# ia-qa.com/mcp testing Dev/QA toolbox IA-QA as an MCP Server ## Quick Start ```bash # Connect this server (installs CLI if needed) npx -y @smithery/cli@latest mcp add ia-qa/api # Browse available tools npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool list ia-qa/api # Get full schema for a tool npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool get ia-qa/api format_json # Call a tool npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool call ia-qa/api format_json '{}' ``` ## Direct MCP Connection Endpoint: `https://api-ia-qa.run.tools` ## Tools (115) - `format_json` — Format, validate, and pretty-print a JSON string. Returns the formatted JSON or a detailed parse error. - `generate_uuid` — Generate one or more cryptographically random UUID v4 identifiers. Use this when you need unique IDs for test fixtures,… - `hash_text` — Compute a cryptographic hash of a text string. Use when you need to verify data integrity, generate content fingerprint… - `count_tokens` — Estimate the token count of a text string using the cl100k_base approximation (~4 chars/token). Call this BEFORE sendin… - `base64_encode` — Encode a UTF-8 string to Base64. Use when you need to embed binary data, multi-line text, or special characters safely … - `base64_decode` — Decode a Base64 string back to UTF-8 text. Use for inspecting Base64-encoded API responses, JWT payload claims, config … - `url_encode` — Percent-encode a string for safe use in URLs. Call this before programmatically building query strings, path segments, … - `url_decode` — Decode a percent-encoded URL string back to plain text. Use when parsing query parameters from raw URLs or when display… - `generate_slug` — Convert any string into a URL-friendly slug: lowercase, ASCII-normalized (é→e), special characters removed, spaces repl… - `validate_email` — Validate an email address against RFC 5322 syntax before storing it, sending a transactional email, or adding it to a m… - `minify_js` — Minify a JavaScript snippet (single expression or small function). For large files use the web UI. - `decode_jwt` — Decode a JWT (JSON Web Token) and return its header and payload without verifying the signature. Also reports whether t… - `text_stats` — Compute comprehensive statistics for any text: character count (with and without spaces), word count, line count, sente… - `generate_password` — Generate a cryptographically secure random password using crypto.randomBytes. Configurable length (4–128), uppercase le… - `parse_csv` — Parse a CSV string into a JSON array of objects (or raw arrays). Handles RFC 4180 quoted fields, escaped quotes, and cu… - `color_convert` — Convert a color between HEX, RGB, and HSL formats. Use when translating design tokens between CSS notations, verifying … - `regex_test` — Test a regular expression pattern against an input string and return all matches with their index positions and named c… - `lorem_ipsum` — Generate Lorem Ipsum placeholder text for UI mockups, design prototypes, or test data population. Configurable paragrap… - `timestamp_convert` — Convert between Unix timestamps (seconds or milliseconds) and ISO-8601 / UTC date strings. Auto-detects epoch vs. milli… - `diff_text` — Compute a unified line-by-line diff between two text strings (LCS algorithm). Returns added/removed/unchanged line coun… - `truncate_to_tokens` — Truncate text to at most N tokens (cl100k_base: ~4 chars/token) to avoid exceeding an LLM context window. Optionally ke… - `split_chunks` — Split text into chunks of at most N tokens (cl100k_base: ~4 chars/token) with optional overlap. Designed for RAG ingest… - `extract_json_from_text` — Extract the first valid JSON object or array embedded in chaotic LLM output (surrounded by markdown fences, prose, or e… - `strip_markdown` — Strip all Markdown formatting (headers, bold, italic, code fences, links, lists) from text and return clean plain text.… - `estimate_llm_cost` — Estimate the API cost in USD for a given model and token counts. Supports: gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini, o1, o1-mini, o3-mini, g… - `escape_html` — Escape HTML special characters (&, <, >, ", ') to their safe HTML entities. ALWAYS call this before inserting any user-… - `unescape_html` — Convert HTML entities (&, <, >, ", ', and numeric &#NNN;) back to plain characters. Use when proces… - `fetch_veille_feed` — Fetch the latest QA & AI/LLM articles aggregated from curated RSS sources (Google Testing Blog, DEV.to Testing/QA/AI/LL… - `score_geo_signals` — Analyze a webpage HTML (or full HTML) for GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) signals. Returns a score /60 with… - `extract_json_path` — Extract a value from a JSON string using dot-notation path (e.g., "user.address.city", "items.0.name", "meta.tags"). Su… - `generate_json_ld` — Generate a ready-to-paste