SSL Certificate Check Skill
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.
{
"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.
{
"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 |
|---|---|---|---|
domainRequired | string | ebay.com | The 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.
{
"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
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
subjectPremium | object | {…} | Certificate subject information including country, state, organization, and common name |
subject.C | string | US | Country code of the certificate subject |
subject.ST | string | California | State or province of the certificate subject |
subject.O | string | eBay, Inc. | Organization name of the certificate subject |
subject.CN | string | ebay.com | Common name of the certificate subject domain |
issuerPremium | object | {…} | Certificate issuing authority information including country, organization, and common name |
issuer.C | string | GB | Country code of the certificate issuer |
issuer.O | string | Sectigo Limited | Organization name of the certificate issuing authority |
issuer.CN | string | Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R36 | Common name of the certificate authority |
subjectaltnamePremium | string | 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 | Alternative subject names included in the certificate |
infoAccessPremium | object | {…} | Information access extension with CA issuers and OCSP URIs |
infoAccess.CA Issuers - URI | array | ["http://crt.sectigo.com/SectigoPublicServerAuthenticationCAOVR36.crt"] | URLs to CA issuer certificates for validation |
infoAccess.OCSP - URI | array | ["http://ocsp.sectigo.com"] | Online Certificate Status Protocol URLs for validation |
ca | boolean | false | Indicates if certificate is a certificate authority |
bits | number | 2048 | Key size in bits representing certificate strength |
valid_from | string | Jul 28 00:00:00 2025 GMT | Certificate validity start date and time in GMT |
valid_to | string | Jul 28 23:59:59 2026 GMT | Certificate validity end date and time in GMT |
serialNumberPremium | string | 99F408949A6416EDC3B8F5EC77B2EBE5 | Unique serial number of the SSL certificate |
domain | string | ebay.com | Domain name the certificate was checked for |
isExpired | boolean | false | Whether the certificate is past its valid_to date |
isValid | boolean | true | Whether the current time is within the certificate's validity window (valid_from to valid_to) |
daysUntilExpiryPremium | number | 20 | Whole days until the certificate expires (negative if already expired) |
isExpiringSoonPremium | boolean | true | Whether the certificate expires within the next 30 days |
isSelfSignedPremium | boolean | false | Whether 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.
| 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 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.
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.