Code Language Detector Skill

Overview

Send a raw code snippet in a POST request. The service inspects the syntax to identify the language and returns its standard file extension and display name. Paid plans add detection confidence scores, language family, programming paradigms, and execution classification.

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The tool

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

{
  "name": "CodeLanguageDetectorSkill",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "var test = '';"
  }
}

You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about var test = ''; in the terms this skill covers is enough for it to reach for CodeLanguageDetectorSkill on its own — naming it explicitly also works, and is the way to force the call.

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/mcp

Per-client setup — Claude, 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. Premium arguments are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

What the model gets back

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

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "likelihood": 0.99,
    "family": "PYTHON",
    "current": "python",
    "readable": "Python Code",
    "extension": ".py",
    "paradigm": "multi-paradigm",
    "isCompiled": false
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors carrying a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code. Error handling covers the full list.

A call costs 20 credits each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Use cases

Syntax Highlighting Setup

Developer forums inspect unformatted user pastes to pick the right code fence tag before rendering highlighted code blocks.

File Download Naming

When users export generated snippets from a web interface, editors apply the returned extension to name and save files accurately.

Documentation Snippet Tagging

Knowledge base platforms assign language labels to community-submitted examples without forcing authors to pick options from a manual dropdown.

Support Ticket Routing

To triage incoming developer issues containing raw scripts or stack traces, ticketing systems route requests based on the detected language.

Other ways to use Code Language Detector Skill

Set up Code Language Detector 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.

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