Population Data Skill

Overview

Population API provides detailed demographic data from the World Bank. Query the latest statistics or retrieve data for a specific year dating back to 1960. Includes derived metrics like urban vs rural population split.

The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as PopulationDataSkill. 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": "PopulationDataSkill",
  "arguments": {
    "country": "US"
  }
}

You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about US in the terms this skill covers is enough for it to reach for PopulationDataSkill 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"
    }
  }
}

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
`country`Required	string	ISO 2 or 3-letter country code (e.g., US, USA, GB, GBR) length 2–3
`year`OptionalPremium	integer	Specific year to retrieve data for (1960-present). Returns latest if not specified. range 1960–2030

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": {
    "country": "US",
    "countryName": "United States",
    "year": 2025,
    "count": 1,
    "historical": [
      {
        "year": 2025,
        "population": 341784857,
        "populationFormatted": "341.78 million",
        "growthRate": 0.52,
        "urbanPercent": 80.19
      }
    ]
  }
}

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
`country`	string	`US`	ISO 2-letter country code for the country
`countryName`	string	`United States`	Full name of the country in English
`year`	number	`2025`	Year of the population data retrieved
`count`	number	`1`	Number of historical records returned
`historical`	array[1]
`historical.0.year`	number	`2025`	Year of the population data retrieved
`historical.0.population`Premium	number	`341784857`	Total population count for the country
`historical.0.populationFormatted`Premium	string	`341.78 million`	Population count in human-readable format
`historical.0.growthRate`Premium	number	`0.52`	Annual population growth rate as percentage
`historical.0.urbanPercent`Premium	number	`80.19`	Percentage of population living in urban areas

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.

Other ways to use Population Data Skill

Set up Population Data 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 →

Google Sheets or ExcelA =VERVE() formula fills a column — no script, no export, recalculates in place.VerveSheets →Reference →

Ground an agent on itA cited, machine-checkable fact your model can't produce on its own.VerveContext →Reference →