---
title: "Lint a MCP tools configuration"
method: POST
path: "/v1/redpanda-connect/mcp-servers:lint-config"
tags: ["Remote MCP"]
---

# Lint a MCP tools configuration

`POST /v1/redpanda-connect/mcp-servers:lint-config`

Validates a given MCP tool's configuration and returns linting hints. Each tool's YAML configuration is validated. If no problems are found, the response is empty.

## Request body

- LintMCPConfigRequest
  - `tools` object, required — Map of tool names to their configurations. Each tool contains YAML configuration.

## Response `200`

Linting finished. See `lint_hints` for details.

- LintMCPConfigResponse
  - `lint_hints` object — Map of tool names to their linting issues. Empty if no issues are found.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthenticated.
- `500` — Internal Server Error. Reach out to support.
- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2025-12-16** `1a5d7b6e5762` — 2 info
  - api tag `Remote MCP` added
  - api tag `Redpanda Connect MCP servers` removed
- **2025-11-25** `87688d3474c2` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-05-27** `dfa71f9d277e` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/redpanda-data/apis/redpanda-cloud-data-plane-api/changes/v1/redpanda-connect/mcp-servers:lint-config/post.md)

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