diff --git a/validation/validator.go b/validation/validator.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66b77c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/validator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,460 @@
+package validation
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/korap/korap-mcp/service"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
+
+// Validator provides input validation and response schema validation
+type Validator struct {
+	logger zerolog.Logger
+}
+
+// New creates a new validator instance
+func New(logger zerolog.Logger) *Validator {
+	return &Validator{
+		logger: logger.With().Str("component", "validator").Logger(),
+	}
+}
+
+// SearchRequest holds the parameters for a search request validation
+type SearchRequest struct {
+	Query         string `json:"query"`
+	QueryLanguage string `json:"query_language,omitempty"`
+	Corpus        string `json:"corpus,omitempty"`
+	Count         int    `json:"count,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// MetadataRequest holds the parameters for a metadata request validation
+type MetadataRequest struct {
+	Action string `json:"action"`
+	Corpus string `json:"corpus,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// ValidationError represents a validation error with details
+type ValidationError struct {
+	Field   string `json:"field"`
+	Value   string `json:"value"`
+	Message string `json:"message"`
+}
+
+func (e ValidationError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("validation error for field '%s' (value: '%s'): %s", e.Field, e.Value, e.Message)
+}
+
+// ValidationErrors represents multiple validation errors
+type ValidationErrors struct {
+	Errors []ValidationError `json:"errors"`
+}
+
+func (e ValidationErrors) Error() string {
+	if len(e.Errors) == 0 {
+		return "validation errors occurred"
+	}
+	var messages []string
+	for _, err := range e.Errors {
+		messages = append(messages, err.Error())
+	}
+	return strings.Join(messages, "; ")
+}
+
+// Regular expressions for validation
+var (
+	// Query language validation - KorAP supports poliqarp, cosmas2, annis
+	validQueryLanguages = map[string]bool{
+		"poliqarp": true,
+		"cosmas2":  true,
+		"annis":    true,
+	}
+
+	// Corpus ID validation - alphanumeric with dots, hyphens, underscores
+	corpusIDRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$`)
+
+	// Action validation for metadata requests
+	validMetadataActions = map[string]bool{
+		"list":       true,
+		"statistics": true,
+	}
+)
+
+// ValidateSearchRequest validates a search request
+func (v *Validator) ValidateSearchRequest(req SearchRequest) error {
+	var errors []ValidationError
+
+	// Validate query - required and non-empty
+	if strings.TrimSpace(req.Query) == "" {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "query",
+			Value:   req.Query,
+			Message: "query is required and cannot be empty",
+		})
+	} else {
+		// Basic query validation - check for potentially dangerous patterns
+		if err := v.validateQuerySafety(req.Query); err != nil {
+			errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+				Field:   "query",
+				Value:   req.Query,
+				Message: err.Error(),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Validate query language if provided
+	if req.QueryLanguage != "" && !validQueryLanguages[req.QueryLanguage] {
+		var validLangs []string
+		for lang := range validQueryLanguages {
+			validLangs = append(validLangs, lang)
+		}
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "query_language",
+			Value:   req.QueryLanguage,
+			Message: fmt.Sprintf("invalid query language, must be one of: %s", strings.Join(validLangs, ", ")),
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Validate corpus if provided
+	if req.Corpus != "" {
+		if err := v.validateCorpusID(req.Corpus); err != nil {
+			errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+				Field:   "corpus",
+				Value:   req.Corpus,
+				Message: err.Error(),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Validate count if provided (0 means use default, so only validate non-zero values)
+	if req.Count < 0 || req.Count > 10000 {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "count",
+			Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", req.Count),
+			Message: "count must be between 0 and 10000 (0 means use default)",
+		})
+	}
+
+	if len(errors) > 0 {
+		v.logger.Warn().Interface("errors", errors).Msg("Search request validation failed")
+		return ValidationErrors{Errors: errors}
+	}
+
+	v.logger.Debug().Interface("request", req).Msg("Search request validation passed")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ValidateMetadataRequest validates a metadata request
+func (v *Validator) ValidateMetadataRequest(req MetadataRequest) error {
+	var errors []ValidationError
+
