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Detect error-prone and risky regex patterns, check for catastrophic backtracking, unanchored patterns, and provide rewrite suggestions
Call this tool from your code in three languages.
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/regex-linter' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"regexPattern":"Enter regex pattern (e.g., ^(a+)+$)...","regexFlags":"g, i, m, s, u, y","targetDialect":"javascript","checkLevel":"standard","includeSuggestions":true}'Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.
POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/regex-linter| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| regexPattern | text | Yes | — |
| regexFlags | text | No | — |
| targetDialect | select | No | — |
| checkLevel | select | No | — |
| includeSuggestions | checkbox | No | — |
Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.
Add this block to your MCP client configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"elysiatools-regex-linter": {
"name": "regex-linter",
"description": "Detect error-prone and risky regex patterns, check for catastrophic backtracking, unanchored patterns, and provide rewrite suggestions",
"baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=regex-linter",
"command": "",
"args": [],
"env": {},
"isActive": true,
"type": "sse"
}
}
}After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/list"
}Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 2,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "regex-linter",
"arguments": {
"regexPattern": "Enter regex pattern (e.g., ^(a+)+$)...",
"regexFlags": "g, i, m, s, u, y",
"targetDialect": "javascript",
"checkLevel": "standard",
"includeSuggestions": true
}
}
}Questions or issues? Contact [email protected]
JSON result
{
"key": {...},
"metadata": {
"key": "value"
},
"error": "Error message (optional)",
"message": "Notification message (optional)"
}