Hetzner Cloud CLI Skill

Skill for provisioning and managing infrastructure on Hetzner Cloud using the hcloud CLI. Use the decision trees below to find the right command group, then load detailed references.

Your knowledge of Hetzner Cloud pricing, server types, locations, and API behavior may be outdated. Prefer retrieval over pre-training when citing specific numbers, available types, or configuration options. The reference files alongside this skill are starting points extracted from the official CLI docs.

Authentication

The CLI authenticates via API token. Set the HCLOUD_TOKEN environment variable or create a named context:

# Stateless (CI, scripting, agent use)
export HCLOUD_TOKEN="your-api-token"

# Named context (interactive use)
hcloud context create my-project

Generate tokens at https://console.hetzner.cloud under your project's Security > API Tokens.