Block: Daytona Block — Zelaxy Docs

The Daytona block lets you list workspaces, fetch workspace details, and create new workspaces through the Daytona API. Use it whenever a workflow needs to provision or inspect cloud development environments managed by Daytona.

Overview

Property	Value
Type	`daytona`
Category	tools
Color	`#1F6FEB`

When to Use

List all Daytona workspaces in your organization to audit or report on active environments.
Fetch the details of a specific workspace by ID to check its status or configuration.
Programmatically create a new Daytona workspace as part of an onboarding or CI/CD workflow.
Pass a workspace ID from a previous step to inspect or act on it downstream.
Combine with conditional blocks to branch logic based on whether a workspace exists.

Configuration

Operation

Choose which Daytona action to perform. This dropdown controls which additional fields appear.

Label	ID
List workspaces	`daytona_list_workspaces`
Get workspace	`daytona_get_workspace`
Create workspace	`daytona_create_workspace`

Workspace ID

(Shown only when Operation is Get workspace).

The ID of the workspace to retrieve. Required for the Get workspace operation.

Type: short-input
Placeholder: Workspace ID

Name

(Shown only when Operation is Create workspace).

The name for the new workspace. Required for the Create workspace operation.

Type: short-input
Placeholder: my-workspace

Target Region

(Shown only when Operation is Create workspace).

The region where the workspace will be created (e.g. us, eu). Optional — omit to use the Daytona default.

Type: short-input
Placeholder: us

Limit

(Shown only when Operation is List workspaces).

Maximum number of workspaces to return. Optional — omit to use the Daytona API default.

Type: short-input
Placeholder: 20

Daytona API Key

Your Daytona API key used to authenticate all requests. Required for every operation. Store this as an environment variable and reference it with {{DAYTONA_API_KEY}}.

Type: short-input (password)
Required: yes

Inputs & Outputs

Inputs:
- operation (string) — Operation to perform (daytona_list_workspaces, daytona_get_workspace, or daytona_create_workspace)
- apiKey (string) — Daytona API key
- workspaceId (string) — Workspace ID (required for Get workspace)
- name (string) — Workspace name (required for Create workspace)
- target (string) — Target region (optional, used with Create workspace)
- limit (number) — Result limit (optional, used with List workspaces)
Outputs:
- data (json) — Result object or array from Daytona (workspace object for Get/Create; array of workspace objects for List)
- metadata (json) — Response metadata ({ count: number } for List; { id: string } for Get and Create)

Tools

Daytona List Workspaces (daytona_list_workspaces) — Sends a GET to https://app.daytona.io/api/workspace and returns an array of all workspace objects in the organization, along with a count in metadata. Accepts an optional limit parameter.
Daytona Get Workspace (daytona_get_workspace) — Sends a GET to https://app.daytona.io/api/workspace/{workspaceId} and returns the full workspace object plus its id in metadata. Requires workspaceId.
Daytona Create Workspace (daytona_create_workspace) — Sends a POST to https://app.daytona.io/api/workspace with name (required) and optional target region. Returns the newly created workspace object and its id in metadata.

YAML Example

daytona_1:
  type: daytona
  name: "Daytona"
  inputs:
    operation: "daytona_create_workspace"
    apiKey: "{{DAYTONA_API_KEY}}"
    name: "my-workspace"
    target: "us"
  connections:
    outgoing:
      - target: next-block-id

Daytona Block