> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getcliq.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Validate a team > Checks a team's files without installing it — everything `teams/install` would reject, and more. Send the files as `cliq team install` would (`team.yml`, `roles/`, `dependencies.yml`, `README.md`, `hugs//dist/`). Returns every problem at once, warnings, and a summary of the team (name, version, phase count, agents referenced). Errors — any one of these and the team won't install: 1. `team.yml`: YAML, schema, phase graph; a name of the form `@scope/slug`. 2. Files that aren't part of a team. 3. Lines a phase's agent doesn't accept, and required agent inputs missing. 4. A `role:` naming a file the team doesn't have (the run would fail at that phase). 5. A team hug whose `dist/` isn't a valid hug build. 6. Agents that aren't on this daemon's agents path (`CLIQ_AGENTS_PATH`, `agents.path`, `~/.cliqrc/agents`), or are missing a required setting. 7. Phases asking with a hug this daemon can't find (not built in, not on the hugs path, not in the team). Also errors, though install doesn't check them: inputs declared but not used by any phase or role; a `dependencies.yml` that isn't a YAML array. Warnings: orphan phases. The response always has `valid: true/false`, an `errors` array, a `warnings` array and a `summary` object. From the CLI: `cliq team validate ./path/to/team`. No credential is needed from this machine. From another host, send `Authorization: Bearer` with a dispatch token CliqHub signed for this daemon or a `cliq_tok_…` personal token of a user in the daemon's realm; this only works once the daemon is connected to CliqHub. See [Authentication](/daemon-api/overview#authentication). ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi/daemon-by-tag/daemon-teams.yaml POST /v1/teams/validate openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: cliqd API version: 1.15.21 description: >- HTTP API of `cliqd`, the local Cliq daemon. Generated from the daemon source by `scripts/generate_daemon_openapi.mjs` — do not edit by hand. See the [overview](/daemon-api/overview). servers: - url: http://127.0.0.1:4900 description: Local daemon (default port; `CLIQ_DAEMON_PORT` changes it) security: [] tags: - name: Daemon Teams description: >- The daemon's **local team catalog**: the teams this cliqd can run. Install a team from a manifest you hold (`teams/install`) or from CliqHub (`teams/hub_install`), read it back, update it, remove it, and publish manifests to CliqHub. A team is addressed by **scope + slug** (`@acme/code-review` → `scope: "acme"`, `slug: "code-review"`). The scope `local` is offline-only: it needs no CliqHub sign-in and can never be published. Every other scope needs `cliq login` first. paths: /v1/teams/validate: post: tags: - Daemon Teams summary: Validate a team description: >- Checks a team's files without installing it — everything `teams/install` would reject, and more. Send the files as `cliq team install` would (`team.yml`, `roles/`, `dependencies.yml`, `README.md`, `hugs//dist/`). Returns every problem at once, warnings, and a summary of the team (name, version, phase count, agents referenced). Errors — any one of these and the team won't install: 1. `team.yml`: YAML, schema, phase graph; a name of the form `@scope/slug`. 2. Files that aren't part of a team. 3. Lines a phase's agent doesn't accept, and required agent inputs missing. 4. A `role:` naming a file the team doesn't have (the run would fail at that phase). 5. A team hug whose `dist/` isn't a valid hug build. 6. Agents that aren't on this daemon's agents path (`CLIQ_AGENTS_PATH`, `agents.path`, `~/.cliqrc/agents`), or are missing a required setting. 7. Phases asking with a hug this daemon can't find (not built in, not on the hugs path, not in the team). Also errors, though install doesn't check them: inputs declared but not used by any phase or role; a `dependencies.yml` that isn't a YAML array. Warnings: orphan phases. The response always has `valid: true/false`, an `errors` array, a `warnings` array and a `summary` object. From the CLI: `cliq team validate ./path/to/team`. No credential is needed from this machine. From another host, send `Authorization: Bearer` with a dispatch token CliqHub signed for this daemon or a `cliq_tok_…` personal token of a user in the daemon's realm; this only works once the daemon is connected to CliqHub. See [Authentication](/daemon-api/overview#authentication). operationId: daemon_post_teams_validate requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: files: type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: type: string description: >- The team's files by path (team.yml, roles/.md, dependencies.yml, README.md, hugs//dist/**), as `cliq team install` would send them required: - files examples: manifest_only: summary: A team that is only a team.yml value: files: team.yml: | name: code-review version: 1.4.0 description: Reviews a pull request and posts findings. phases: - name: review