# SCALE API Helper MCP

> SCALE API Helper MCP — nels2-scale-api-helper-mcp. Use this tool when you need to manage virtual machine lifecycles securely on SCALE HyperCore clusters. It solves problems related to VM snapshot, cloning, export, and state changes by providing a Bearer-authenticated FastAPI proxy and MCP tools. The tool accepts authentication inputs and outputs VM management results, ideal for use in automated cluster management and orchestration contexts.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/nels2-scale-api-helper-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/nels2-scale-api-helper-mcp

## Description

Enables secure VM lifecycle management on SCALE HyperCore clusters, including snapshot, clone, export, and state changes, through a Bearer-authenticated FastAPI proxy and MCP tools.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.64
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-29

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** api-integration
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/a25852dryb)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Nels2/SCALE-API-Helper-MCP>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "nels2-scale-api-helper-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/nels2-scale-api-helper-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/nels2-scale-api-helper-mcp/pull`

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