VIN Decoder Skill

What this skill does

Let your agent decode a VIN. Call it as an MCP tool for make, model, year, trim, engine and safety equipment from the official NHTSA record. You switch it on with a single toggle — no SDK and no endpoint wiring — and it answers over MCP or REST using the same key as every other skill.

See it work

A real response from the VIN Decoder Skill — exactly what your agent gets back when it makes the call.

vervekit · vindecodertool call

{ }

result

vin: 1HGCM82633A004352
valid: true
decoded: true
vehicleDescriptor: 1HGCM826*3A
make: HONDA
model: Accord
year: 2003
trim: EX-V6

+10 more fields

Run it with your own input. Live calls happen in your dashboard, on your key.

Ways to use it

One toggle, a new capability

Enable VIN Decoder and your app or agent can decode vin on demand — no SDK, no endpoint wiring. It answers over MCP or REST using the same key as every other skill.

A tool agents call themselves

Over MCP, VIN Decoder appears to your model as the vindecoder tool it invokes whenever a task needs it — you don't write the glue, the agent reaches for it.

REST from any backend

Prefer to call it directly? Any language that can send a GET can hit VIN Decoder to decode vin inline in your own server-side code.

Use it in your app

Once enabled, this skill is reachable two ways — pick whichever fits how you build. Both use the same key.

For AI agentsMCP

It appears to your model as a callable tool. No extra code — the agent invokes it when a task needs it.

vindecoder

For apps & backendsREST

Call it from your server with one request and your key. Node, Python, Go — anything that can send a GET.

GET /v1/vindecoder

Ask your agent

“Enable VIN Decoder and ask your agent to decode vin.”
“Use the VIN Decoder skill for me.”

VIN Decoder Skill, answered

How to connect it over MCP or REST.

How do I add VIN Decoder to my app or agent?

Enable the VIN Decoder Skill on VerveKit, then reach it two ways with the same key: over MCP (it appears to your agent as the vindecoder tool) or over REST (call it from any backend). No SDK to install and no endpoint to wire.

MCP or REST — which should I use?

Both work off one key. Use MCP when an AI agent should decide when to decode vin — the skill shows up as a callable tool. Use REST when your own server-side code should call it directly. Many apps use both.

Which agents and frameworks does it work with?

Any MCP client — Claude, Cursor, LangChain, and custom agents all speak the Model Context Protocol, so VIN Decoder appears as a standard tool with nothing skill-specific to integrate.

How many credits does a VIN Decoder call cost?

Each call costs 5 credits. Every skill rides the same key and the same connection, so enabling more skills doesn't add more integrations to manage.

Do I need to install anything?

No SDK and no endpoint wiring — enabling the skill is a toggle. You point your agent at the VerveKit MCP endpoint (or call REST) and VIN Decoder is available immediately.

Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?

VerveKit runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; VIN Decoder is one of 300+ skills on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.

One toggle, a new capability

A tool agents call themselves

REST from any backend

VIN Decoder Skill, answered

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