Reference

Validate

Checks the agent: required configuration (errors block publishing), recommendations, AI provider, reply allowance, knowledge imports, expired links, website embeds and tool failures.

REST	`POST /api/v1/agents/{agent_id}/validate`
MCP tool	`validate_agent`
Classification	Read (changes nothing)
Scope	`agents:read`
Minimum role on the agent	editor
Confirmation	Not needed
Retry safety	Safe to retry with the same input
Success status	200

What it does

Checks the agent: required configuration (errors block publishing), recommendations, AI provider, reply allowance, knowledge imports, expired links, website embeds and tool failures. Each problem says how to fix it.

Side effects

None. It only reads.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	In	Description
`agent_id`	string	yes	path	The agent id (agt_...), from list_agents.

Example

REST

curl -X POST "https://covo.lanaai.io/api/v1/agents/agt_4edc89bb2964/validate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COVO_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

MCP (POST /mcp)

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "validate_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_id": "agt_4edc89bb2964"
    }
  }
}

Response

Returns an object with valid, state, errors, warnings and checks. This is a real response, shortened to two items per list.

200 response

{
  "valid": true,
  "state": "ready",
  "errors": [],
  "warnings": [
    {
      "step": "knowledge",
      "field": null,
      "severity": "recommended",
      "message": "Add a few common questions. Short, specific answers work best."
    },
    {
      "step": "publish",
      "field": null,
      "severity": "recommended",
      "message": "Ask the preview a question before you publish."
    }
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "name": "ai_provider",
      "status": "pass",
      "message": "The AI provider is configured."
    },
    {
      "name": "reply_allowance",
      "status": "pass",
      "message": "3000 AI replies left this month."
    }
  ]
}

Over MCP the same object comes back as the tool result, in structuredContent and as JSON text.

Errors

Status	Code	Meaning
401	`unauthorized`	No token, or it is unknown, revoked or expired. OAuth apps refresh or reconnect.
403	`account_suspended`	The account that owns the token is paused.
403	`insufficient_scope`	The token lacks `agents:read`.
404	`agent_not_found`	Unknown agent, or not reachable with this token.
400	`bad_request`	An input is invalid; `field` names it.
429	`rate_limited`	Wait `Retry-After` seconds.