# vies-smoother

> vies-smoother — lucrumist-vies-smoother-mcp. Use this tool when you need to validate EU VAT numbers with a reliable and efficient solution. The vies-smoother provides SLA'd validation via VIES, handling flaky upstream connections with caching and circuit-breaking, and returns responses indicating whether a VAT number is valid, invalid, or unavailable. It is ideal for AI agents requiring accurate and robust VAT number verification in various business and financial applications.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/lucrumist-vies-smoother-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lucrumist-vies-smoother-mcp

## Description

SLA'd EU VAT number validation for AI agents via VIES, with caching and circuit-breaking to handle flaky upstream, returning valid/invalid/unavailable responses.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/o8w21fgz1u)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Lucrumist/vies-smoother-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "lucrumist-vies-smoother-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lucrumist-vies-smoother-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lucrumist-vies-smoother-mcp/pull`

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