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VHGENGINE MCP Server

app.railway.up.engine-production-3bdc/vhgengine
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VHGENGINE is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 38 tools.

Agents-first viral-hook engine: generate, score, and remix short-form hooks over MCP.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add vhgengine --transport http https://engine-production-3bdc.up.railway.app/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vhgengine": {
      "url": "https://engine-production-3bdc.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.vhgengine]
url = "https://engine-production-3bdc.up.railway.app/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vhgengine": {
      "url": "https://engine-production-3bdc.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vhgengine": {
      "url": "https://engine-production-3bdc.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 38

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

webhook
delete_webhook
Remove this account's webhook (WP-M). Admin scope. Args: api_key (admin scope). Cost=free. Returns {deleted: true}. Errors: unauthorized, forbidden, not_found (none registered), rate_limited.
get_webhook
This account's webhook (url + last delivery status; never the secret). Free read. Args: api_key (read scope). Cost=free. Returns {url, created_at, last_delivery_status, last_delivery_at, events}. Errors: unauthorized, not_found (none registered), rate_limited.
list_webhook_deliveries
List this account's webhook deliveries, newest first. Free read (WP-HOOKS). Verify your receiver end-to-end (a webhook.test ping is enqueued at registration) and diagnose failures without waiting out a real event. Args: status (pending|retrying| delivered|dead|retired), limit (1-200, default 50), offset (>=0), api_key. Each row has {delivery_id, event_type, status, attempts, last_status_code, error, timestamps, next_attempt_at, payload_preview (200 chars; the full body is never returned)}. Dead rows are kept 7 days. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, rate_limited.
set_webhook
Register (or replace) this account's webhook; the secret is returned ONCE. Admin scope. VHGENGINE POSTs signed job.succeeded/job.failed/credits.low (WP-M). `url` https, no creds, public host; re-registering ROTATES the secret (a repeat call is not a no-op). Verify via X-VHG-Signature: sha256=HMAC_SHA256(secret, raw_body); a webhook.test pings. Args: url (1-2048), api_key (admin). Cost=free. Errors: unauthorized, forbidden, invalid_request, rate_limited. Returns {url, secret, created_at, events, note, test_delivery_id}.
account
delete_account
Permanently delete this account. TERMINAL, not reversible. Admin scope (WP-LIFE). Pass confirm="delete" (guards an accidental call). Revokes ALL your keys, deletes your hooks, webhook, deliveries, jobs and idempotency rows, KEEPS the immutable financial ledger, and ANONYMIZES your outcomes into the shared corpus. Take what you still want FIRST: export_usage returns the ledger, every hook and every outcome in ONE call (get_usage / list_hooks / list_outcomes are the paged alternative). Errors: unauthorized, forbidden, invalid_request, rate_limited.
get_account
Return this account's state + remaining rate-limit budget. Free read. `rate_limit` carries {limit, remaining, reset_epoch, reset_at, window_seconds} for the per-account window, the same budget REST clients read from X-RateLimit-* headers. Pace a fleet off `remaining` instead of discovering the ceiling by taking a rate_limited mid-run; this read itself consumes one of those calls. No API key is ever echoed back. Errors: unauthorized, rate_limited.
generate
generate_hooks
Generate ranked, scored viral hooks for a topic. Charged by mode. Cost = base + per_hook * hooks_returned (instant 0+1, smart 0+2, research 10+4, ~50 at count=10); a pre-flight gate never bills a broke account. Deterministic only in instant; a progressToken streams stages; the hook id is `hooks[].id`. CANCELLING DOES NOT REFUND: a timeout cannot stop the engine thread, so the call still charges and persists. Send idempotency_key, or recover via list_hooks. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, llm_unavailable, insufficient_credits.
generate_hooks_batch
Generate hooks for many topics in ONE call, charged all-or-nothing. One transaction: over-balance charges nothing; each item bills base + per_hook * hooks_returned for the engine that ran (divergent tiers -> pricing_mode "mixed"). One mode + idempotency_key + tags cover the batch; a progressToken streams item i/n; hook ids are results[i].hooks[j].id. CANCELLING DOES NOT REFUND: a timeout cannot stop the engine thread, so the batch still charges and persists. Send idempotency_key. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, llm_unavailable, insufficient_credits.
score
score_hook
