domain_list
[API] List all domains (both service and custom) for a service
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Viewing service endpoints
✓ Managing domain configurations
✓ Auditing domain settings
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Next steps: domain_create, domain_update
→ Related: service_info, tcp_proxy_list
domain_create
[API] Create a new domain for a service
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Setting up custom domains
✓ Configuring service endpoints
✓ Adding HTTPS endpoints
⚠️ Not for:
× TCP proxy setup (use tcp_proxy_create)
× Internal service communication
→ Prerequisites: service_list, domain_check
→ Alternatives: tcp_proxy_create
→ Next steps: domain_update
→ Related: service_info, domain_list
domain_check
[API] Check if a domain is available for use
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Validating domain availability
✓ Pre-deployment checks
✓ Domain planning
→ Next steps: domain_create
→ Related: domain_list
domain_update
[API] Update a domain's configuration
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Changing target ports
✓ Updating domain settings
✓ Reconfiguring endpoints
⚠️ Not for:
× Changing domain names (delete and recreate instead)
× TCP proxy configuration
→ Prerequisites: domain_list
→ Next steps: domain_list
→ Related: service_update
domain_delete
[API] Delete a domain from a service
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Removing unused domains
✓ Cleaning up configurations
✓ Domain management
⚠️ Not for:
× Temporary domain disabling
× Port updates (use domain_update)
→ Prerequisites: domain_list
→ Alternatives: domain_update
→ Related: service_update
project_list
[API] List all projects in your Railway account
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Getting an overview of all projects
✓ Finding project IDs
✓ Project discovery and management
→ Next steps: project_info, service_list
→ Related: project_create, project_delete
project_info
[API] Get detailed information about a specific Railway project
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Viewing project details and status
✓ Checking environments and services
✓ Project configuration review
→ Prerequisites: project_list
→ Next steps: service_list, variable_list
→ Related: project_update, project_delete
project_create
[API] Create a new Railway project
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Starting new applications
✓ Setting up development environments
✓ Creating project spaces
⚠️ Not for:
× Duplicating existing projects
→ Next steps: service_create_from_repo, service_create_from_image, database_deploy
→ Related: project_delete, project_update
project_delete
[API] Delete a Railway project and all its resources
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Removing unused projects
✓ Cleaning up test projects
⚠️ Not for:
× Temporary project deactivation
× Service-level cleanup (use service_delete)
→ Prerequisites: project_list, project_info
→ Alternatives: service_delete
→ Related: project_create
project_environments
List all environments in a project
service_list
[API] List all services in a specific Railway project
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Getting an overview of a project's services
✓ Finding service IDs
✓ Checking service status
→ Prerequisites: project_list
→ Next steps: service_info, deployment_list
→ Related: project_info, variable_list
service_info
[API] Get detailed information about a specific service
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Viewing service configuration and status
✓ Checking deployment details
✓ Monitoring service health
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Next steps: deployment_list, variable_list
→ Related: service_update, deployment_trigger
service_create_from_repo
[API] Create a new service from a GitHub repository
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Deploying applications from source code
✓ Services that need build processes
✓ GitHub-hosted projects
⚠️ Not for:
× Pre-built Docker images (use service_create_from_image)
× Database deployments (use database_deploy)
× Static file hosting
→ Prerequisites: project_list
→ Alternatives: service_create_from_image, database_deploy
→ Next steps: variable_set, service_update
→ Related: deployment_trigger, service_info
service_create_from_image
[API] Create a new service from a Docker image
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Custom database deployments
✓ Pre-built container deployments
✓ Specific version requirements
⚠️ Not for:
× Standard database deployments (use database_deploy)
× GitHub repository deployments (use service_create_from_repo)
× Services needing build process
→ Prerequisites: project_list
→ Alternatives: database_deploy, service_create_from_repo
→ Next steps: variable_set, service_update, tcp_proxy_create
→ Related: volume_create, deployment_trigger
service_update
[API] Update a service's configuration
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Changing service settings
✓ Updating resource limits
✓ Modifying deployment configuration
⚠️ Not for:
× Updating environment variables (use variable_set)
× Restarting services (use service_restart)
× Triggering new deployments (use deployment_trigger)
→ Prerequisites: service_list, service_info
→ Next steps: deployment_trigger
→ Related: service_restart, variable_set
service_delete
[API] Delete a service from a project
