BIMI Record SkillBIMI Record Skill

OnlineCredit Usage:5 per callTool:BIMIRecordSkill

The tool

Let your agent check BIMI records. Call it as an MCP tool to confirm a domain publishes a valid BIMI logo and VMC in DNS — in real time.

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit MCP server, this appears in its tool list as BIMIRecordSkill. It is read-only and open-world: it fetches, it never mutates anything on your side, so most clients will call it without asking you to confirm.

Tool call
{
  "name": "BIMIRecordSkill",
  "arguments": {
    "domain": "ebay.com"
  }
}

What that looks like in a conversation

You don't name the tool — the model picks it. Asking about ebay.com in the terms this source covers is enough for it to reach for BIMIRecordSkill on its own.

Connecting

One server URL covers every skill in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth — the client opens a browser once and there is no key to paste into a config file.

Client config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervekit": {
      "url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Endpoint
https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp

Per-client setup — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.

Arguments

These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made.

ArgumentTypeExampleDescription
domainRequiredstringebay.comThe domain to validate the BIMI record for

What the model gets back

The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client can read fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" on success and error is null; a null field means the value wasn't available for that input, not that the call failed.

Result
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "host": "ebay.com",
    "bimi_host": "default._bimi.ebay.com",
    "has_bimi_record": true,
    "bimi_record": "v=BIMI1;l=https://vmc.digicert.com/2b7216dc-27d2-4fbd-8472-f68790117238.svg;a=https://vmc.digicert.com/2b7216dc-27d2-4fbd-8472-f68790117238.pem",
    "bimi_records_count": 1,
    "version": "BIMI1",
    "svg_logo": {
      "url": "https://vmc.digicert.com/2b7216dc-27d2-4fbd-8472-f68790117238.svg",
      "status_code": 200,
      "valid": true,
      "file_size_bytes": 1518
    },
    "vmc_certificate": {
      "url": "https://vmc.digicert.com/2b7216dc-27d2-4fbd-8472-f68790117238.pem",
      "status_code": 200,
      "valid": true
    },
    "issues_found": [],
    "valid": true
  }
}

Fields

Fields marked Premium need a paid plan. On a plan without them the key is absent rather than wrong, so a model never reasons over a substituted value.
FieldTypeExampleDescription
hoststringebay.comThe domain name that was validated
bimi_hoststringdefault._bimi.ebay.comThe BIMI DNS record host location
has_bimi_recordbooleantrueWhether a BIMI record exists for domain
bimi_recordPremiumstringv=BIMI1;l=https://vmc.digicert.com/2b7216dc-27d2-4fbd-8472-f68790117238.svg;a=https://vmc.digicert.com/2b7216dc-27d2-4fbd-8472-f68790117238.pemThe complete BIMI DNS record content
bimi_records_countnumber1Number of BIMI records found in DNS
versionstringBIMI1BIMI protocol version identifier
svg_logoPremiumobject{…}SVG logo validation details
svg_logo.urlstringhttps://vmc.digicert.com/2b7216dc-27d2-4fbd-8472-f68790117238.svgURL where the SVG logo is hosted
svg_logo.status_codenumber200HTTP status code when fetching SVG logo
svg_logo.validbooleantrueWhether the SVG logo file is valid
svg_logo.file_size_bytesnumber1518Size of SVG logo file in bytes
vmc_certificatePremiumobject{…}VMC certificate validation details
vmc_certificate.urlstringhttps://vmc.digicert.com/2b7216dc-27d2-4fbd-8472-f68790117238.pemURL where the VMC certificate is hosted
vmc_certificate.status_codenumber200HTTP status code when fetching certificate
vmc_certificate.validbooleantrueWhether the VMC certificate is valid
issues_foundarray[]List of validation issues discovered during check
validbooleantrueOverall validity status of BIMI record

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors with a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code.

StatusWhat it means
400 / 422The arguments didn't validate. The message names the offending one.
401The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server.
403Out of credits. Not a bad key — the month's allowance is spent.
404This skill isn't part of VerveKit. Check the catalog.
429Brief rate limit. Retrying after a moment succeeds.

Other ways to use BIMI Record Skill

Set up BIMI Record Skill on VerveKit, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveKit account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

Call it as a REST APIOne HTTPS endpoint and an X-API-Key header, with SDKs for Node, Python and .NET.APIVerveReference →
Use it in Google Sheets or ExcelA =VERVE() formula fills a column — no script, no export, recalculates in place.VerveSheetsReference →
Ground an agent on itA cited, machine-checkable fact your model can't produce on its own.VerveContextReference →

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to tell the agent to use BIMIRecordSkill?

No. The tool's name and description are in the model's context once the server is connected, so it selects the tool when the question calls for it. Naming it explicitly works too and is useful when you want to force the call.

Does connecting the server expose every tool at once?

Yes — one connection lists the whole VerveKit catalog. Clients with a tool budget can usually filter the list; the credit cost is per call, so an unused tool costs nothing.

What does a call cost?

5 credits each time the tool actually runs. A model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Is there a REST version of this?

Yes — the same source is available as a plain HTTPS endpoint on APIVerve, linked above. Same data, same credits, same account.

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