Score any hook text on 5 dimensions with rewrite tips. 1 credit. Deterministic heuristic scorer (no LLM). Args: text (3-300), platform, topic (optional, reproduces generate's score via the verbatim-echo penalty), tags (1-5 fleet slugs, WP-J), verbosity (full keeps per-dimension attribution), api_key, idempotency_key (replay not re-charged). Returns {score:{...,total}, verdict, suggestions, confidence, disclaimer, credits_charged, credits_remaining, request_id}. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, insufficient_credits, rate_limited.
score_hooks_batch
Score many hooks ranked with `best`, or compare named SETS. 1 credit per text. All-or-nothing charge. Plain: texts (1-25, each 3-300 chars). Self-test (E13): compare=true + sets (2-4 named lists, <=25 texts total) INSTEAD of texts -> per-set rankings + avg_score + winner + an honest winner_summary (same heuristic scorer on every set, never view prediction). Also: platform, tags, verbosity, api_key, idempotency_key. Returns {results, best, ...} or {sets, winner, winner_summary, ...}. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, insufficient_credits, rate_limited.
activity
get_activity
See what this account's agents are doing: in-flight ops + recent ops. Free. `in_flight` merges the live-ops registry (real stage/pct/eta mid-run) with your queued/running jobs; `recent` is the last completed charged ops. Every row has a human-readable message. The REST surface also offers an SSE feed at GET /v1/activity/stream. Args: recent_limit (1-100, default 20), api_key. Errors: unauthorized, rate_limited.
archetypes
list_archetypes
List the hook archetypes with psychology, platforms, and templates. Free, no auth. Returns {archetypes:[{id, name, description, psychological_trigger, best_for, templates}]}. Use an id for generate_hooks(archetypes=[...]) or remix_hook(target_archetype=...).
billing
list_billing_events
Recent billing events (usage.recorded, credits.granted, credits.low). Free. Newest first, paged with limit/offset like list_hooks and list_outcomes. Returns {events:[{id, event_type, payload, created_at}], limit, offset, total}. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, rate_limited.
cancel
cancel_job
Cancel a job that is STILL QUEUED. Free, repeatable, never refunds. ALWAYS branch on `cancelled`; reason + next_action say what to do. A queued job was never charged (the worker charges), so credits_refunded is always 0. A RUNNING job cannot be stopped: it finishes, CHARGES and persists. Cancelled reads as status "failed" with error.error.details.cancelled true; to re-run, resubmit with a FRESH idempotency_key (reusing the cancelled one replays the cancelled result). Errors: unauthorized, forbidden (key lacks the spend scope), not_found, rate_limited.
checkout
create_checkout
Get a Stripe hosted-checkout link for a credit pack. You never touch a card (WP-PAY). Hand the returned checkout_url to your human; the webhook credits you after they pay. Args: pack (a credits amount from pricing.credit_packs), success_url/cancel_url (optional), api_key (spend scope). Returns {checkout_url, pack, credits, usd_cents, expires_at}. Errors: unauthorized, forbidden, invalid_request (bad pack), payments_disabled (503; use add_credits), rate_limited.
credits
add_credits
Top up your credit balance (1-10000). Self-serve by default. When VHGENGINE_ADMIN_KEY is configured on the deployment this requires a matching admin_key argument; otherwise it stays self-serve (unless VHGENGINE_FREE_CREDITS is off). Idempotent on idempotency_key (replay does NOT grant twice). Returns {credits (new balance), granted}. Errors: unauthorized (missing/wrong admin key or self-serve disabled), invalid_request (amount range / balance ceiling), idempotency_conflict, rate_limited.
estimates
get_estimates
The measured/expected wait per generation mode. Free, no auth. Size a call before spending. Returns {op, modes:{instant|smart|research: {p50_ms, p90_ms, samples, source ("measured" once enough samples, else "default"), advice}}}.
export
export_usage
Export EVERYTHING this account owns in ONE body: ledger, hooks, outcomes. Free. The take-it-with-you call; make it BEFORE delete_account. Same body as GET /v1/usage/export?format=json (csv is a download shape with no MCP carrier and its columns are a subset of `events`). UNBOUNDED, no paging: on a big account prefer get_usage / list_hooks / list_outcomes. `email` is masked without the admin scope. Returns {account_id, email, count, events, hooks, outcomes}; tag/key_prefix narrow events. Errors: unauthorized, forbidden (key lacks the read scope), rate_limited.
getting
getting_started
The 5-step agent quickstart: modes, wait guidance, links. Free, no auth. Written to be parsed and acted on. Returns {what_this_is, five_steps, modes (cost + live latency + when to use), wait_guidance (expected_wait, estimates, progressToken, jobs), links}.
health
health
Deep health: DB read+write probe, worker/queue, backup + integrity. Free. Same db.write_probe/backup.status/backup.offsite_status/integrity.status calls GET /health makes, so the two can never disagree. status is "ok" only when the DB both reads AND writes. Returns {status, version, time, llm_configured, outcomes_reported_total, job_worker_alive, job_queue_depth, last_backup_at, backup_count, offsite, integrity}. llm_configured never calls an LLM; CHECK job_worker_alive before start_generate_job (false: a queued job never runs).