agent: claude-code with_files: summary: With a role and dependencies value: files: team.yml: | name: code-review version: 1.4.0 description: Reviews a pull request and posts findings. phases: - name: review agent: claude-code roles/reviewer.md: | You review pull requests and post findings. dependencies.yml: | - name: node version: '>=18' responses: '200': description: Validation result — always returned, even when invalid. content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - ok - data properties: ok: type: boolean const: true data: type: object required: - valid - errors - warnings - summary properties: valid: type: boolean description: '`true` when the manifest passes all checks.' errors: type: array items: type: object required: - level - message properties: level: type: string enum: - error message: type: string warnings: type: array items: type: object required: - level - message properties: level: type: string enum: - warning message: type: string summary: type: object properties: name: type: - string - 'null' description: type: - string - 'null' version: type: - string - 'null' phase_count: type: integer agents_referenced: type: array items: type: string example: ok: true data: valid: true errors: [] warnings: [] summary: name: code-review description: Reviews a pull request and posts findings. version: 1.4.0 phase_count: 1 agents_referenced: - claude-code '400': description: >- `PAYLOAD_INVALID` — The body (query string for `GET`) fails the request schema. `details` lists each issue. `BAD_REQUEST` — The body is not valid JSON or is larger than the route allows (10 MB; artifact uploads more). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorReply' examples: PAYLOAD_INVALID: summary: PAYLOAD_INVALID value: ok: false error: code: PAYLOAD_INVALID message: >- files: Invalid input: expected record, received undefined details: - path: files message: 'Invalid input: expected record, received undefined' BAD_REQUEST: summary: BAD_REQUEST value: ok: false error: code: BAD_REQUEST message: >- Request body could not be read: Unexpected token } in JSON at position 12 '401': description: >- `UNAUTHORIZED` — A caller on another host sent no `Authorization: Bearer` token, or one that does not verify (expired, wrong audience). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorReply' examples: UNAUTHORIZED: summary: UNAUTHORIZED value: ok: false error: code: UNAUTHORIZED message: Missing or invalid Authorization Bearer token '403': description: >- `WEB_REQUEST_REFUSED` — The request carries an `Origin` header (it came from a web page). `HOST_NOT_LOCAL` — A loopback caller addressed a `Host` other than localhost (DNS rebinding guard). `LOCAL_ONLY` — The daemon isn't connected to CliqHub (no dispatch key) and the caller is on another host. `FORBIDDEN` — A `cliq_tok_…` token's user is not in this daemon's realm ACL, or the ACL is not loaded yet. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorReply' examples: WEB_REQUEST_REFUSED: summary: WEB_REQUEST_REFUSED value: ok: false error: code: WEB_REQUEST_REFUSED message: cliqd doesn't accept requests from web pages HOST_NOT_LOCAL: summary: HOST_NOT_LOCAL value: ok: false error: code: HOST_NOT_LOCAL message: cliqd only answers requests addressed to localhost LOCAL_ONLY: summary: LOCAL_ONLY value: ok: false error: code: LOCAL_ONLY message: >- This cliqd isn't connected to CliqHub yet, so from another machine it only accepts a local token (minted by tokens/create on the machine running cliqd) FORBIDDEN: summary: FORBIDDEN value: ok: false error: code: FORBIDDEN message: Access denied — identity not in realm ACL '500': description: >- `INTERNAL_ERROR` — An unexpected daemon fault. The message names the request id; the cause is in the cliqd log. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorReply' examples: INTERNAL_ERROR: summary: INTERNAL_ERROR value: ok: false error: code: INTERNAL_ERROR message: >- cliqd hit an unexpected error (request 7f3a…). Details are in the cliqd log. security: - {} - DaemonBearer: [] components: schemas: ErrorReply: type: object description: >- Every failure. Switch on `error.code` — it is stable; `message` is for people and may change. required: - ok - error properties: ok: type: boolean const: false error: type: object required: - code - message properties: code: type: string description: Stable error code. See [Errors](/daemon-api/errors). example: TEAM_NOT_FOUND message: type: string description: What went wrong and, where possible, what to do. example: Team 'acme/code-review' not found details: description: >- Structured detail when there is some: the list of schema issues for `PAYLOAD_INVALID`, the agent problems for `TEAM_AGENT_CONFIG_REQUIRED`, … securitySchemes: DaemonBearer: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Not needed from the same machine. From another host: a dispatch JWT CliqHub signed for this daemon, or a `cliq_tok_…` personal token whose user is in the daemon's realm. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.