---
name: "files_add_storage"
area: "files"
title: "Add 10 GB of storage"
price: "$1.00"
method: "POST"
url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/files_add_storage"
mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/files"
auth: "Authorization: Bearer <conecto_sk_ key>"
docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_add_storage"
---

# Add 10 GB of storage (`files_add_storage`)

Rents 10 GB more file storage, renewed monthly from the balance; this call pays the first month.

Rent 10 GB more file storage at $1 a month, renewed from the balance; the first month is this call. The first 1 GB is free.

Price: $1.00 a call. A call that fails costs nothing.

## Use it when

The file store is nearly full.

## Say this to your agent

> We're running out of space for files. Add another 10 GB.

## Inputs

This tool takes no arguments: send `{}`.

## Example

Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon.

MCP: call `files_add_storage` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/files` with these arguments:

```json
{}
```

REST:

```bash
curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/files_add_storage \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'
```

## Response

```json
{
  "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93",
  "tool": "files_add_storage",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "replayed": false,
  "cost_usd": "$1.00",
  "balance_usd": "$19.75",
  "result": {
    "rent": {
      "rental_id": 4101,
      "kind": "storage",
      "label": "10 GB file storage",
      "status": "active",
      "monthly_usd": "$1.00",
      "renews_at": "2026-11-14T08:00:00+00:00",
      "grace_until": null
    },
    "storage": {
      "used": "0 bytes",
      "quota": "11 GB",
      "used_bytes": 0,
      "quota_bytes": 11811160064,
      "extra_blocks": 1
    }
  }
}
```

`result`: rent: the new block's rental with its monthly price and renewal date; storage: the new total.

## Errors

| Code | Status | When | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| `limit_reached` | 409 | The business rents as many blocks as it may. | Ask for more with account_request_limit (limit storage_blocks). |

The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md

## Related

- [files_upload](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_upload.md): Stores a file in the business's file store from its bytes, its text or a public link, with a download link. $0.001 a call.
- [files_upload_link](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_upload_link.md): A one-time link to upload one file of up to 25 MB, to use yourself or hand to a person. Free.
- [files_list](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_list.md): The business's files, newest first, filtered by name, words inside, tags, type, correspondent, document date or fields. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [files_get](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_get.md): One file's details and a fresh download link, with the text of a small text file if asked. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [files_read_text](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_read_text.md): The words in a file as Conecto read them: text files, PDFs, office files, HTML, and scans once read with OCR. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [files_edit](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_edit.md): Says what one file is, or up to 100 at once: title, notes, document date, correspondent, type, tags and fields. $0.005 per file changed.
- [files_define](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_define.md): Adds, renames or deletes a tag, a document type, a custom field or a correspondent to file things with. $0.001 a call.
- [files_definitions](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_definitions.md): The tags, document types, custom fields and correspondents the business files with, each with how many files use it, and the OCR settings. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month.
- [files_ocr](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_ocr.md): Reads the words in a scan with OCR: an image, or the pages of a PDF without text; the text is kept. $0.005 per page read.
- [files_ocr_settings](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_ocr_settings.md): Sets whether new scans are read with OCR as they arrive, and the languages OCR reads in. $0.001 a call.
- [files_delete](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_delete.md): Deletes a file for good; every download link to it stops working. Free.
- [files_remove_storage](https://conecto.chat/tools/files/files_remove_storage.md): Stops renting one 10 GB block of storage, if the files still fit. Free.