Install Ovh Api in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_OVH_APPLICATION_KEY,YOUR_OVH_APPLICATION_SECRET,YOUR_OVH_CONSUMER_KEY.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env OVH_APPLICATION_KEY=YOUR_OVH_APPLICATION_KEY --env OVH_APPLICATION_SECRET=YOUR_OVH_APPLICATION_SECRET --env OVH_CONSUMER_KEY=YOUR_OVH_CONSUMER_KEY --transport stdio ovh-api-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e OVH_APPLICATION_KEY -e OVH_APPLICATION_SECRET -e OVH_CONSUMER_KEY ghcr.io/davidlandais/ovh-api-mcp:0.3.0 - Replace
YOUR_OVH_APPLICATION_KEY,YOUR_OVH_APPLICATION_SECRET,YOUR_OVH_CONSUMER_KEYwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of ovh-api-mcp.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.
- The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.