+	// Validate action - required
+	if strings.TrimSpace(req.Action) == "" {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "action",
+			Value:   req.Action,
+			Message: "action is required and cannot be empty",
+		})
+	} else if !validMetadataActions[req.Action] {
+		var validActions []string
+		for action := range validMetadataActions {
+			validActions = append(validActions, action)
+		}
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "action",
+			Value:   req.Action,
+			Message: fmt.Sprintf("invalid action, must be one of: %s", strings.Join(validActions, ", ")),
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Validate corpus if provided
+	if req.Corpus != "" {
+		if err := v.validateCorpusID(req.Corpus); err != nil {
+			errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+				Field:   "corpus",
+				Value:   req.Corpus,
+				Message: err.Error(),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(errors) > 0 {
+		v.logger.Warn().Interface("errors", errors).Msg("Metadata request validation failed")
+		return ValidationErrors{Errors: errors}
+	}
+
+	v.logger.Debug().Interface("request", req).Msg("Metadata request validation passed")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ValidateSearchResponse validates a search response
+func (v *Validator) ValidateSearchResponse(resp *service.SearchResponse) error {
+	if resp == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("search response is nil")
+	}
+
+	var errors []ValidationError
+
+	// Validate meta structure
+	if resp.Meta.TotalResults < 0 {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "meta.totalResults",
+			Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", resp.Meta.TotalResults),
+			Message: "totalResults cannot be negative",
+		})
+	}
+
+	if resp.Meta.Count < 0 {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "meta.count",
+			Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", resp.Meta.Count),
+			Message: "count cannot be negative",
+		})
+	}
+
+	if resp.Meta.StartIndex < 0 {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "meta.startIndex",
+			Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", resp.Meta.StartIndex),
+			Message: "startIndex cannot be negative",
+		})
+	}
+
+	if resp.Meta.ItemsPerPage < 0 {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "meta.itemsPerPage",
+			Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", resp.Meta.ItemsPerPage),
+			Message: "itemsPerPage cannot be negative",
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Validate matches if present
+	if resp.Matches != nil {
+		for i, match := range resp.Matches {
+			if match.MatchID == "" {
+				errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+					Field:   fmt.Sprintf("matches[%d].matchID", i),
+					Value:   "",
+					Message: "match ID is required",
+				})
+			}
+
+			if match.TextSigle == "" {
+				errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+					Field:   fmt.Sprintf("matches[%d].textSigle", i),
+					Value:   "",
+					Message: "textSigle is required",
+				})
+			}
+
+			if match.Position < 0 {
+				errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+					Field:   fmt.Sprintf("matches[%d].position", i),
+					Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", match.Position),
+					Message: "position cannot be negative",
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(errors) > 0 {
+		v.logger.Warn().Interface("errors", errors).Msg("Search response validation failed")
+		return ValidationErrors{Errors: errors}
+	}
+
+	v.logger.Debug().Msg("Search response validation passed")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ValidateCorpusListResponse validates a corpus list response
+func (v *Validator) ValidateCorpusListResponse(resp *service.CorpusListResponse) error {
+	if resp == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("corpus list response is nil")
+	}
+
+	var errors []ValidationError
+
+	// Validate corpus entries
+	if resp.Corpora != nil {
+		for i, corpus := range resp.Corpora {
+			if corpus.ID == "" {
+				errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+					Field:   fmt.Sprintf("corpora[%d].id", i),
+					Value:   "",
+					Message: "corpus ID is required",
+				})
+			} else if err := v.validateCorpusID(corpus.ID); err != nil {
+				errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+					Field:   fmt.Sprintf("corpora[%d].id", i),
+					Value:   corpus.ID,
+					Message: err.Error(),
+				})
+			}
+
+			if corpus.Name == "" {
+				errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+					Field:   fmt.Sprintf("corpora[%d].name", i),
+					Value:   "",
+					Message: "corpus name is required",
+				})
+			}
+
+			if corpus.Documents < 0 {
+				errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+					Field:   fmt.Sprintf("corpora[%d].documents", i),
