Vehicle

CarAPI integrations

Connect CarAPI to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. Vehicle specs, VIN decoder, and market data for 21+ million vehicles

Connects with an API keycarapi.dev
15 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

Build solutions, not workarounds.

What do you want to automate with CarAPI?

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You'll sign in before anything runs. What you typed comes with you.

Connect your AI client

Give your AI client this address.

https://mcp.apiant.ai

One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

Set it up in your client
Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)
Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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What your agent can do with CarAPI

Triggers and actions 15 actions

  • Action
    Check vehicle stolen status

    Check whether a vehicle (by VIN) is reported stolen.

  • Action
    Convert plate to VIN

    Convert a license plate number to a VIN.

  • Action
    Decode VIN

    Decode a vehicle's VIN into make/model/year/trim/specs.

  • Action
    Estimate vehicle cost of ownership

    Estimate the total cost of owning a vehicle over time.

  • Action
    Extract license plate from image

    Extract a license plate number from an uploaded image.

  • Action
    Extract VIN from image

    Extract a VIN from an uploaded vehicle image.

  • Action
    Find nearest EV charging stations

    Find EV charging stations near a location.

  • Action
    Get time to sell for comparable vehicles

    Estimate time to sell based on comparable vehicle listings.

  • Action
    Get vehicle inspection history

    Get a vehicle's inspection history by VIN.

  • Action
    Get vehicle mileage history

    Get a vehicle's mileage/odometer history by VIN.

  • Action
    Get vehicle valuation

    Get an estimated market valuation for a vehicle.

  • Action
    List supported EV vehicles

    List EV models supported by the route planner.

  • Action
    Look up recall records

    Look up safety recall records for a vehicle.

  • Action
    Plan EV route with charging stops

    Plan an EV route between two points including charging stops.

  • Action
    Search vehicle listings

    Search for-sale vehicle listings by criteria.

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CarAPI, answered

Is there a CarAPI MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with CarAPI. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run CarAPI actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use CarAPI. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in CarAPI?

Any of CarAPI's 15 actions, including Check vehicle stolen status, Convert plate to VIN, Decode VIN and Estimate vehicle cost of ownership. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use CarAPI directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with CarAPI two ways. Ask it to do something in CarAPI once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the CarAPI API?

No. APIANT connects to the CarAPI API for you, with your CarAPI API key. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the CarAPI triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the CarAPI API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can CarAPI connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs CarAPI with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.