An agent can connect on its own if it already holds X_API_KEY, X_API_KEY.Remote endpoint behind a static API key or header. The registry never sees the value; the agent fills the placeholder.
Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.
Endpoints
remote
auth
reachable
uptime 30d
p50
protocol
last ok
https://vantane.com/mcpstreamable-http
api_key ${X_API_KEY}
yes
100%
987 ms
2025-11-25
2026-10-20
Tools (2)
validate_vat
Validate a single EU VAT number. Costs 1 credit unless upstream is
unavailable and there's no cache (then it's free and honest about it).
Args:
country_code: 2-letter EU member state code (e.g. DE, FR, EL, XI).
vat_number: The VAT number without the country prefix.
validate_vat_batch
Validate up to 50 EU VAT numbers in one call. 1 credit per item that
gets a real answer (unavailable_upstream items are free).
Args:
items: list of {"country_code": str, "vat_number": str}, max 50.
Validate EU VAT numbers (VIES), IBANs and EORI, look up company data (GLEIF) and VAT rates
Official server.json
{
"name": "io.github.Lucrumist/vies-smoother",
"title": "VIES Smoother",
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
"remotes": [
{
"url": "https://vantane.com/mcp",
"type": "streamable-http",
"headers": [
{
"name": "X-API-Key",
"isSecret": true,
"isRequired": true,
"description": "API key claimed via POST https://vantane.com/keys/claim (free, no account needed, 100 free lookups). Each caller must use their own key -- this is a shared public endpoint with per-key metering."
}
]
}
],
"version": "0.1.0",
"websiteUrl": "https://vantane.com",
"description": "SLA'd EU VAT validation on VIES. Honest 3-state result, never guesses. 100 free lookups."
}