+					Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", corpus.Documents),
+					Message: "document count cannot be negative",
+				})
+			}
+
+			if corpus.Tokens < 0 {
+				errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+					Field:   fmt.Sprintf("corpora[%d].tokens", i),
+					Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", corpus.Tokens),
+					Message: "token count cannot be negative",
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(errors) > 0 {
+		v.logger.Warn().Interface("errors", errors).Msg("Corpus list response validation failed")
+		return ValidationErrors{Errors: errors}
+	}
+
+	v.logger.Debug().Msg("Corpus list response validation passed")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ValidateStatisticsResponse validates a statistics response
+func (v *Validator) ValidateStatisticsResponse(resp *service.StatisticsResponse) error {
+	if resp == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("statistics response is nil")
+	}
+
+	var errors []ValidationError
+
+	if resp.Documents < 0 {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "documents",
+			Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", resp.Documents),
+			Message: "document count cannot be negative",
+		})
+	}
+
+	if resp.Tokens < 0 {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "tokens",
+			Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", resp.Tokens),
+			Message: "token count cannot be negative",
+		})
+	}
+
+	if resp.Sentences < 0 {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "sentences",
+			Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", resp.Sentences),
+			Message: "sentence count cannot be negative",
+		})
+	}
+
+	if resp.Paragraphs < 0 {
+		errors = append(errors, ValidationError{
+			Field:   "paragraphs",
+			Value:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", resp.Paragraphs),
+			Message: "paragraph count cannot be negative",
+		})
+	}
+
+	if len(errors) > 0 {
+		v.logger.Warn().Interface("errors", errors).Msg("Statistics response validation failed")
+		return ValidationErrors{Errors: errors}
+	}
+
+	v.logger.Debug().Msg("Statistics response validation passed")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// validateQuerySafety performs basic security validation on queries
+func (v *Validator) validateQuerySafety(query string) error {
+	// Check for extremely long queries that could cause DoS
+	if len(query) > 10000 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("query is too long (max 10000 characters)")
+	}
+
+	// Check for potentially dangerous URL patterns
+	if strings.Contains(query, "://") {
+		if _, err := url.Parse(query); err == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("query appears to contain a URL which is not allowed")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Check for excessive nesting that could cause parser issues
+	openParens := strings.Count(query, "(")
+	closeParens := strings.Count(query, ")")
+	if openParens != closeParens {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unmatched parentheses in query")
+	}
+	if openParens > 100 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("query has too many nested levels (max 100)")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// validateCorpusID validates a corpus identifier
+func (v *Validator) validateCorpusID(corpusID string) error {
+	if len(corpusID) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("corpus ID cannot be empty")
+	}
+
+	if len(corpusID) > 100 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("corpus ID is too long (max 100 characters)")
+	}
+
+	if !corpusIDRegex.MatchString(corpusID) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("corpus ID contains invalid characters (only alphanumeric, dots, hyphens, underscores allowed)")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SanitizeQuery performs basic sanitization on search queries
+func (v *Validator) SanitizeQuery(query string) string {
+	// Trim whitespace
+	sanitized := strings.TrimSpace(query)
+
+	// Remove any null bytes
+	sanitized = strings.ReplaceAll(sanitized, "\x00", "")
+
+	// Normalize whitespace
+	sanitized = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`).ReplaceAllString(sanitized, " ")
+
+	v.logger.Debug().
+		Str("original", query).
+		Str("sanitized", sanitized).
+		Msg("Query sanitized")
+
+	return sanitized
+}
+
+// SanitizeCorpusID performs basic sanitization on corpus IDs
+func (v *Validator) SanitizeCorpusID(corpusID string) string {
+	// Trim whitespace
+	sanitized := strings.TrimSpace(corpusID)
+
+	// Remove any null bytes
+	sanitized = strings.ReplaceAll(sanitized, "\x00", "")
+
+	// Convert to lowercase for consistency
+	sanitized = strings.ToLower(sanitized)
+
+	v.logger.Debug().
+		Str("original", corpusID).
+		Str("sanitized", sanitized).
