Tense Converter Skill

Overview

Tense Converter works by analyzing the text provided and converting it to the past or future tense. It uses advanced algorithms to convert the text to the specified tense and returns the converted text.

Live Test Tense Converter Skill Skill →

The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as TenseConverterSkill. 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": "TenseConverterSkill",
  "arguments": {
    "text": "I walk to the store and buy groceries"
  }
}

You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about I walk to the store and buy groceries in the terms this skill covers is enough for it to reach for TenseConverterSkill 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
`text`Required	string	The text to convert to past or future tense
`tense`Optional	string	The tense to convert the text to `pastfuture` default past

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": {
    "tense": "past",
    "result": "I was walking down the street, and I could see a dog",
    "changed": true
  }
}

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
`tense`	string	`past`	The target tense conversion applied (past or future)
`result`	string	`I was walking down the street, and I could see a dog`	Converted text with applied tense transformation
`changed`	boolean	`true`	Whether the text was modified during conversion

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

Fiction Story Generation: Narrative tools shift draft scene outlines from present to past tense before inserting them into completed story chapters.
Resume Work History: To log prior employment, resume builders transform present-tense role descriptions into past tense across applicant profiles.
Automated Release Notes: When building automated changelogs, developer pipelines turn present-tense commit messages into past-tense summaries for published release notes.
Grammar Exercise Drills: Generate interactive practice drills by converting sample sentences into future tense to test student comprehension in language learning platforms.

Other ways to use Tense Converter Skill

Set up Tense Converter 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 →