String Escape

Escape or unescape a string for JSON, HTML, URL, or regex contexts.

This page documents the MCP tool findutils:string_escape. See the REST reference →

Call it over MCP

Tool name findutils:string_escape · no API keys · 120 requests/min per IP

Claude Code

claude mcp add findutils --transport http https://mcp.findutils.com/

Claude Desktop — claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "findutils": {
      "url": "https://mcp.findutils.com/"
    }
  }
}

Raw JSON-RPC (any MCP client) — verified example

curl -X POST https://mcp.findutils.com/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "string_escape",
      "arguments": {
        "text": "He said \"hi\"",
        "format": "json"
      }
    }
  }'

Input schema

Argument	Type	Required	Description
text	string	yes	Input text.
format	string (json \| html \| url \| regex)	yes	Escape format.
mode	string (escape \| unescape)	no	Direction. Defaults to "escape". Default: "escape".

Example arguments (verified)

{
  "text": "He said \"hi\"",
  "format": "json"
}

Also a REST endpoint

The same tool answers plain HTTP at POST /api/tools/string-escape/execute — no key, 60 requests/min.

Open the REST reference for String Escape →

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