+		Msg("Corpus ID sanitized")
+
+	return sanitized
+}
diff --git a/validation/validator_test.go b/validation/validator_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43254a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/validator_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,827 @@
+package validation
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/korap/korap-mcp/service"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	assert.NotNil(t, validator)
+	assert.Equal(t, logger.With().Str("component", "validator").Logger(), validator.logger)
+}
+
+func TestValidationError_Error(t *testing.T) {
+	err := ValidationError{
+		Field:   "test_field",
+		Value:   "test_value",
+		Message: "test message",
+	}
+
+	expected := "validation error for field 'test_field' (value: 'test_value'): test message"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, err.Error())
+}
+
+func TestValidationErrors_Error(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test empty errors
+	emptyErrors := ValidationErrors{}
+	assert.Equal(t, "validation errors occurred", emptyErrors.Error())
+
+	// Test single error
+	singleError := ValidationErrors{
+		Errors: []ValidationError{
+			{Field: "field1", Value: "value1", Message: "message1"},
+		},
+	}
+	expected := "validation error for field 'field1' (value: 'value1'): message1"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, singleError.Error())
+
+	// Test multiple errors
+	multipleErrors := ValidationErrors{
+		Errors: []ValidationError{
+			{Field: "field1", Value: "value1", Message: "message1"},
+			{Field: "field2", Value: "value2", Message: "message2"},
+		},
+	}
+	expected = "validation error for field 'field1' (value: 'value1'): message1; validation error for field 'field2' (value: 'value2'): message2"
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, multipleErrors.Error())
+}
+
+func TestValidateSearchRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		request   SearchRequest
+		expectErr bool
+		errorMsg  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "valid_request_minimal",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query: "test query",
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid_request_complete",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query:         "test query",
+				QueryLanguage: "poliqarp",
+				Corpus:        "test-corpus",
+				Count:         100,
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty_query",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query: "",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "query is required and cannot be empty",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "whitespace_only_query",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query: "   ",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "query is required and cannot be empty",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid_query_language",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query:         "test query",
+				QueryLanguage: "invalid",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "invalid query language",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid_corpus_id",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query:  "test query",
+				Corpus: "invalid corpus!",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus ID contains invalid characters",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "count_negative",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query: "test query",
+				Count: -1,
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "count must be between 0 and 10000",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "count_zero_valid",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query: "test query",
+				Count: 0,
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "count_too_high",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query: "test query",
+				Count: 10001,
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "count must be between 0 and 10000",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unsafe_query_too_long",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query: string(make([]byte, 10001)),
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "query is too long",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unsafe_query_url",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query: "http://example.com",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "query appears to contain a URL",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unsafe_query_unmatched_parens",
+			request: SearchRequest{
+				Query: "test (query",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "unmatched parentheses",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validator.ValidateSearchRequest(tt.request)
+			if tt.expectErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errorMsg)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateMetadataRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		request   MetadataRequest
+		expectErr bool
+		errorMsg  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "valid_list_action",
+			request: MetadataRequest{
+				Action: "list",
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid_statistics_action",
+			request: MetadataRequest{
+				Action: "statistics",
+				Corpus: "test-corpus",
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty_action",
+			request: MetadataRequest{
+				Action: "",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "action is required and cannot be empty",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "whitespace_only_action",
+			request: MetadataRequest{
+				Action: "   ",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "action is required and cannot be empty",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid_action",
+			request: MetadataRequest{
+				Action: "invalid",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "invalid action",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid_corpus_id",
+			request: MetadataRequest{
+				Action: "statistics",
+				Corpus: "invalid corpus!",
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus ID contains invalid characters",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validator.ValidateMetadataRequest(tt.request)
+			if tt.expectErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errorMsg)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateSearchResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		response  *service.SearchResponse
