Magic 8-Ball Skill

Overview

Magic 8-Ball works by randomly selecting from the 20 classic Magic 8-Ball responses, providing both the answer and metadata about its type and certainty level. Perfect for fun decision-making and entertainment applications.

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The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as Magic8-BallSkill. 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.

Tool call

{
  "name": "Magic8-BallSkill",
  "arguments": {}
}

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"
    }
  }
}

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.

Argument	Type	Description
`question`Optional	string	Your question for the Magic 8-Ball (optional) length 0–500

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.

Result

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "question": "Will it rain today?",
    "answer": "Signs point to yes",
    "type": "affirmative",
    "certainty": "medium",
    "shake_count": 3,
    "timestamp": "2025-12-16T22:25:52.008Z"
  }
}

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
`question`	string	`Will it rain today?`	The question asked to the Magic 8-Ball
`answer`	string	`Signs point to yes`	The Magic 8-Ball response prediction
`type`Premium	string	`affirmative`	Category of response: affirmative, negative, or non-committal
`certainty`Premium	string	`medium`	Certainty level of the prediction response
`shake_count`	number	`3`	Number of times the Magic 8-Ball was shaken
`timestamp`	string	`2025-12-16T22:25:52.008Z`	ISO 8601 timestamp when prediction was generated

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

Use cases

Entertainment Apps: Add fun decision-making features to apps and games with classic Magic 8-Ball responses
Chatbots: Integrate playful response generation in chatbots and conversational interfaces
Party Games: Create interactive party games and decision-making tools for social gatherings
Random Choice: Provide lighthearted random answers for trivial decisions and entertainment

Other ways to use Magic 8-Ball Skill

Set up Magic 8-Ball 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.APIVerve →Reference →