diff --git a/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/asgi.py b/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/asgi.py
index 675c974..3c0472f 100644
--- a/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/asgi.py
+++ b/mnemosyne/mnemosyne/asgi.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ django.setup()
 
 from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application  # noqa: E402
 from starlette.applications import Starlette  # noqa: E402
-from starlette.responses import JSONResponse  # noqa: E402
+from starlette.responses import JSONResponse, RedirectResponse  # noqa: E402
 from starlette.routing import Mount, Route  # noqa: E402
 
 from mcp_server.server import mcp  # noqa: E402
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ async def health(request):
     return JSONResponse({"status": "ok"})
 
 
+async def mcp_redirect(request):
+    """Bare /mcp → /mcp/ — MCP clients that omit the trailing slash hit
+    Starlette's Mount which only matches /mcp/* paths, falling through to
+    Django and returning 404. A 307 preserves the POST body."""
+    return RedirectResponse(url="/mcp/", status_code=307)
+
+
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(app):
     async with mcp_http_app.lifespan(app), mcp_sse_app.lifespan(app):
@@ -44,6 +51,7 @@ async def lifespan(app):
 app = Starlette(
     routes=[
         Route("/mcp/health", health),
+        Route("/mcp", mcp_redirect, methods=["GET", "POST"]),
         Mount("/mcp/sse", app=mcp_sse_app),
         Mount("/mcp", app=mcp_http_app),
         Mount("/", app=application),
diff --git a/validator/.gitignore b/validator/.gitignore
index a7e961a..092fa9a 100644
--- a/validator/.gitignore
+++ b/validator/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 fastagent.secrets.yaml
+fastagent.jsonl
 .venv/
 *.egg-info/
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/validator/README.md b/validator/README.md
index 0aaa211..8c1658e 100644
--- a/validator/README.md
+++ b/validator/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ cd mnemosyne/
 uvicorn mnemosyne.asgi:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 22091 --workers 1
 ```
 
-By default the validator points at `http://localhost:22091/mcp`. If your Mnemosyne is on another host, override `mcp.servers.mnemosyne.url` in `fastagent.secrets.yaml`.
+By default the validator points at `http://localhost:22091/mcp/` (note the trailing slash — Starlette's `Mount` only matches paths under the mount prefix, so `/mcp` without the slash falls through to Django). If your Mnemosyne is on another host, override `mcp.servers.mnemosyne.url` in `fastagent.secrets.yaml`.
 
 ## Run the validator
 
diff --git a/validator/fastagent.config.yaml b/validator/fastagent.config.yaml
index bd6a6e7..b0b07f5 100644
--- a/validator/fastagent.config.yaml
+++ b/validator/fastagent.config.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ mcp:
     # override the URL in fastagent.secrets.yaml or via Ansible if remote.
     mnemosyne:
       transport: http
-      url: "http://localhost:22091/mcp"
+      url: "http://localhost:22091/mcp/"
       # Bearer token in fastagent.secrets.yaml (provisioned via
       # `python manage.py create_mcp_token <user>`).