Agents & Machines
listMachines
List Machines
List the machines attached to your account that can run agents: each with its name, lifecycle status, derived liveness, last-seen heartbeat, browser readiness, and latest telemetry.
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "what machines do I have", and it calls listMachines.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {},
"name": "listMachines"
}Arguments
summarybooleanoptionalNo description is declared in the tool schema.
Returns
The registry does not declare a return shape.
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- what machines do I have
- which devices can run agents
- list my machines
- how is the Mini doing
- is my machine running out of memory
- what mode is the codex seat on
- is the fleet on fast or thinking
- did the Mini pick up the seat settings
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does listMachines do?
List the machines attached to your account that can run agents: each with its name, lifecycle status, derived liveness, last-seen heartbeat, browser readiness, and latest telemetry. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use listMachines from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "what machines do I have", and it calls listMachines.
Is listMachines safe to let an AI call?
listMachines is read-only: it changes nothing.
Connect
One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.