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DigitalOcean App Platform and API token

Create a DigitalOcean account, deploy an app on App Platform, and create a scoped personal access token for doctl and the API.

Researched · not yet run liveLast researched 25 October 2026 · DigitalOcean · provider site

Researched, not yet run live. Built from the provider’s official pages (linked below). A person hasn’t walked this flow end to end yet, so check each step against the source.
Do this with verapliJSON for agents

Who owns what

A DigitalOcean user belongs to teams; apps and tokens belong to a team.

  • DigitalOcean user personal owned by the person
  • Team billing · under DigitalOcean user

Steps

Steps marked “human step” are ones only you can do: verapli never signs in, submits, pays or accepts terms for you.

  1. Create or sign in to a DigitalOcean account

    The person signs up at DigitalOcean and completes any account verification it asks for. verapli never creates the account.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit

    Where: https://cloud.digitalocean.com/registrations/new

  2. Create the app

    In App Platform create an app from a repo or container image and pick a plan (static-only apps can use the free tier; containers start at $5/month).

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit
    • After: Create or sign in to a DigitalOcean account

  3. Create a personal access token

    Go to API, Tokens, Generate New Token, give a name and expiration, pick Custom Scopes for only what is needed (or Read Only), and generate. The secret is shown once; verapli captures it into DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN.

    • verapli co-pilot
    • Human step: You press submit
    • After: Create or sign in to a DigitalOcean account

    verapli captures DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN here by plain code: encrypted in your browser, never shown to AI.

    Where: https://cloud.digitalocean.com/account/api/tokens

What you end up with

Env varSecretFormatWhat it is
DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKENsecretPersonal access token read by doctl (also usable with the API as a Bearer token).

Renewals

  • Personal access token: every the expiration chosen at creation [1]

Pricing

  • Free tier: Static-site-only apps, 1 GiB outbound transfer per app.
  • Costs: Containers from $5/month (apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb).

Source [4]

For agents

The same entry as JSON: /api/v1/entries/digitalocean/app-platform · requirements /api/v1/requirements/digitalocean/app-platform · terms /api/v1/terms/digitalocean/app-platform.

Remote MCP (read-only, no auth)
claude mcp add --transport http verapli https://verapli.com/mcp

> "What do I need for DigitalOcean App Platform and API token, and how long will it take?"
  → tools/call requirements { "provider_id": "digitalocean/app-platform" }

Sources

  1. How to create a personal access token Control Panel, Account, API, Tokens tab, Personal access tokens, Generate New Token; name, expiration, scopes (Custom Scopes, Read Only api:read, Full Access api:write); secret shown once; use environment variables, do not hard code. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  2. How to install and configure doctl doctl auth init --context <name> with the token; token displayed once; doctl auth list / switch for multiple accounts. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  3. Set up a production-ready Droplet doctl reads a token from the DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  4. App Platform pricing Free tier for static-site-only apps with 1 GiB outbound per app ($0.02/GiB extra, extra static apps $3/month); cheapest container apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb $5/month. · accessed 25 October 2026 · official

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