URL Encode/Decode Skill

Overview

URL Encoder/Decoder works by converting special characters and spaces into percent-encoded format (%XX) for safe URL transmission or decoding percent-encoded strings back to original text. Essential for query parameters and URL construction.

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The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as URLEncodeDecodeSkill. 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": "URLEncodeDecodeSkill",
  "arguments": {
    "text": "Hello World!"
  }
}

You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about Hello World! in the terms this skill covers is enough for it to reach for URLEncodeDecodeSkill 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 encode
`action`Optional	string	The action to perform `encodedecode` default encode

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": {
    "action": "encode",
    "original": "Hello World & Goodbye",
    "encoded": "Hello%20World%20%26%20Goodbye",
    "length": 29
  }
}

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
`action`	string	`encode`	The encoding or decoding action that was performed
`original`	string	`Hello World & Goodbye`	The original text input before encoding or decoding
`encoded`	string	`Hello%20World%20%26%20Goodbye`	The resulting encoded or decoded text output
`length`Premium	number	`29`	The total character length of the encoded or decoded output

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

API Requests: Encode query parameters and URL components before making API requests to ensure proper formatting
Link Generation: Generate properly encoded URLs for links, redirects, and sharing with special characters or spaces
Form Handling: Encode form data for URL submission or decode URL-encoded form data received from submissions
Search Queries: Encode search terms and filters for URL-based search functionality and bookmarkable search results

Other ways to use URL Encode/Decode Skill

Set up URL Encode/Decode 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 →