Number Base Conversion for AI Agents

Overview

Number Base Converter works by parsing the input number in the source base, converting to decimal internally, then converting to the target base. Returns all common base conversions when no specific target is specified.

Live Test Number Base Conversion for AI Agents Source →

The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveContext server, this appears in its tool list as NumberBaseConversionforAIAgents. 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": "NumberBaseConversionforAIAgents",
  "arguments": {
    "value": "255"
  }
}

You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about 255 in the terms this source covers is enough for it to reach for NumberBaseConversionforAIAgents on its own — naming it explicitly also works, and is the way to force the call.

Connecting

One server URL covers every source 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": {
    "vervecontext": {
      "url": "https://api.vervecontext.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

Arguments

These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made. Premium arguments are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

Argument	Type	Description
`value`Required	string	The number to convert
`from`Optional	integer	Source base (default: 10) default 10 · range 2–36
`to`Optional	integer	Target base (returns all common bases if not specified) range 2–36

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": {
    "input_value": "FF",
    "input_base": 16,
    "input_base_name": "hexadecimal",
    "decimal_value": 255,
    "decimal_value_exact": "255",
    "output_value": "255",
    "output_base": 10,
    "output_base_name": "decimal"
  }
}

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
`input_value`	string	`FF`	Original input value
`input_base`	number	`16`	Source base used for conversion
`input_base_name`	string	`hexadecimal`	Name of the input base, such as binary or hexadecimal
`decimal_value`	number	`255`	Value in decimal (base 10)
`decimal_value_exact`	string	`255`	The decimal value as an exact string. decimal_value is a number and cannot hold more than 15-16 significant digits; this field is exact for any input.
`output_value`	string	`255`	Converted value in target base
`output_base`	number	`10`	Base the value was converted to
`output_base_name`	string	`decimal`	Name of the output base

Why ground on it

A model can produce something that looks like this answer from its training data, and be confidently out of date or simply wrong. This source returns the current value in a shape you can check, which is the difference between an answer you can cite and one you have to hedge.

Point an evaluation at input_value: it is the field most worth pinning a claim to, and it is either present and current or absent — never plausibly invented.

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 source is not part of VerveContext. 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

Programming: Convert between binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal for programming and debugging
Computer Science Education: Teach number systems and base conversion concepts in educational tools
Data Encoding: Convert between different number representations for data encoding and decoding
Network Analysis: Work with hexadecimal values in network protocols and packet analysis

Other ways to use Number Base Conversion for AI Agents

Set up Number Base Conversion for AI Agents on VerveContext, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveContext 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 →

Give it to an AI agentConnect over MCP and your agent calls it as a native tool — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT.VerveKit →Reference →

Google Sheets or ExcelA =VERVE() formula fills a column — no script, no export, recalculates in place.VerveSheets →Reference →