How do I get a Credly API Key?

Log in to your Credly account and navigate to the organization settings to generate or retrieve your API Key. Ensure you have administrative privileges.

Can the agent issue badges to new recipients?

This integration currently provides tools for listing and auditing badges and templates. Issuing new badges should be handled through the Credly dashboard or specific automated workflows.

What badge details can I retrieve?

You can retrieve full badge profiles including recipient details, template criteria, associated skills, and current status (e.g., pending, accepted).

Credly MCP Server for Google ADK 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Credly
Availability: InStock
Author: Vinkius

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Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) is Google's framework for building production AI agents. Add Credly as an MCP tool provider through Vinkius and your ADK agents can call every tool with full schema introspection.

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python

from google.adk.agents import Agent
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool import McpToolset
from google.adk.tools.mcp_tool.mcp_session_manager import (
    StreamableHTTPConnectionParams,
)

# Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
mcp_tools = McpToolset(
    connection_params=StreamableHTTPConnectionParams(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp",
    )
)

agent = Agent(
    model="gemini-2.5-pro",
    name="credly_agent",
    instruction=(
        "You help users interact with Credly "
        "using 10 available tools."
    ),
    tools=[mcp_tools],
)

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About Credly MCP Server

Integrate Credly, the world's largest digital credential network, directly into your AI workflow. Manage your organization's badge templates, audit issued credentials, and track member skills using natural language.

Google ADK natively supports Credly as an MCP tool provider. declare Vinkius Edge URL and the framework handles discovery, validation, and execution automatically. Combine 10 tools with Gemini's long-context reasoning for complex multi-tool workflows, with production-ready session management and evaluation built in.

What you can do

Badge Management — List all issued badges and explore your organization's badge templates.
Issuance Auditing — Monitor which recipients have received badges and track authorized issuers.
Skill Tracking — Explore the full inventory of skills mapped to your digital credentials.
Organization Insights — Retrieve metadata and member lists for your connected organizations.

The Credly MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Google ADK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Credly to Google ADK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Credly MCP Server with Google ADK.

Install Google ADK

Run pip install google-adk

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token

Create the agent

Save the code above and integrate into your ADK workflow

Explore tools

The agent will discover 10 tools from Credly via MCP

Why Use Google ADK with the Credly MCP Server

Google ADK provides unique advantages when paired with Credly through the Model Context Protocol.

Google ADK natively supports MCP tool servers. declare a tool provider and the framework handles discovery, validation, and execution

Built on Gemini models, ADK provides long-context reasoning ideal for complex multi-tool workflows with Credly

Production-ready features like session management, evaluation, and deployment come built-in. not bolted on

Seamless integration with Google Cloud services means you can combine Credly tools with BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Cloud Functions

Credly + Google ADK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Google ADK combined with the Credly MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Enterprise data agents: ADK agents query Credly and cross-reference results with internal databases for comprehensive analysis

Multi-modal workflows: combine Credly tool responses with Gemini's vision and language capabilities in a single agent

Automated compliance checks: schedule ADK agents to query Credly regularly and flag policy violations or configuration drift

Internal tool platforms: build self-service agent platforms where teams connect their own MCP servers including Credly

Credly MCP Tools for Google ADK (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Credly to Google ADK via MCP:

get_badge_details

Get detailed information for a specific issued badge

get_organization_info

Get metadata for a specific organization

get_template_details

Get full design and criteria for a badge template

list_authorized_issuers

List people authorized to issue badges

list_badge_recipients

List people who have received badges

list_badge_skills

List all skills mapped to badges in the system

list_badge_templates

List all badge templates available for issuance

list_connected_organizations

List organizations connected to your account

list_issued_badges

List all badges issued by your organization

list_org_members

List all members of your organization on Credly

Example Prompts for Credly in Google ADK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Google ADK agent to start working with Credly immediately.

"List all badges issued by my organization in the last month."

"Show me the details for badge ID 'b8s9df7'."

"What skills are associated with the 'Senior DevOps Engineer' badge template?"

Troubleshooting Credly MCP Server with Google ADK

Common issues when connecting Credly to Google ADK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

McpToolset not found

Update: pip install --upgrade google-adk

Credly + Google ADK FAQ

Common questions about integrating Credly MCP Server with Google ADK.

How does Google ADK connect to MCP servers?

Import the MCP toolset class and pass the server URL. ADK discovers and registers all tools automatically, making them available to your agent's tool-use loop.

Can ADK agents use multiple MCP servers?

Yes. Declare multiple MCP tool providers in your agent configuration. ADK merges all tool schemas and the agent can call tools from any server in a single turn.

Which Gemini models work best with MCP tools?

Gemini 2.0 Flash and Pro models both support function calling required for MCP tools. Flash is recommended for latency-sensitive use cases, Pro for complex reasoning.