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AI Regex Explainer
Use AI to break down regular expressions into readable explanations
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Quick start
Call this tool from your code in three languages.
cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/ai-regex-explainer' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"regexPattern":"e.g., ^[A-Z][a-z]+$","regexFlags":"e.g., gim","targetLanguage":"javascript","includeExamples":true,"explainDialects":true,"useAI":false}'API reference
Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.
Endpoint
HTTP
POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/ai-regex-explainerParameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| regexPattern | text | Yes | The regular expression pattern to analyze |
| regexFlags | text | No | Optional flags like g, i, m, s, u, y, d |
| targetLanguage | select | No | The regex engine/dialect to check compatibility against |
| includeExamples | checkbox | No | Generate example matching and non-matching strings |
| explainDialects | checkbox | No |
MCP integration
Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.
Server configuration
Add this block to your MCP client configuration:
mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elysiatools-ai-regex-explainer": {
"name": "ai-regex-explainer",
"description": "Use AI to break down regular expressions into readable explanations",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=ai-regex-explainer",
"command": "",
"args": [],
"env": {},
"isActive": true,
"type": "sse"
}
}
}List available tools
After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:
tools/list
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/list"
}Call this tool
Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "ai-regex-explainer",
"arguments": {
"regexPattern": "e.g., ^[A-Z][a-z]+$",
"regexFlags": "e.g., gim",
"targetLanguage": "javascript",
"includeExamples": true,
"explainDialects": true,
"useAI": false
}
}
}Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).
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