EU VIES (VAT validation)

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EU VIES VAT-number validation — validate any EU VAT registration number against the European Commission's live VIES system, with member-state availability status.

2 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

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 ret

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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

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/vies-eu/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/vies-eu/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"check_vat","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("check_vat", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("eu vies vat-number validation — validate any eu vat registration number against the european commission's live vies system, with member-state availability status");