Installation
Ajoutez ceci à la configuration MCP de votre client (Claude Desktop : claude_desktop_config.json ; Cursor : .cursor/mcp.json ; VS Code et les autres utilisent la même forme « mcpServers »).
claude mcp add --transport http vies-eu 'https://gateway.pipeworx.io/vies-eu/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"vies-eu": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/vies-eu/mcp"
}
}
}
Documentation
Tirée du README du projet sur GitHub, actualisée chaque semaine. Les liens ouvrent GitHub.
Sommaire
mcp-vies-eu
EU VIES VAT-number validation MCP (European Commission).
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1684+ live data sources.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
check_vat | Validate an EU VAT number against VIES. Returns whether the number is a valid/registered EU VAT registration, plus the registered name and address when the member state publishes them (many states return "---" or empty even for valid numbers). A false result means not registered/invalid. If the national service is temporarily down, userError is MS_UNAVAILABLE/MS_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ etc. — treat that as "could not check", not "invalid". |
service_status | List all EU member states and whether each national VAT-checking service is currently Available or Unavailable, plus overall VIES (VoW) availability. Use this before/after a failed check_vat to tell a temporary national outage apart from a genuinely invalid VAT number. |
Quick Start
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"vies-eu": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/vies-eu/mcp"
}
}
}
What this endpoint actually serves
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/vies-eu/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1684+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
No MCP client? Call it over HTTP
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/check_vat \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"countryCode":"DE","vatNumber":"811569869"}'
No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/check_vat. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.
Standalone (no gateway account)
This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:
{
"mcpServers": {
"vies-eu": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-vies-eu"]
}
}
}
Or run it directly to confirm it starts:
npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-vies-eu
It speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call
for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway
connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.
Using with ask_pipeworx
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Vies Eu data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
More
License
MIT
Questions fréquentes
Qu'est-ce que Vies Eu ?
EU VIES VAT-number validation MCP (European Commission).
Comment installer Vies Eu ?
Il fonctionne comme serveur distant. Dans Claude Code : claude mcp add --transport http vies-eu 'https://gateway.pipeworx.io/vies-eu/mcp'. Pour les autres clients, collez la configuration JSON de cette page dans leurs réglages MCP.
Faut-il une clé API pour Vies Eu ?
Son entrée au registre n'indique aucune clé ni secret obligatoire. Certaines fonctions peuvent tout de même demander un compte auprès du service auquel il se connecte.
Vies Eu est-il open source ?
Oui. Son code est sur GitHub sous licence MIT.
Qui maintient Vies Eu ?
Il est publié par pipeworx-io. AI.tn le référence sans le maintenir ni le recommander.
Issu du registre MCP officiel. Être listé n'est pas une recommandation : vérifiez le code et les permissions d'un serveur avant de lui donner accès à vos données.