+		expectErr bool
+		errorMsg  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "nil_response",
+			response:  nil,
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "search response is nil",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid_response",
+			response: &service.SearchResponse{
+				Meta: service.SearchMeta{
+					TotalResults: 100,
+					Count:        10,
+					StartIndex:   0,
+					ItemsPerPage: 10,
+				},
+				Query: service.SearchQuery{
+					Query:     "test",
+					QueryLang: "poliqarp",
+				},
+				Matches: []service.SearchMatch{
+					{MatchID: "match1", TextSigle: "text1", Position: 0},
+					{MatchID: "match2", TextSigle: "text2", Position: 1},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "negative_total_results",
+			response: &service.SearchResponse{
+				Meta: service.SearchMeta{
+					TotalResults: -1,
+					Count:        10,
+					StartIndex:   0,
+					ItemsPerPage: 10,
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "totalResults cannot be negative",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "negative_count",
+			response: &service.SearchResponse{
+				Meta: service.SearchMeta{
+					TotalResults: 100,
+					Count:        -1,
+					StartIndex:   0,
+					ItemsPerPage: 10,
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "count cannot be negative",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "negative_start_index",
+			response: &service.SearchResponse{
+				Meta: service.SearchMeta{
+					TotalResults: 100,
+					Count:        10,
+					StartIndex:   -1,
+					ItemsPerPage: 10,
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "startIndex cannot be negative",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "negative_items_per_page",
+			response: &service.SearchResponse{
+				Meta: service.SearchMeta{
+					TotalResults: 100,
+					Count:        10,
+					StartIndex:   0,
+					ItemsPerPage: -1,
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "itemsPerPage cannot be negative",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "match_missing_id",
+			response: &service.SearchResponse{
+				Meta: service.SearchMeta{
+					TotalResults: 100,
+					Count:        10,
+					StartIndex:   0,
+					ItemsPerPage: 10,
+				},
+				Matches: []service.SearchMatch{
+					{MatchID: "", TextSigle: "text1", Position: 0},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "match ID is required",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "match_missing_text_sigle",
+			response: &service.SearchResponse{
+				Meta: service.SearchMeta{
+					TotalResults: 100,
+					Count:        10,
+					StartIndex:   0,
+					ItemsPerPage: 10,
+				},
+				Matches: []service.SearchMatch{
+					{MatchID: "match1", TextSigle: "", Position: 0},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "textSigle is required",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "match_negative_position",
+			response: &service.SearchResponse{
+				Meta: service.SearchMeta{
+					TotalResults: 100,
+					Count:        10,
+					StartIndex:   0,
+					ItemsPerPage: 10,
+				},
+				Matches: []service.SearchMatch{
+					{MatchID: "match1", TextSigle: "text1", Position: -1},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "position cannot be negative",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validator.ValidateSearchResponse(tt.response)
+			if tt.expectErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errorMsg)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateCorpusListResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		response  *service.CorpusListResponse
+		expectErr bool
+		errorMsg  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "nil_response",
+			response:  nil,
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus list response is nil",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid_response",
+			response: &service.CorpusListResponse{
+				Corpora: []service.CorpusInfo{
+					{
+						ID:        "corpus1",
+						Name:      "Test Corpus 1",
+						Documents: 100,
+						Tokens:    50000,
+					},
+					{
+						ID:        "corpus2",
+						Name:      "Test Corpus 2",
+						Documents: 200,
+						Tokens:    75000,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty_corpus_list",
+			response: &service.CorpusListResponse{
+				Corpora: []service.CorpusInfo{},
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "corpus_missing_id",
+			response: &service.CorpusListResponse{
+				Corpora: []service.CorpusInfo{
+					{
+						ID:        "",
+						Name:      "Test Corpus",
+						Documents: 100,
+						Tokens:    50000,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus ID is required",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "corpus_invalid_id",
+			response: &service.CorpusListResponse{
+				Corpora: []service.CorpusInfo{
+					{
+						ID:        "invalid id!",
+						Name:      "Test Corpus",
+						Documents: 100,
+						Tokens:    50000,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus ID contains invalid characters",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "corpus_missing_name",
+			response: &service.CorpusListResponse{
+				Corpora: []service.CorpusInfo{
+					{
+						ID:        "corpus1",
+						Name:      "",
+						Documents: 100,
+						Tokens:    50000,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus name is required",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "corpus_negative_documents",
+			response: &service.CorpusListResponse{
+				Corpora: []service.CorpusInfo{
+					{
+						ID:        "corpus1",
+						Name:      "Test Corpus",
+						Documents: -1,
+						Tokens:    50000,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "document count cannot be negative",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "corpus_negative_tokens",
+			response: &service.CorpusListResponse{
+				Corpora: []service.CorpusInfo{
+					{
+						ID:        "corpus1",
+						Name:      "Test Corpus",
+						Documents: 100,
+						Tokens:    -1,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "token count cannot be negative",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validator.ValidateCorpusListResponse(tt.response)
+			if tt.expectErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errorMsg)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateStatisticsResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		response  *service.StatisticsResponse
