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Check the MCP server from the command line

Request the Model Context Protocol (MCP) address with curl to confirm the server is running before you connect an AI tool. You need the address and, for HTTPS, the exported certificate.

A browser request is not an MCP request, so opening the address in a browser does not show whether the server is available. From the computer that runs the AI tool, request the address with the MCP accept header.

  1. For the HTTP address, run:

    curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" http://localhost:18080/api/v2/Ai/Mcp

  2. For the HTTPS address, point --cacert at the exported certificate:

    curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" --cacert "$HOME/profinity.pem" -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" https://localhost:18443/api/v2/Ai/Mcp

A response of 401 means the server is running and the request has no token yet. A certificate error means the host name is not on the certificate, or the exported certificate was not used. Other responses are listed in MCP connection errors.

Continue with the guide for your tool and repeat the question there: "What components are in my active profile?"