# create_private_deploy_key_application

Create an application from a private repository using a Deploy Key.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `create_private_deploy_key_application`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/create-private-deploy-key-application

## Facts

- Tool: `create_private_deploy_key_application`
- Server: Coolify (`coolify-mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify.md
- Install: `npx -y coolify-mcp-server`
- Homepage: git+https://github.com/wrediam/coolify-mcp-server.git
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "create_private_deploy_key_application",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why create_private_deploy_key_application is rated Medium

This tool creates new application configuration and establishes repository access credentials (Deploy Key), which modifies the deployment infrastructure. It is reversible (applications can be deleted) but grants privileged access to private repositories and creates persistent state.

From the tool's own definition: "create_private_deploy_key_application creates a new application entity in Coolify, using a Deploy Key to access a private repository. The verb 'create' indicates a write operation that generates new persistent infrastructure configuration."

## Use case

AI agents use create_private_deploy_key_application to create or update resources in Coolify, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Coolify environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Coolify:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "create_private_deploy_key_application": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "create_private_deploy_key_application_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Coolify (110)

- `delete_application` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-application.md
- `delete_application_env` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-application-env.md
- `delete_application_scheduled_task` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-application-scheduled-task.md
- `delete_application_storage` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-application-storage.md
- `delete_cloud_token` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-cloud-token.md
- `delete_database` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-database.md
- `delete_database_env` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-database-env.md
- `delete_environment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-environment.md
- `delete_github_app` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-github-app.md
- `delete_private_key` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-private-key.md
- `delete_project` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-project.md
- `delete_server` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-server.md
- `delete_service` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-service.md
- `delete_service_env` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-service-env.md
- `delete_service_scheduled_task` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/delete-service-scheduled-task.md
- `disable_api` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/disable-api.md
- `cancel_deployment` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/cancel-deployment.md
- `deploy_by_tag_or_uuid` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/deploy-by-tag-or-uuid.md
- `enable_api` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/enable-api.md
- `restart_application` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/restart-application.md
- `restart_database` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/restart-database.md
- `restart_service` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/restart-service.md
- `start_application` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/start-application.md
- `start_database` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/start-database.md
- `start_service` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/start-service.md
- `stop_application` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/stop-application.md
- `stop_database` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/stop-database.md
- `stop_service` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/stop-service.md
- `get_application` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/get-application.md
- `get_application_logs` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify/get-application-logs.md
- …and 80 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/coolify.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=coolify · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/coolify