SSL Certificate Check SkillSSL Certificate Check Skill

OnlineCredit Usage:5 per callTool:SSLCertificateCheckSkill

The tool

Give your agent certificate visibility. Call it as an MCP tool to read a domain's SSL issuer, validity dates and key strength in real time.

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit MCP server, this appears in its tool list as SSLCertificateCheckSkill. 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.

Tool call
{
  "name": "SSLCertificateCheckSkill",
  "arguments": {
    "domain": "ebay.com"
  }
}

What that looks like in a conversation

You don't name the tool — the model picks it. Asking about ebay.com in the terms this source covers is enough for it to reach for SSLCertificateCheckSkill 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.

Client config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervekit": {
      "url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Endpoint
https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp

Per-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.

ArgumentTypeExampleDescription
domainRequiredstringebay.comThe domain of the website to check the SSL certificate of

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.

Result
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "subject": {
      "C": "US",
      "ST": "California",
      "O": "eBay, Inc.",
      "CN": "ebay.com"
    },
    "issuer": {
      "C": "GB",
      "O": "Sectigo Limited",
      "CN": "Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R36"
    },
    "subjectaltname": "DNS:ebay.com, DNS:befr.ebay.be, DNS:benl.ebay.be, DNS:cafr.ebay.ca, DNS:e-bay.it, DNS:ebay.at, DNS:ebay.be, DNS:ebay.ca, DNS:ebay.ch, DNS:ebay.co.uk, DNS:ebay.com.au, DNS:ebay.com.hk, DNS:ebay.com.my, DNS:ebay.com.sg, DNS:ebay.de, DNS:ebay.es, DNS:ebay.fr, DNS:ebay.ie, DNS:ebay.in, DNS:ebay.it, DNS:ebay.nl, DNS:ebay.ph, DNS:ebay.pl, DNS:ebay.us, DNS:ebay.vn, DNS:wwww.ebay.co.uk, DNS:wwww.ebay.com, DNS:wwww.ebay.com.au, DNS:wwww.ebay.de, DNS:wwww.ebay.in, DNS:wwww.ebay.it",
    "infoAccess": {
      "CA Issuers - URI": [
        "http://crt.sectigo.com/SectigoPublicServerAuthenticationCAOVR36.crt"
      ],
      "OCSP - URI": [
        "http://ocsp.sectigo.com"
      ]
    },
    "ca": false,
    "bits": 2048,
    "valid_from": "Jul 28 00:00:00 2025 GMT",
    "valid_to": "Jul 28 23:59:59 2026 GMT",
    "serialNumber": "99F408949A6416EDC3B8F5EC77B2EBE5",
    "domain": "ebay.com",
    "isExpired": false,
    "isValid": true,
    "daysUntilExpiry": 20,
    "isExpiringSoon": true,
    "isSelfSigned": false
  }
}

Fields

Fields marked Premium need a paid plan. On a plan without them the key is absent rather than wrong, so a model never reasons over a substituted value.
FieldTypeExampleDescription
subjectPremiumobject{…}Certificate subject information including country, state, organization, and common name
subject.CstringUSCountry code of the certificate subject
subject.STstringCaliforniaState or province of the certificate subject
subject.OstringeBay, Inc.Organization name of the certificate subject
subject.CNstringebay.comCommon name of the certificate subject domain
issuerPremiumobject{…}Certificate issuing authority information including country, organization, and common name
issuer.CstringGBCountry code of the certificate issuer
issuer.OstringSectigo LimitedOrganization name of the certificate issuing authority
issuer.CNstringSectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R36Common name of the certificate authority
subjectaltnamePremiumstringDNS:ebay.com, DNS:befr.ebay.be, DNS:benl.ebay.be, DNS:cafr.ebay.ca, DNS:e-bay.it, DNS:ebay.at, DNS:ebay.be, DNS:ebay.ca, DNS:ebay.ch, DNS:ebay.co.uk, DNS:ebay.com.au, DNS:ebay.com.hk, DNS:ebay.com.my, DNS:ebay.com.sg, DNS:ebay.de, DNS:ebay.es, DNS:ebay.fr, DNS:ebay.ie, DNS:ebay.in, DNS:ebay.it, DNS:ebay.nl, DNS:ebay.ph, DNS:ebay.pl, DNS:ebay.us, DNS:ebay.vn, DNS:wwww.ebay.co.uk, DNS:wwww.ebay.com, DNS:wwww.ebay.com.au, DNS:wwww.ebay.de, DNS:wwww.ebay.in, DNS:wwww.ebay.itAlternative subject names included in the certificate
infoAccessPremiumobject{…}Information access extension with CA issuers and OCSP URIs
infoAccess.CA Issuers - URIarray["http://crt.sectigo.com/SectigoPublicServerAuthenticationCAOVR36.crt"]URLs to CA issuer certificates for validation
infoAccess.OCSP - URIarray["http://ocsp.sectigo.com"]Online Certificate Status Protocol URLs for validation
cabooleanfalseIndicates if certificate is a certificate authority
bitsnumber2048Key size in bits representing certificate strength
valid_fromstringJul 28 00:00:00 2025 GMTCertificate validity start date and time in GMT
valid_tostringJul 28 23:59:59 2026 GMTCertificate validity end date and time in GMT
serialNumberPremiumstring99F408949A6416EDC3B8F5EC77B2EBE5Unique serial number of the SSL certificate
domainstringebay.comDomain name the certificate was checked for
isExpiredbooleanfalseWhether the certificate is past its valid_to date
isValidbooleantrueWhether the current time is within the certificate's validity window (valid_from to valid_to)
daysUntilExpiryPremiumnumber20Whole days until the certificate expires (negative if already expired)
isExpiringSoonPremiumbooleantrueWhether the certificate expires within the next 30 days
isSelfSignedPremiumbooleanfalseWhether the certificate is self-signed (subject and issuer are the same entity), which browsers do not trust

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors with a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code.

StatusWhat it means
400 / 422The arguments didn't validate. The message names the offending one.
401The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server.
403Out of credits. Not a bad key — the month's allowance is spent.
404This skill isn't part of VerveKit. Check the catalog.
429Brief rate limit. Retrying after a moment succeeds.

Other ways to use SSL Certificate Check Skill

Set up SSL Certificate Check 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.APIVerveReference →
Use it in Google Sheets or ExcelA =VERVE() formula fills a column — no script, no export, recalculates in place.VerveSheetsReference →
Ground an agent on itA cited, machine-checkable fact your model can't produce on its own.VerveContextReference →

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to tell the agent to use SSLCertificateCheckSkill?

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?

5 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.

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