Fortune Cookie Skill

Overview

A free fortune cookie quotes API: each GET request returns one fortune message and its category as JSON, ready for games, entertainment apps, or a fortune cookie of the day feature.

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The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as FortuneCookieSkill. It is read-only and open-world — it fetches and never mutates anything on your side — so most clients call it without asking you to confirm.

Tool call

{
  "name": "FortuneCookieSkill",
  "arguments": {}
}

Connecting

One server URL covers every skill in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth: the client opens a browser once, and there is no key to paste into a config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervekit": {
      "url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Per-client setup — Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.

What the model gets back

The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client reads fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" and error is null on success; a null field means the value was not available for that input, not that the call failed.

Result

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "fortune": "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.",
    "type": "wisdom"
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Field	Type	Example	Description
`fortune`	string	`The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.`	Generated fortune cookie message text content
`type`	string	`wisdom`	Category type of the generated fortune message

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors carrying a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code. Error handling covers the full list.

Status	What it means
`400` / `422`	The arguments did not validate. The message names the offending one.
`401`	The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server.
`403`	Blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Never a bad identity.
`404`	This skill is not part of VerveKit. Check the catalog.
`429`	Out of credits, or a brief rate limit. The message tells them apart.

A call costs 2 credits each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Use cases

Gaming Features: Add fortune cookie features to games with randomized fortune messages for enhanced player engagement
Daily Wisdom: Generate daily wisdom messages and inspirational quotes for apps, websites, and digital products
Motivational Content: Create motivational content and positive affirmations for wellness apps, productivity tools, and lifestyle platforms
Entertainment Apps: Build entertainment and novelty features with authentic fortune cookie messages

Other ways to use Fortune Cookie Skill

Set up Fortune Cookie Skill on VerveKit, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveKit account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

Call it as a REST APIOne HTTPS endpoint and an x-api-key header, with SDKs for Node, Python and .NET.APIVerve →Reference →