hook
get_hook
Fetch one bought hook in full, including its parsed score. Free (WP-G). Account-scoped: a foreign or unknown id is not_found (no existence leak). Args: hook_id (from a generate/batch/remix response or list_hooks), api_key. Returns {hook_id, text, archetype, claim_type, mode, platform, topic, score_total, score, prompt_version, request_id, created_at, outcomes:[...], outcome_summary:{count, max_views, avg_views}}. Report results with report_outcome. Errors: unauthorized, not_found, rate_limited.
hooks
list_hooks
List the hooks this account has bought, newest first. Free (WP-G). Retrievable for 90 days. Args: mode (instant|smart|research|remix, or a generate alias such as template/search), since (ISO timestamp), tag (exact fleet-tag match), topic (substring), request_id (recover one charged call's hooks), unreported (only hooks a first outcome report can reward), limit (1-100), offset, api_key. Returns {hooks:[{hook_id, text, archetype, mode, score_total, created_at, request_id}], limit, offset, total}. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, rate_limited.
job
get_job
Poll an async job: status, real engine stage, progress, ETA, result/error. Poll after poll_after_seconds until status is "succeeded" (result holds the full generate body) or "failed" (error holds the typed envelope). Only the owning account can read a job; a foreign/unknown id is not_found (no existence leak). Returns {job_id, status, stage, progress_pct, eta_seconds, elapsed_ms, poll_after_seconds, result, error}. Errors: unauthorized, not_found, rate_limited.
jobs
list_jobs
List this account's jobs, newest first (summaries without the result blob). Args: limit (1-200, default 50), offset (>=0), api_key. Returns {jobs:[{job_id, status, stage, progress_pct, created_at, started_at, finished_at}], limit, offset, total}. Errors: unauthorized, rate_limited.
key
create_key
Mint a new named API key; the plaintext is returned ONCE. Requires admin scope. Delegate safely (WP-SCOPE): optional scopes (subset of read|spend|admin; omit for full power) + daily_credit_cap (credits/day; omit for uncapped) hand a sub-agent a key that can only do what you allow. Args: name (1-100), api_key (an admin-scoped key). Returns {api_key (store it), prefix, name, scopes, daily_credit_cap, created_at}. Errors: unauthorized, forbidden, invalid_request, rate_limited.
keys
list_keys
List this account's API keys as PREFIXES only (never the raw key). Admin scope. Returns {keys:[{prefix, name, scopes, daily_credit_cap, spent_today, created_at, revoked_at}]}, oldest first; revoked_at is null for an active key, scopes lists the key's grant (WP-SCOPE), spent_today is its credits spent since UTC midnight. Your signup key shows as name "default". Errors: unauthorized, forbidden, rate_limited.
outcomes
list_outcomes
List the posted outcomes THIS account has reported, newest first. Free (WP-LIFE). Retrieve your own submitted telemetry in bulk (per-hook it rides get_hook). Args: platform (tiktok|instagram|youtube|x|other), since (ISO timestamp), hook_id (one hook), limit (1-200, default 50), offset (>=0), api_key. Each row carries the outcome plus its snapshot (hook_text, topic, mode, archetype, claim_type, score_total, score_source, prompt_version, tags). Returns {outcomes:[...], limit, offset, total}. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, rate_limited.
pricing
pricing
The machine-readable price list, with per-mode expected_wait. Free, no auth. Returns {unit, usd_per_credit (0 while credits are free), operations, pricing_modes:{instant:{base:0,per_hook:1},smart:{base:0,per_hook:2}, research:{base:10,per_hook:4}} each with a formula, expected_wait, signup_grant, low_balance_threshold}. A generate charge is base + per_hook * hooks_returned; these are the exact constants the charge path uses.
quote
quote
Price and time a generate BEFORE you commit to it, without spending. Free. Answers what you cannot otherwise learn without paying: which engine will BILL (mode=auto resolves here), credits_max, expected_wait, and whether this key can afford it now (balance AND any daily account/key cap, spelled out in `blocker`). Same validation as generate_hooks, so a bad topic/archetype/mode fails HERE. credits_max is a CEILING (you pay per hook RETURNED) and nothing is reserved. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, rate_limited.
redrive
redrive_webhook_delivery
Requeue a dead-lettered webhook delivery: reset to pending, due now. Admin scope. Valid ONLY on a `dead` delivery (a live receiver that exhausted its retries); any other status is a 409 conflict and a delivery you do not own is not_found. It re-attempts through the normal pipeline and, if it dies again, dead-letters normally. Args: delivery_id (from list_webhook_deliveries), api_key. Returns the refreshed row. Errors: unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, conflict, rate_limited.
remix
remix_hook
