BMI & Fitness Metrics Skill
The tool
Give your agent body metrics. Call it as an MCP tool to compute BMI, BMR, TDEE, calorie targets and macros from height, weight and age.
Once your client is connected to the VerveKit MCP server, this appears in its tool list as BMIFitnessMetricsSkill. 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.
{
"name": "BMIFitnessMetricsSkill",
"arguments": {
"weight": "180",
"height": "70",
"unit": "imperial"
}
}What that looks like in a conversation
You don't name the tool — the model picks it. Asking about 180 in the terms this source covers is enough for it to reach for BMIFitnessMetricsSkill 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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"vervekit": {
"url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
}
}
}https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcpPer-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.
| Argument | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
weightRequired | number | 180 | Weight in kg (metric) or lbs (imperial) |
heightRequired | number | 70 | Height in cm (metric) or inches (imperial) |
unitRequired | string | imperial | Unit system for weight and height One of: metric, imperial. |
age | number | 30 | Age in years (required for BMR/TDEE calculations) |
gender | string | male | Gender (required for BMR/TDEE calculations) One of: male, female. |
activityLevel | string | moderate | Activity level (required for TDEE/calorie calculations) One of: sedentary, light, moderate, active, veryactive. |
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.
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"height": "170 cm",
"weight": "70 kg",
"bmi": 24.221453287197235,
"risk": "Low risk",
"summary": "This weight is normal and you are healthy.",
"recommendation": "A BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 falls within the 'normal' weight range according to the World Health Organization. This range is associated with the lowest health risk for conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. However, it's important to note that BMI is not a perfect measure as it does not account for muscle mass, bone density, overall body composition, and racial and sex differences. Therefore, while it's a useful starting point, it should not be the only measure of one's health."
}
}Fields
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
height | string | 170 cm | Formatted height with unit |
weight | string | 70 kg | Formatted weight with unit |
bmi | number | 24.221453287197235 | Calculated Body Mass Index |
riskPremium | string | Low risk | Health risk level based on BMI category |
summaryPremium | string | This weight is normal and you are healthy. | Brief interpretation of BMI results |
recommendation | string | A BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 falls within the 'normal' weight range according to the World Health Organization. This range is associated with the lowest health risk for conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. However, it's important to note that BMI is not a perfect measure as it does not account for muscle mass, bone density, overall body composition, and racial and sex differences. Therefore, while it's a useful starting point, it should not be the only measure of one's health. |
Failure modes
Errors come back as tool errors with a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code.
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
400 / 422 | The arguments didn't validate. The message names the offending one. |
401 | The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server. |
403 | Out of credits. Not a bad key — the month's allowance is spent. |
404 | This skill isn't part of VerveKit. Check the catalog. |
429 | Brief rate limit. Retrying after a moment succeeds. |
Other ways to use BMI & Fitness Metrics Skill
Set up BMI & Fitness Metrics 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.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to tell the agent to use BMIFitnessMetricsSkill?
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?
1 credit 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.