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Removing unused services
✓ Cleaning up test services
✓ Project reorganization
⚠️ Not for:
× Temporary service stoppage (use service_restart)
× Updating service configuration (use service_update)
→ Prerequisites: service_list, service_info
→ Alternatives: service_restart
→ Related: project_delete
service_restart
[API] Restart a service in a specific environment
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Applying configuration changes
✓ Clearing service state
✓ Resolving runtime issues
⚠️ Not for:
× Deploying new code (use deployment_trigger)
× Updating service config (use service_update)
× Long-term service stoppage (use service_delete)
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Alternatives: deployment_trigger
→ Related: service_info, deployment_logs
tcp_proxy_list
[API] List all TCP proxies for a service in a specific environment
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Viewing TCP proxy configurations
✓ Managing external access
✓ Auditing service endpoints
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Next steps: tcp_proxy_create
→ Related: domain_list, service_info
tcp_proxy_create
[API] Create a new TCP proxy for a service
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Setting up database access
✓ Configuring external connections
✓ Exposing TCP services
⚠️ Not for:
× HTTP/HTTPS endpoints (use domain_create)
× Internal service communication
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Alternatives: domain_create
→ Next steps: tcp_proxy_list
→ Related: service_info, service_update
tcp_proxy_delete
[API] Delete a TCP proxy
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Removing unused proxies
✓ Security management
✓ Endpoint cleanup
⚠️ Not for:
× Temporary proxy disabling
× Port updates
→ Prerequisites: tcp_proxy_list
→ Related: service_update
list_service_variables
[API] List all environment variables for a service
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Viewing service configuration
✓ Auditing environment variables
✓ Checking connection strings
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Next steps: variable_set, variable_delete
→ Related: service_info, variable_bulk_set
variable_set
[API] Create or update an environment variable
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Setting configuration values
✓ Updating connection strings
✓ Managing service secrets
⚠️ Not for:
× Bulk variable updates (use variable_bulk_set)
× Temporary configuration changes
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Alternatives: variable_bulk_set
→ Next steps: deployment_trigger, service_restart
→ Related: variable_list, variable_delete
variable_delete
[API] Delete a variable for a service in a specific environment
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Removing unused configuration
✓ Security cleanup
✓ Configuration management
⚠️ Not for:
× Temporary variable disabling
× Bulk variable removal
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Next steps: deployment_trigger, service_restart
→ Related: variable_list, variable_set
variable_bulk_set
[WORKFLOW] Create or update multiple environment variables at once
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Migrating configuration between services
✓ Initial service setup
✓ Bulk configuration updates
⚠️ Not for:
× Single variable updates (use variable_set)
× Temporary configuration changes
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Alternatives: variable_set
→ Next steps: deployment_trigger, service_restart
→ Related: variable_list, service_update
variable_copy
[WORKFLOW] Copy variables from one environment to another
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Environment migration
✓ Configuration sharing
✓ Environment duplication
⚠️ Not for:
× Single variable updates (use variable_set)
× Temporary configuration changes
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Alternatives: variable_set
→ Next steps: deployment_trigger, service_restart
→ Related: variable_list, service_update
configure_api_token
[UTILITY] Configure the Railway API token for authentication (only needed if not set in environment variables)
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Initial setup
✓ Token updates
✓ Authentication configuration
⚠️ Not for:
× Project configuration
× Service settings
× Environment variables
→ Next steps: project_list, service_list
→ Related: project_create
volume_list
[API] List all volumes in a project
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Viewing persistent storage configurations
✓ Managing data volumes
✓ Auditing storage usage
→ Prerequisites: project_list
→ Next steps: volume_create
→ Related: service_info, database_deploy
volume_create
[API] Create a new persistent volume for a service
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Setting up database storage
✓ Configuring persistent data
✓ Adding file storage
⚠️ Not for:
× Temporary storage needs
× Static file hosting
× Memory caching
→ Prerequisites: service_list
→ Next steps: volume_list
→ Related: service_update, database_deploy
volume_update
Update a volume's properties
volume_delete
[API] Delete a volume from a service
⚡️ Best for:
✓ Removing unused storage
✓ Storage cleanup
✓ Resource management
⚠️ Not for:
× Temporary data removal
× Data backup (use volume_backup first)
→ Prerequisites: volume_list
→ Related: service_update