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Validate Credential

POST/v1/vaults/{vault_id}/credentials/{credential_id}/mcp_oauth_validate

Validate Credential

Path parameters
vault_id: string
credential_id: string
Headers
"anthropic-beta": optional array of AnthropicBeta

Optional header to specify the beta version(s) you want to use.

One of the following:
string
"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 31 more
One of the following:
"message-batches-2024-09-24"
"prompt-caching-2024-07-31"
"computer-use-2024-10-22"
"computer-use-2025-01-24"
"pdfs-2024-09-25"
"token-counting-2024-11-01"
"token-efficient-tools-2025-02-19"
"output-128k-2025-02-19"
"files-api-2025-04-14"
"mcp-client-2025-04-04"
"mcp-client-2025-11-20"
"dev-full-thinking-2025-05-14"
"interleaved-thinking-2025-05-14"
"code-execution-2025-05-22"
"extended-cache-ttl-2025-04-11"
"context-1m-2025-08-07"
"context-management-2025-06-27"
"model-context-window-exceeded-2025-08-26"
"skills-2025-10-02"
"fast-mode-2026-02-01"
"output-300k-2026-03-24"
"user-profiles-2026-03-24"
"user-profiles-2026-08-18"
"advisor-tool-2026-03-01"
"managed-agents-2026-04-01"
"cache-diagnosis-2026-04-07"
"dreaming-2026-04-21"
"thinking-token-count-2026-05-13"
"server-side-fallback-2026-06-01"
"server-side-fallback-2026-07-01"
"fallback-credit-2026-06-01"
"fallback-credit-2026-07-01"
"agent-memory-2026-07-22"
"mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01"
Returns
BetaManagedAgentsCredentialValidation object{ credential_id, has_refresh_token, mcp_probe, 5 more }

Result of live-probing a credential against its configured MCP server.

Validate Credential

curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/vaults/$VAULT_ID/credentials/$CREDENTIAL_ID/mcp_oauth_validate \
    -X POST \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H 'anthropic-beta: managed-agents-2026-04-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
{
  "credential_id": "vcrd_011CZkZEMt8gZan2iYOQfSkw",
  "has_refresh_token": true,
  "mcp_probe": {
    "http_response": {
      "body": "body",
      "body_truncated": true,
      "content_type": "content_type",
      "status_code": 0
    },
    "method": "method"
  },
  "refresh": {
    "http_response": {
      "body": "body",
      "body_truncated": true,
      "content_type": "content_type",
      "status_code": 0
    },
    "status": "succeeded"
  },
  "status": "valid",
  "type": "vault_credential_validation",
  "validated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "vault_id": "vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "credential_id": "vcrd_011CZkZEMt8gZan2iYOQfSkw",
  "has_refresh_token": true,
  "mcp_probe": {
    "http_response": {
      "body": "body",
      "body_truncated": true,
      "content_type": "content_type",
      "status_code": 0
    },
    "method": "method"
  },
  "refresh": {
    "http_response": {
      "body": "body",
      "body_truncated": true,
      "content_type": "content_type",
      "status_code": 0
    },
    "status": "succeeded"
  },
  "status": "valid",
  "type": "vault_credential_validation",
  "validated_at": "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z",
  "vault_id": "vlt_011CZkZDLs7fYzm1hXNPeRjv"
}