---
title: Validate Credential
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/beta/vaults/credentials/mcp_oauth_validate
---

# 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.

  - `string`

  - `"message-batches-2024-09-24" or "prompt-caching-2024-07-31" or "computer-use-2024-10-22" or 42 more`

    - `"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"`

    - `"user-profiles-2026-09-04"`

    - `"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"`

    - `"compact-2026-01-12"`

    - `"computer-use-2025-11-24"`

    - `"mcp-tunnels-2026-06-22"`

    - `"structured-outputs-2025-11-13"`

    - `"task-budgets-2026-03-13"`

    - `"thinking-display-updates-2026-08-18"`

    - `"ce-user-management-2026-07-13"`

    - `"mid-conversation-output-config-2026-07-01"`

    - `"thinking-binding-controls-2026-08-01"`

    - `"mid-conversation-system-clear-at-2026-08-21"`

- `"anthropic-workspace-id": optional string`

## Returns

- `BetaManagedAgentsCredentialValidation object`

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

  - `type: "vault_credential_validation"`

  - `credential_id: string`

    Unique identifier of the credential that was validated.

  - `has_refresh_token: boolean`

    Whether the credential has a refresh token configured.

  - `mcp_probe: BetaManagedAgentsMCPProbe or null`

    The failing step of an MCP validation probe.

    - `http_response: BetaManagedAgentsRefreshHTTPResponse or null`

      An HTTP response captured during a credential validation probe.

      - `body: string`

        Response body. May be truncated and has sensitive values scrubbed.

      - `body_truncated: boolean`

        Whether `body` was truncated.

      - `content_type: string`

        Value of the `Content-Type` response header.

      - `status_code: number`

        HTTP status code.

        format: int32

    - `method: string`

      The MCP method that failed (for example `initialize` or `tools/list`).

  - `refresh: BetaManagedAgentsRefreshObject or null`

    Outcome of a refresh-token exchange attempted during credential validation.

    - `http_response: BetaManagedAgentsRefreshHTTPResponse or null`

      An HTTP response captured during a credential validation probe.

    - `status: "succeeded" or "failed" or "connect_error" or "no_refresh_token"`

      Outcome of a refresh-token exchange attempted during credential validation.

      - `"succeeded"`

      - `"failed"`

      - `"connect_error"`

      - `"no_refresh_token"`

  - `status: BetaManagedAgentsCredentialValidationStatus`

    Overall verdict of a credential validation probe.

    - `"valid"`

    - `"invalid"`

    - `"unknown"`

  - `validated_at: string`

    A timestamp in RFC 3339 format

    format: date-time

  - `vault_id: string`

    Identifier of the vault containing the credential.

## Example

```bash
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"
```

### Response (200)

```json
{
  "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"
}
```