPUs, GPUs, memory and the zones that offer them. GET /instance-type.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_get_instance_type` (~71 tokens)

Get instance type

Details of one instance type: family, size, CPUs, GPUs, memory, zones. GET /instance-type/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_list_templates` (~161 tokens)

List templates

List the compute templates (OS images) of a zone: name, family, version, default user, size, visibility. The public list is long: filter by family or page with limit/offset. GET /template.

Input parameters:

- `family` (string): Template family, for example ubuntu.
- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.
- `visibility` (string): public (Exoscale images) or private (your own). Default: the API default.
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_get_template` (~74 tokens)

Get template

Details of one template: name, family, version, default user, size, boot mode, checksum, zones. GET /template/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_list_security_groups` (~127 tokens)

List security groups

List the security groups of a zone: id, name, description and external sources (firewall), with the rules when the API includes them. GET /security-group.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.
- `visibility` (string): private (yours) or public.
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_get_security_group` (~82 tokens)

Get security group

Details of one security group: description and external sources, with the rules (protocol, ports, network, direction) when the API includes them. GET /security-group/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_list_elastic_ips` (~105 tokens)

List elastic IPs

List the elastic IP addresses of a zone with description, address family, health-check settings and labels. GET /elastic-ip.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_get_elastic_ip` (~74 tokens)

Get elastic IP

Details of one elastic IP: address, CIDR, family, description, health check and labels. GET /elastic-ip/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_list_block_storage_volumes` (~127 tokens)

List block storage volumes

List the block storage volumes of a zone: name, size, state, the instance each is attached to, encryption and snapshots. GET /block-storage.

Input parameters:

- `instance_id` (string): Only the volumes attached to this instance.
- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_get_block_storage_volume` (~77 tokens)

Get block storage volume

Details of one block storage volume: size, block size, state, attached instance, encryption, labels and snapshots. GET /block-storage/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_list_sks_clusters` (~118 tokens)

List SKS clusters

List the Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) clusters of a zone: name, version, state, level, CNI, endpoint and node pools. GET /sks-cluster.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_get_sks_cluster` (~87 tokens)

Get SKS cluster

Details of one SKS cluster: version, state, level, CNI, add-ons, OIDC settings (no secrets), endpoint and node pools. GET /sks-cluster/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `zone` (string): Zone of the resource. Default: the zone chosen at login.

### `exoscale_list_dns_domains` (~94 tokens)

List DNS domains

List the DNS domains (zones) hosted at Exoscale: id, unicode name, creation date. DNS is the same in every zone. GET /dns-domain.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.

### `exoscale_get_dns_domain` (~40 tokens)

Get DNS domain

Details of one DNS domain. GET /dns-domain/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).

### `exoscale_list_dns_records` (~116 tokens)

List DNS records

List the records of one DNS domain: name, type, content, TTL, priority. Use exoscale_list_dns_domains for the domain id. GET /dns-domain/{domain-id}/record.

Input parameters:

- `domain_id` (string, required): Exoscale resource id (a UUID).
- `limit` (integer): Items per window, 1-500 (default 100). The API itself returns whole lists.
- `offset` (integer): Items to skip (default 0). Pass the previous reply's next_offset.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-exoscale/exoscale#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-17: 65
- 2026-10-16: 65
- 2026-10-15: 64
- 2026-10-14: 64
- 2026-10-13: 62
- 2026-10-12: 61

## Common questions

### What is the Exoscale MCP by usefulapi server?

Exoscale MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/exoscale. Inspect Exoscale: instances, volumes, SKS, DNS, IPs, quotas and usage; start, stop, reboot VMs. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp).

### Is the Exoscale MCP by usefulapi server safe to use?

Exoscale MCP by usefulapi scores 65 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Exoscale MCP by usefulapi server expose?

Exoscale MCP by usefulapi exposes 26 tools: exoscale_list_zones, exoscale_get_organization, exoscale_list_quotas, exoscale_get_quota, exoscale_get_usage_report, and 21 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,375 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Exoscale MCP by usefulapi server require authentication?

Yes. Exoscale MCP by usefulapi asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the Exoscale MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?

Exoscale MCP by usefulapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 17 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://exoscale.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Website: https://usefulapi.io/exoscale/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-exoscale/exoscale.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-exoscale/exoscale.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-exoscale/exoscale