Regex Explainer
com.gumballtools/regex-explainer · v0.1.0
Explain a regex in plain English and detect catastrophic backtracking risk.
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Reachable, 1 tools, protocol 2025-06-18 · checked 2026-10-17
Test & rating
B 88/100
What it does: 1 tool · 1 read, 0 write · AI & LLM
No tool could be tested safely. Only read-only tools that need no input are called.
How the rating is made
- Answers without login: +30
- Speed of first answer: +10
- Lists tools: +10
- Tool descriptions: +15
- Parameter descriptions: +10
- Read/write annotations: +5
- Safe test call: +8
- More than 80 tools: 0
Tested 2026-10-17. Fixed rules, no AI model. Grade A needs a successful real call.
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Remote URL
https://regex-explainer.gumballtools.com/api/mcpTools
1 tools listed at last check
explain_regexExplain a regular expression in plain English and detect the failure modes that make patterns dangerous rather than merely wrong. Use this whenever a regex needs to be read, reviewed, or verified — and ALWAYS before putting a pattern somewhere it will run against untrusted input. The critical check
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