VIES Smoother is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 2 tools.
SLA'd EU VAT validation on VIES. Honest 3-state result, never guesses. 100 free lookups.
VIES Smoother missed 3 checks this week
Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.
claude mcp add vies-smoother --transport http https://vantane.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"vies-smoother": {
"url": "https://vantane.com/mcp"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.vies-smoother]
url = "https://vantane.com/mcp"{
"mcpServers": {
"vies-smoother": {
"url": "https://vantane.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"vies-smoother": {
"url": "https://vantane.com/mcp"
}
}
}Available tools 2
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
validate_vat
validate_vat_batch
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://vantane.com/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 348 ms | 12 min ago |
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