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BGP Community Regex Tester and Looking-Glass Explainer
Validate RFC 8294 BGP community regex patterns against a set of communities, match sample AS-paths, and generate Cisco/Juniper/FRR route-policy output.
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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/bgp-community-string-regex-tester-and-looking-glass' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"communityRegex":"^65000:","communitySet":"65000:100\n65000:101\n65000:200\n65001:500\nno-export","asPathRegex":"_65000_ (matches paths transiting AS65000)","asPath":"65001 65000 65002\n65000 65003 65004","vendorOutput":"cisco","caseSensitive":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/bgp-community-string-regex-tester-and-looking-glassParameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| communityRegex | text | No | — |
| communitySet | textarea | No | — |
| asPathRegex | text | No | — |
| asPath | textarea | No | — |
| vendorOutput | select | Yes | — |
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-bgp-community-string-regex-tester-and-looking-glass": {
"name": "bgp-community-string-regex-tester-and-looking-glass",
"description": "Validate RFC 8294 BGP community regex patterns against a set of communities, match sample AS-paths, and generate Cisco/Juniper/FRR route-policy output.",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=bgp-community-string-regex-tester-and-looking-glass",
"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": "bgp-community-string-regex-tester-and-looking-glass",
"arguments": {
"communityRegex": "^65000:",
"communitySet": "65000:100\n65000:101\n65000:200\n65001:500\nno-export",
"asPathRegex": "_65000_ (matches paths transiting AS65000)",
"asPath": "65001 65000 65002\n65000 65003 65004",
"vendorOutput": "cisco",
"caseSensitive": 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).