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# Testing Services with Playgrounds (Beta)

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

Use the playground to try services in your portfolio directly in the enhanced experience—no external
tools required. Explore endpoints and tools, configure and send requests, and inspect responses
without leaving the service detail page.

Before the playground, understanding a service meant reading its overview and documentation, then
copying paths into an external tool such as Postman or the MCP Inspector to see how it behaved. The
playground brings that testing loop into the enhanced experience so you can go from reading about a
service to exercising it in the same view.

> [!NOTE] The playground is a pilot or beta service that is subject to the Beta Services Terms at
> [Agreements - Salesforce.com](https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/) or a written Unified
> Pilot Agreement if executed by Customer, and applicable terms in the
> [Product Terms Directory](https://ptd.salesforce.com/?_ga=2.247987783.1372150065.1709219475-629000709.1639001992).
> Use of this pilot or beta service is at the Customer’s sole discretion.

## Playground Types

The playground adapts to the type of service you open:

API playground

Test an API by exploring its endpoints, configuring authentication and requests, sending calls, and
inspecting responses. Serves a similar purpose to the API Console in Anypoint Platform, embedded in
the enhanced experience UI. See [Testing APIs in the API Playground (Beta)](https://docs.mulesoft.com/general/exp-playground-api).

MCP server playground

Test an MCP server by exploring and invoking individual tools and inspecting their responses. See
[Exploring MCP Server Tools in the MCP Playground (Beta)](https://docs.mulesoft.com/general/exp-playground-mcp).

## Before You Begin

Before getting started, make sure you have:

- An Anypoint Platform account.

- One of these permissions:

  - Exchange: Exchange Viewer

  - Exchange: Exchange Contributor

  - Exchange: Exchange Administrator

  For more information, see [Enhanced Experience Permissions](https://docs.mulesoft.com/general/exp-home-start#permissions).

## Open the Playground

1.  In **Portfolio**, open the catalog for the service type (for example **APIs** or **MCP
    Servers**).

2.  Use the search box to find the service by name or description, or scan the list or grid.

3.  Select the service to open its detail page.

4.  Select the **Playground** tab.

The playground opens with the endpoints or tools available for the service you’re viewing.

## See Also

- [Testing APIs in the API Playground (Beta)](https://docs.mulesoft.com/general/exp-playground-api)

- [Exploring MCP Server Tools in the MCP Playground (Beta)](https://docs.mulesoft.com/general/exp-playground-mcp)

- [Viewing Service Details in the Portfolio](https://docs.mulesoft.com/general/exp-services-view-details)

- [Adding Services to Your Portfolio](https://docs.mulesoft.com/general/exp-services-add-to-portfolio)

- [Creating and Managing Instances of Services](https://docs.mulesoft.com/general/exp-instances-add)