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POST/api/v1/mcp/servers/{id}/health-check

Trigger an immediate MCP server health check

Runs the same connectivity probe the 60s health-check cron uses, plus a `tools/list` fetch when the probe passes and the transport is http (SSRF-revalidated; a blocked or failed tool-list soft-fails to `tools: null` without failing the probe). Used by the registry UI's Test connection button and ops triage when a server flips to unreachable. Returns `{status, latencyMs, detail, ran, lastHealthCheckAt, tools}` and persists `health_status` + `last_health_check_at` on the server's own row. The MCP Registry is a Team-tier feature, so the caller's org must be on Team or above; within such an org any member can trigger it. Takes no request body.

Authentication

Send Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY on every request. Generate API keys at /dashboard/settings/api-keys.

Parameters

id in pathrequired

mcp_servers row id

string

Response

200 example

{
  "status": "healthy",
  "latencyMs": 0,
  "detail": "string",
  "ran": false,
  "lastHealthCheckAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "tools": [
    {}
  ]
}

All status codes

200Probe complete.
400Bad Request — MISSING_ID.
401(no description)
403Forbidden — caller not a member of the server's org.
404Server not found.
429(no description)
500Internal Server Error — an unhandled error was converted to the standard error envelope (INTERNAL_ERROR).

Code samples

cURL

# {id} is shown with an EXAMPLE value — replace it with real values.
curl -X POST \
  https://evalguard.ai/api/v1/mcp/servers/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/health-check \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVALGUARD_API_KEY"

TypeScript

// The TypeScript SDK (@evalguard/sdk) exposes TYPED methods — runEval,
// getEval, runSecurityScan, checkFirewall, … — not a generic request().
// For an arbitrary endpoint, call it directly:
// {id} is shown with an EXAMPLE value — replace it with real values.

const res = await fetch("https://evalguard.ai/api/v1/mcp/servers/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/health-check", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.EVALGUARD_API_KEY}` },
});
console.log(res.status, await res.json());

Python

# The Python SDK (pip install evalguardai) exposes TYPED methods on
# EvalGuardClient — run_eval, get_eval, … — not a generic request().
# For an arbitrary endpoint, call it directly:
# {id} is shown with an EXAMPLE value — replace it with real values.

import os
import requests

headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVALGUARD_API_KEY']}"}

response = requests.request("POST", "https://evalguard.ai/api/v1/mcp/servers/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/health-check", headers=headers)
print(response.status_code, response.json())

Go

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

// {id} is shown with an EXAMPLE value — replace it with real values.
func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), "POST", "https://evalguard.ai/api/v1/mcp/servers/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/health-check", nil)
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("EVALGUARD_API_KEY"))
	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil { panic(err) }
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	fmt.Println(resp.Status)
}

Errors

400401403404429500

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