What does setLaneCap do?

Set how many agent lanes one of your machines runs AT ONCE: the pace knob for a box that is running hot. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

How do I use setLaneCap 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 "run the Mini at 5 lanes", and it calls setLaneCap.

Is setLaneCap safe to let an AI call?

setLaneCap changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

Agents & Machines

`setLaneCap`

Set Lane Cap

Set how many agent lanes one of your machines runs AT ONCE: the pace knob for a box that is running hot.

write

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "run the Mini at 5 lanes", and it calls setLaneCap.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "laneCap": 1,
    "machineId": "<machineId>"
  },
  "name": "setLaneCap"
}

Arguments

laneCapinteger | nullrequiredLanes this machine may run at once (1-32), or null to clear the override and use the machine's own default.
machineIdstringrequiredWhich machine to calibrate (machineId from listMachines).

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

run the Mini at 5 lanes
that box is running too hot
slow the fleet down on this machine
how many agents at once
reset the lane cap

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

Questions

What does setLaneCap do?
Set how many agent lanes one of your machines runs AT ONCE: the pace knob for a box that is running hot. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use setLaneCap 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 "run the Mini at 5 lanes", and it calls setLaneCap.
Is setLaneCap safe to let an AI call?
setLaneCap changes your workspace. What an AI creates is Private until you share it.

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.