Env Linter API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/env-linter/execute

Lint a dotenv file for duplicate keys, unquoted spaces, export prefixes, secret-looking values (masked), and drift against an optional .env.example. Returns issues and a masked key table. Does not execute the file.

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Request body

application/json

env

string required

Contents of a .env file.
example

string optional

Optional .env.example contents for key drift checks.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "env": "FOO=1\nFOO=2\n",
  "example": "FOO=\nBAR=\n"
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/env-linter/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "env": "FOO=1\nFOO=2\n",
    "example": "FOO=\nBAR=\n"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/env-linter/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"env":"FOO=1\nFOO=2\n","example":"FOO=\nBAR=\n"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/env-linter/execute",
    json={"env":"FOO=1\nFOO=2\n","example":"FOO=\nBAR=\n"},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/env-linter/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"env":"FOO=1\nFOO=2\n","example":"FOO=\nBAR=\n"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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Call env_linter from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

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REST id: env-linter
MCP name: env_linter
Category: Developer
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

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