---
title: "Re-probe a registered external MCP server and compare the tool definitions it serves now with the recorded fingerprint: unchanged, changed (with a plain diff — tool added, tool removed, description changed, schema changed), or unreachable. A match is not a finding that a tool is safe."
method: POST
path: "/v1/store/external/{external_id}/check"
tags: ["Store"]
---

# Re-probe a registered external MCP server and compare the tool definitions it serves now with the recorded fingerprint: unchanged, changed (with a plain diff — tool added, tool removed, description changed, schema changed), or unreachable. A match is not a finding that a tool is safe.

`POST /v1/store/external/{external_id}/check`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.rightshold.com`
- URL: `https://www.rightshold.com/v1/store/external/{external_id}/check`
- Auth: none required

## Path parameters

- `external_id` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Request-Id` string

## Request body

- object: No body: send {} or nothing.

## Response `200`

OK

- object: Inferred from 7 recorded responses; required fields appeared in every one; additional properties may appear.
  - `status` string, required
  - `server` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `slug` string, required
    - `url` string, required
    - `registry_name` string, nullable, required
    - `kind` string, required
    - `hosted` boolean, required
    - `server` object, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `version` string, required
      - `protocol_version` string, required
    - `publisher` object, required
      - `status` string, required
    - `linked_store_listing` unknown, required
    - `integrity` object, required
      - `fingerprint` string, required
      - `fingerprint_version` integer, required
      - `first_seen_at` string, required
      - `last_checked_at` string, required
      - `last_status` string, required
      - `tool_count` integer, required
      - `note` string, required
    - `scan` object, required
      - `status` string, required
      - `standing_flag_ids` string[], required
      - `note` string, required
    - `shadowing_warnings` unknown[], required
      - unknown
    - `reviews` object, required
      - `total` integer, required
      - `current_count` integer, required
      - `current_average` unknown, required
      - `older_count` integer, required
    - `page_url` string, required
  - `diff` object
    - `tools_added` unknown[], required
      - unknown
    - `tools_removed` string[], required
    - `tools_changed` object[], required
      - `tool` string, required
      - `changes` string[], required
    - `server_identity_changed` boolean, required
  - `scan` object, required
    - `status` string, required
    - `findings` object[], required
      - `field` string, required
      - `class` string, required
      - `excerpt` string, required
    - `flag_ids` string[], required
    - `note` string, required
  - `detail` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `401`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `404`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `405`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `422`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `429`: Request budget exhausted; retry after Retry-After seconds
- `500`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `4XX`: {error, detail}

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/rightshold/apis/rightshold-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/rightshold/apis/rightshold-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/rightshold/apis/rightshold-api/revisions/cfe84fdde1ca?raw)