---
title: alloydb-get-instance
type: docs
weight: 1
description: "The \"alloydb-get-instance\" tool retrieves details for a specific AlloyDB instance.\n"
aliases: [/resources/tools/alloydb-get-instance]
---

## About

The `alloydb-get-instance` tool retrieves detailed information for a single,
specified AlloyDB instance. It is compatible with
[alloydb-admin](../../sources/alloydb-admin.md) source.

| Parameter  | Type   | Description                                         | Required |
|:-----------|:-------|:----------------------------------------------------|:---------|
| `project`  | string | The GCP project ID to get instance for.             | Yes      |
| `location` | string | The location of the instance (e.g., 'us-central1'). | Yes      |
| `cluster`  | string | The ID of the cluster.                              | Yes      |
| `instance` | string | The ID of the instance to retrieve.                 | Yes      |

## Example

```yaml
kind: tools
name: get_specific_instance
type: alloydb-get-instance
source: my-alloydb-admin-source
description: Use this tool to retrieve details for a specific AlloyDB instance.
```

## Reference

| **field**   | **type** | **required** | **description**                                      |
|-------------|:--------:|:------------:|------------------------------------------------------|
| type        |  string  |     true     | Must be alloydb-get-instance.                        |
| source      |  string  |     true     | The name of an `alloydb-admin` source.               |
| description |  string  |    false     | Description of the tool that is passed to the agent. |