Rewrite an existing hook into a target archetype. 2 credits per variant. Args: EXACTLY one of text or hook_id; target_archetype OR its alias archetype (disagreeing spellings are a 400); count, tags, verbosity, api_key, idempotency_key. Deterministic; billed only for variants returned. Returns {original:{text, score}, remixes:[{id, text, archetype, score, rank}], topic_core, reason, score_disclaimer, credits_charged, credits_remaining, request_id}. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, not_found, insufficient_credits, rate_limited.
report
report_outcome
Report what a bought hook actually did once posted. FREE (WP-H). Honest telemetry feeding the outcome corpus (no view prediction claimed). Args: hook_id, platform (tiktok|instagram|youtube|x|other), posted_at (ISO, not >48h future), views/likes (0..1e11), retention_pct? (0-100), url? (http(s)+host), api_key, idempotency_key. Caps 20/hook, 500/day; an exact duplicate is a conflict. Returns {outcome, aggregate, reward_credits, credits_remaining?}. Errors: unauthorized, not_found, invalid_request, conflict, rate_limited.
revoke
revoke_key
Revoke the key with `prefix` (from list_keys): it stops working, others keep working. Use to kill a leaked or old key. Args: prefix (the 12-char key prefix, e.g. vhg_sk_ab12), api_key (a DIFFERENT active key to authenticate this call). Returns {prefix, name, revoked, revoked_at, already_revoked}. You cannot revoke your LAST active key (create a replacement first). Requires the admin scope. Errors: unauthorized, forbidden, invalid_request (last key), not_found, rate_limited.
runs
list_runs
Every call this account was charged for, newest first. Free read. Recover a lost response in two calls, never re-charged: list_runs(request_id=...) for the receipt, then follow `hooks_url` for the hooks it produced. Page with `cursor` (one pass total) or `offset`; stop only when `exhausted` is true, never on a short page. Same composed read GET /v1/runs makes, so the two can never disagree. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, rate_limited.
signup
signup
Create an account and return your API key exactly once. No auth needed. The entry point: an agent with nothing calls this and is productive immediately (no CAPTCHA); new accounts get 500 credits. An idempotent replay returns the SAME account with replayed:true and a NULL api_key (the plaintext is never stored), so branch on `replayed`, never on the empty key. Cost: free. Errors: invalid_request, idempotency_conflict, rate_limited.
start
start_generate_job
Submit a generate as an async job; poll get_job for the result. Same args as generate_hooks (tags persist); charge runs on the worker; results are always full-verbosity; prefer for research. EITHER topic OR topics (1-20 subjects, ONE job + one atomic charge, result = the batch envelope); both or neither is invalid_request. A job only runs where a job worker runs: when none does the response carries worker_alive:false + a warning, so call generate_hooks instead. Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, insufficient_credits, idempotency_conflict.
usage
get_usage
Return the credit balance, per-operation totals, and recent ledger. Free. Args: recent_limit (1-200, default 50), offset (>=0, pages `recent` past the newest rows), request_id (scope recent to that call's charges), tag + key_prefix (WP-J fleet filters), api_key. Returns {credits, totals:{by_operation}, recent:[...]} (each row carries key_prefix; tags in metadata). Errors: unauthorized, invalid_request, rate_limited.
wait
wait_for_job
Block until a job is terminal, then return it. Free, bounded, no poll loop. Returns the EXACT get_job body plus timed_out, waited_ms and polls, so branch on `status` exactly as you would with get_job. timed_out:true is NOT a failure, it means the budget ran out: call again with the SAME job_id. Waiting neither cancels nor charges; the worker charges when it runs the job either way. It returns IMMEDIATELY with worker_alive:false + `warning` when no worker exists here. Errors: unauthorized, not_found (unknown or foreign job_id), rate_limited.

Endpoints

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https://engine-production-3bdc.up.railway.app/mcp streamable-http answering 341 ms 4 min ago

VHGENGINE — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can VHGENGINE do?
It exposes 38 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: add_credits, cancel_job, create_checkout, create_key, delete_account, delete_webhook and 32 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is VHGENGINE mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around webhook, generate and score. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is VHGENGINE working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 361 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect VHGENGINE?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does VHGENGINE need an API key?
No. VHGENGINE completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 38 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is VHGENGINE?
It answers our handshake in 361 ms on average, which is faster than 38% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.