CarsXE MCP for AI Agents

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with CarsXE MCP or direct API to decode VINs, check recalls, estimate market values, and look up vehicle details through natural language.

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CarsXE is a vehicle data API platform for VIN specs, recalls, license plate decoding, market values, history, images, and automotive lookups. Use it to turn raw vehicle identifiers into clear, useful car data fast.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every CarsXE action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Check Lien and Theft Records

Retrieve reportable US lien and theft events for a VIN.

Decode License Plate

Look up vehicle identity from a license plate using CarsXE's current global v2 decoder.

Decode OBD Code

Translate an OBD-II diagnostic trouble code into a readable diagnosis.

Get Vehicle Market Value

Estimate wholesale, retail, and trade-in values for a VIN using CarsXE's current v2 valuation, optionally adjusted for state, mileage, and condition.

Get Recall Batch

Make exactly one read request for a CarsXE recall batch.

Get Vehicle History

Retrieve title, brand, junk/salvage, insurance, VIN-change, and historical title records for a VIN.

Get Vehicle Images

Find up to 10 vehicle photos by make and model, with optional year, trim, angle, image type, size, color, quality, transparency, and license filters.

Get Vehicle Recalls

Find safety recall campaigns either for one VIN or for a year, make, and model.

Get Vehicle Specifications

Decode a 17-character VIN into vehicle identity, specifications, equipment, colors, and warranty data.

Get Year Make Model Data

Look up detailed vehicle and trim information by year, make, and model without a VIN.

Recognize License Plate

Analyze a publicly accessible vehicle image and return license-plate candidates, regions, confidence, bounding boxes, and detected vehicle details.

Submit Recall Batch

Create one asynchronous CarsXE recall-check batch for 1 to 10,000 VIN entries.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect CarsXE MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
Install the Composio SDK for Python or TypeScript
2

Initialize Client and Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
console.log(`Tool Router session created: ${session.mcp.url}`);
Import and initialize the Composio client, then create a Tool Router session for CarsXE
3

Connect to AI Agent

typescript
import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
import { generateText } from 'ai';

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: {
    type: 'http',
    url: session.mcp.url,
    headers: {
      'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key',
    },
  },
});

const tools = await client.tools();
const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai('gpt-4o'),
  tools,
  messages: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'Decode VIN 1HGCM82633A004352 and summarize its specs, recalls, and estimated market value.'
  }],
  maxSteps: 5,
});

console.log(`Agent: ${text}`);
Use the MCP server with your AI agent (Anthropic Claude or Mastra)
SETUP GUIDE

Connect CarsXE API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/openai
Install the Composio SDK
2

Initialize Composio and Create Tool Router Session

typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';
import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from '@composio/openai';

const composio = new Composio({
  provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider(),
});
const openai = new OpenAI({});
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
Import and initialize Composio client, then create a Tool Router session
3

Execute CarsXE Tools via Tool Router with Your Agent

typescript
const tools = session.tools;
const response = await openai.responses.create({
  model: 'gpt-4.1',
  tools: tools,
  input: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'Decode VIN 1HGCM82633A004352 and summarize its specs, recalls, and estimated market value.'
  }],
});
const result = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(
  'your-user-id',
  response.output
);
console.log(result);
Get tools from Tool Router session and execute CarsXE actions with your Agent

Why Use Composio?

AI Native CarsXE Integration

  • Supports both CarsXE MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable VIN, recall, plate, and market value lookups
  • Rich coverage for querying vehicle specs, history, images, recognition data, and related automotive records

Managed Auth

  • Securely store and manage your CarsXE API key without hard-coding it in agent code
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke CarsXE access across users and environments
  • Per user and per environment credentials so your automotive workflows stay clean and safer to operate

Agent Optimized Design

  • CarsXE tools are shaped so language models can pick the right vehicle lookup at the right time
  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you know which VIN, plate, recall, or market query ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access CarsXE
  • Scoped, least privilege access to vehicle data workflows
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review, debugging, and compliance
FRAMEWORKS

Use CarsXE with any AI Agent Framework

Choose a Framework you want to connect CarsXE with

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, CarsXE requires you to configure your own API key. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. Learn more.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

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