Overview
IP Demographics first geolocates the IP address to a ZIP code using MaxMind GeoIP, then enriches with demographic data from the US Census American Community Survey. This provides demographic insights for personalization and analytics.
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The tool
Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as IPDemographicsSkill. 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": "IPDemographicsSkill",
"arguments": {
"ip": "173.172.81.20"
}
}You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about 173.172.81.20 in the terms this skill covers is enough for it to reach for IPDemographicsSkill 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/mcpPer-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.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ipRequired | string | IPv4 or IPv6 address ip |
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.
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"ip": "8.8.8.8",
"location": {
"zip": "94043",
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "California",
"stateCode": "CA",
"country": "United States",
"countryCode": "US",
"latitude": 37.4056,
"longitude": -122.0775,
"timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
},
"demographics": {
"population": 81234,
"medianAge": 34.5,
"medianHouseholdIncome": 142567,
"perCapitaIncome": 78234,
"medianHomeValue": 1875000,
"collegeEducatedPct": 68.3,
"unemploymentRate": 3.2,
"homeOwnershipRate": 45.6
},
"acsYear": 2022,
"formatted": {
"medianHouseholdIncome": "$142,567",
"perCapitaIncome": "$78,234",
"medianHomeValue": "$1,875,000"
}
}
}
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.
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ip | string | 8.8.8.8 | The IP address the demographics were resolved for |
location | object | {…} | Where the IP address resolves to |
location.zip | string | 94043 | ZIP code the IP address resolves to |
location.city | string | Mountain View | City the IP address resolves to |
location.state | string | California | State the IP address resolves to |
location.stateCode | string | CA | Two-letter state code |
location.country | string | United States | Country the IP address resolves to |
location.countryCode | string | US | Two-letter country code |
location.latitudePremium | number | 37.4056 | Latitude coordinate |
location.longitudePremium | number | -122.0775 | Longitude coordinate |
location.timezone | string | America/Los_Angeles | IANA timezone of the resolved location |
demographics | object | {…} | Census figures for the ZIP code the IP resolves to; null outside the US |
demographics.population | number | 81234 | Resident population of the ZIP code |
demographics.medianAge | number | 34.5 | Median age of residents in the ZIP code |
demographics.medianHouseholdIncome | number | 142567 | Median annual household income in the ZIP code |
demographics.perCapitaIncome | number | 78234 | Per capita income |
demographics.medianHomeValue | number | 1875000 | Median home value |
demographics.collegeEducatedPct | number | 68.3 | College educated percentage |
demographics.unemploymentRate | number | 3.2 | Percentage of the labour force unemployed |
demographics.homeOwnershipRatePremium | number | 45.6 | Home ownership rate |
acsYear | number | 2022 | Year of the American Community Survey release the figures come from |
formattedPremium | object | {…} | Human-readable formatted currency values |
formatted.medianHouseholdIncomePremium | string | $142,567 | Median household income formatted as currency |
formatted.perCapitaIncomePremium | string | $78,234 | Per capita income formatted as currency |
formatted.medianHomeValuePremium | string | $1,875,000 | Median home value formatted as currency |
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.
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
400 / 422 | The arguments did not validate. The message names the offending one. |
401 | The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server. |
403 | Blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Never a bad identity. |
404 | This skill is not part of VerveKit. Check the catalog. |
429 | Out of credits, or a brief rate limit. The message tells them apart. |
A call costs 10 credits each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.
Use cases
- Personalization
- Personalize content based on visitor demographics
- Analytics
- Enrich analytics with demographic data for visitor insights
- Ad Targeting
- Improve ad targeting with demographic information
- Fraud Detection
- Factor demographics into risk scoring models
Other ways to use IP Demographics Skill
Set up IP Demographics 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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