+		expectErr bool
+		errorMsg  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "nil_response",
+			response:  nil,
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "statistics response is nil",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid_response",
+			response: &service.StatisticsResponse{
+				Documents:  100,
+				Tokens:     50000,
+				Sentences:  2500,
+				Paragraphs: 500,
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "negative_documents",
+			response: &service.StatisticsResponse{
+				Documents: -1,
+				Tokens:    50000,
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "document count cannot be negative",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "negative_tokens",
+			response: &service.StatisticsResponse{
+				Documents: 100,
+				Tokens:    -1,
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "token count cannot be negative",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "negative_sentences",
+			response: &service.StatisticsResponse{
+				Documents: 100,
+				Tokens:    50000,
+				Sentences: -1,
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "sentence count cannot be negative",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "negative_paragraphs",
+			response: &service.StatisticsResponse{
+				Documents:  100,
+				Tokens:     50000,
+				Paragraphs: -1,
+			},
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "paragraph count cannot be negative",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validator.ValidateStatisticsResponse(tt.response)
+			if tt.expectErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errorMsg)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateQuerySafety(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		query     string
+		expectErr bool
+		errorMsg  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "valid_query",
+			query:     "test query",
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query_too_long",
+			query:     string(make([]byte, 10001)),
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "query is too long",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query_with_url",
+			query:     "http://example.com",
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "query appears to contain a URL",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query_with_https_url",
+			query:     "https://example.com",
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "query appears to contain a URL",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query_unmatched_open_paren",
+			query:     "test (query",
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "unmatched parentheses",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query_unmatched_close_paren",
+			query:     "test query)",
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "unmatched parentheses",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "query_too_many_nested_parens",
+			query:     "(" + string(make([]byte, 100)) + ")" + "(" + string(make([]byte, 100)) + ")",
+			expectErr: false, // This should be under the limit
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validator.validateQuerySafety(tt.query)
+			if tt.expectErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errorMsg)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateCorpusID(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		corpusID  string
+		expectErr bool
+		errorMsg  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "valid_corpus_id",
+			corpusID:  "test-corpus_1.0",
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "empty_corpus_id",
+			corpusID:  "",
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus ID cannot be empty",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "corpus_id_too_long",
+			corpusID:  string(make([]byte, 101)),
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus ID is too long",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "corpus_id_invalid_chars",
+			corpusID:  "invalid corpus!",
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus ID contains invalid characters",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "corpus_id_with_space",
+			corpusID:  "corpus with space",
+			expectErr: true,
+			errorMsg:  "corpus ID contains invalid characters",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := validator.validateCorpusID(tt.corpusID)
+			if tt.expectErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errorMsg)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSanitizeQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "trim_whitespace",
+			input:    "  test query  ",
+			expected: "test query",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "remove_null_bytes",
+			input:    "test\x00query",
+			expected: "testquery",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "normalize_whitespace",
+			input:    "test   query\t\nwith   spaces",
+			expected: "test query with spaces",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty_string",
+			input:    "",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "already_clean",
+			input:    "test query",
+			expected: "test query",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := validator.SanitizeQuery(tt.input)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, result)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSanitizeCorpusID(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := zerolog.Nop()
+	validator := New(logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "trim_whitespace",
+			input:    "  Test-Corpus  ",
+			expected: "test-corpus",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "remove_null_bytes",
+			input:    "test\x00corpus",
+			expected: "testcorpus",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "lowercase",
+			input:    "Test-Corpus_1.0",
+			expected: "test-corpus_1.0",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty_string",
+			input:    "",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "already_clean",
+			input:    "test-corpus",
+			expected: "test-corpus",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := validator.SanitizeCorpusID(tt.input)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, result)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// Helper function to create bool pointers
+func boolPtr(b bool) *bool {
+	return &b
+}