Invoice Generator Skill
The tool
Let your agent create invoices. Call it as an MCP tool to build a branded PDF from line items, parties and terms and return a download link.
Once your client is connected to the VerveKit MCP server, this appears in its tool list as InvoiceGeneratorSkill. 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": "InvoiceGeneratorSkill",
"arguments": {
"invoiceNumber": "12345",
"from_name": "John Doe",
"from_street": "123 Main St",
"from_city": "Anytown",
"from_state": "CA",
"from_zip": "12345",
"to_name": "Jane Doe",
"to_street": "456 Elm St",
"to_city": "Othertown",
"to_state": "NY",
"to_zip": "67890",
"items": "[{\"qty\":1,\"description\":\"Web Design Services\",\"unit_price\":1000.00}]"
}
}What that looks like in a conversation
You don't name the tool — the model picks it. Asking about 12345 in the terms this source covers is enough for it to reach for InvoiceGeneratorSkill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
invoiceNumberRequired | string | 12345 | The invoice number |
from_nameRequired | string | John Doe | The name of the person or company issuing the invoice |
from_streetRequired | string | 123 Main St | The street address of the person or company issuing the invoice |
from_cityRequired | string | Anytown | The city of the person or company issuing the invoice |
from_stateRequired | string | CA | The state of the person or company issuing the invoice |
from_zipRequired | string | 12345 | The zip code of the person or company issuing the invoice |
to_nameRequired | string | Jane Doe | The name of the person or company being invoiced |
to_streetRequired | string | 456 Elm St | The street address of the person or company being invoiced |
to_cityRequired | string | Othertown | The city of the person or company being invoiced |
to_stateRequired | string | NY | The state of the person or company being invoiced |
to_zipRequired | string | 67890 | The zip code of the person or company being invoiced |
itemsRequired | array | [{"qty":1,"description":"Web Design Services","unit_price":1000.00}] | The items being invoiced (qty, description, unit_price) |
date | string | 2025-02-01 | The invoice date (YYYY-MM-DD format) |
job | string | Web Design Project | The job or project associated with the invoice |
paymentTerms | string | Net 30 | The payment terms for the invoice |
dueDate | string | 2023-12-31 | The due date for the invoice (YYYY-MM-DD format) |
discount | number | 10 | The discount to be applied to the invoice |
salesTax | number | 15 | The sales tax rate for the invoice (as percentage) |
currency | string | USD | The currency for the invoice |
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": {
"pdfName": "fc17c4bd-e660-4078-94ae-f46be56c9006.pdf",
"expires": 1766096689189,
"downloadURL": "https://storage.googleapis.com/apiverve-helpers.appspot.com/htmltopdf/fc17c4bd-e660-4078-94ae-f46be56c9006.pdf?GoogleAccessId=1089020767582-compute%40developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1766096689&Signature=zZYB17Rj1yfbfhM3Epmjc9PEfmsVpgsCATX5%2Bx2yAo%2FV45xUatVzkAjUkPC48PkR4m%2BF7uIJBToUY2QAZMzNIOre4T0Md2eToXtcYF%2F%2FefS3sZocODRdiC%2BmEuMZjsAPMfkhbCMQZT4lZczQn9sfaWJlWJi%2FGWXKVUwZby3yn06Ed7OqianYbxQj87ENoqYudZFe5qFpI0hmwh4lBrnIM40hb4eZwwbGEvZL2WejNdBgD0cKb3C%2BHwJHkPvd2PAzFfNvuJolBxMN4jE3QCx9DN2MdHGUqb7t3vlP0Kder8m0lMpac%2BPbwZsDVmlF595cFzkKaE928uxzA1Mzkenffg%3D%3D"
}
}Fields
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
pdfName | string | fc17c4bd-e660-4078-94ae-f46be56c9006.pdf | Unique filename of generated PDF document |
expires | number | 1766096689189 | Unix timestamp when PDF link expires and is deleted |
downloadURL | string | https://storage.googleapis.com/apiverve-helpers.appspot.com/htmltopdf/fc17c4bd-e660-4078-94ae-f46be56c9006.pdf?GoogleAccessId=1089020767582-compute%40developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1766096689&Signature=zZYB17Rj1yfbfhM3Epmjc9PEfmsVpgsCATX5%2Bx2yAo%2FV45xUatVzkAjUkPC48PkR4m%2BF7uIJBToUY2QAZMzNIOre4T0Md2eToXtcYF%2F%2FefS3sZocODRdiC%2BmEuMZjsAPMfkhbCMQZT4lZczQn9sfaWJlWJi%2FGWXKVUwZby3yn06Ed7OqianYbxQj87ENoqYudZFe5qFpI0hmwh4lBrnIM40hb4eZwwbGEvZL2WejNdBgD0cKb3C%2BHwJHkPvd2PAzFfNvuJolBxMN4jE3QCx9DN2MdHGUqb7t3vlP0Kder8m0lMpac%2BPbwZsDVmlF595cFzkKaE928uxzA1Mzkenffg%3D%3D | Temporary download URL for generated PDF invoice |
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 Invoice Generator Skill
Set up Invoice Generator 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 InvoiceGeneratorSkill?
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?
10 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.