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Now that you’ve deployed your first provider, it’s time to test its functionality. This guide will walk you through the steps to interact with your provider and debug its responses.
What you’ll learn:
  • How to test a provider
Before you start:

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Testing a provider

Providers in Metorial provide capabilities such as tools and resources to AI assistants. In this guide, we will pick up on the Metorial Search provider deployed in the last step.
1

Open the Explorer

We start at the end of the last guide. Navigate to the overview page for your deployed Metorial Search provider. Click the Open Explorer button to open an interactive tool that lists all the provider’s capabilities.Test Session Interface
2

Select Configuration

Proceed by selecting Default Config from the dropdown.Test Session Interface
3

Test Server Capabilities

Select the Web Search Tool from the available options. Add any sample query you want to search for. Feel free to play around with other Tools as well.Session Viewer Interface
4

View Result

View the resulting response from the provider to see the data your AI integrations will consume.MCP Message Stream

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What’s Next?

🚀 You’ve successfully deployed and tested your first provider. Next, you’ll learn how to connect your provider to an LLM and use it in your AI application.

Next Up: How to use a provider

Learn how to use a deployed provider using the Metorial SDKs.