# CarsXE

```json
{
  "name": "CarsXE",
  "slug": "carsxe",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/carsxe",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/carsxe.md",
  "logo_url": "https://logos.composio.dev/api/carsxe",
  "categories": [
    "data & analytics"
  ],
  "is_composio_managed": false,
  "updated_at": "2026-08-14T06:02:33.668Z"
}
```

![CarsXE logo](https://logos.composio.dev/api/carsxe)

## Description

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.

## Summary

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.

## Categories

- data & analytics

## Toolkit Details

- Tools: 12

## Images

- Logo: https://logos.composio.dev/api/carsxe

## Authentication

- **Api Key**
  - Type: `api_key`
  - Description: Api Key authentication for CarsXE.
  - Setup:
    - Configure Api Key credentials for CarsXE.
    - Use the credentials when creating an auth config in Composio.

## Suggested Prompts

- Decode VIN and summarize vehicle specs
- Check recalls for a used car
- Estimate market value from license plate

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `CARSXE_CHECK_LIEN_AND_THEFT` | Check Lien and Theft Records | Retrieve reportable US lien and theft events for a VIN. A no-data response means CarsXE has no reportable record and is not proof that the vehicle is clear. |
| `CARSXE_DECODE_LICENSE_PLATE` | Decode License Plate | Look up vehicle identity from a license plate using CarsXE's current global v2 decoder. |
| `CARSXE_DECODE_OBD_CODE` | Decode OBD Code | Translate an OBD-II diagnostic trouble code into a readable diagnosis. |
| `CARSXE_GET_MARKET_VALUE` | 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. |
| `CARSXE_GET_RECALL_BATCH` | Get Recall Batch | Make exactly one read request for a CarsXE recall batch. The default status view returns current progress. The results view is available only when the batch is completed or partial and returns a bounded local page (100 rows by default, at most 1,000) from CarsXE's complete array; use result_offset to continue. CarsXE returns 409 while results are not ready. This tool makes one provider request and never polls internally. |
| `CARSXE_GET_VEHICLE_HISTORY` | Get Vehicle History | Retrieve title, brand, junk/salvage, insurance, VIN-change, and historical title records for a VIN. |
| `CARSXE_GET_VEHICLE_IMAGES` | 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. |
| `CARSXE_GET_VEHICLE_RECALLS` | Get Vehicle Recalls | Find safety recall campaigns either for one VIN or for a year, make, and model. Supply exactly one lookup method. |
| `CARSXE_GET_VEHICLE_SPECS` | Get Vehicle Specifications | Decode a 17-character VIN into vehicle identity, specifications, equipment, colors, and warranty data. International decoding is used automatically when CarsXE needs it unless explicitly disabled. |
| `CARSXE_GET_YEAR_MAKE_MODEL_DATA` | Get Year Make Model Data | Look up detailed vehicle and trim information by year, make, and model without a VIN. Returns bounded trim summaries rather than large feature and color payloads. |
| `CARSXE_RECOGNIZE_LICENSE_PLATE` | Recognize License Plate | Analyze a publicly accessible vehicle image and return license-plate candidates, regions, confidence, bounding boxes, and detected vehicle details. |
| `CARSXE_SUBMIT_RECALL_BATCH` | Submit Recall Batch | Create one asynchronous CarsXE recall-check batch for 1 to 10,000 VIN entries. Submission charges one Recalls Batch unit per unique valid VIN after CarsXE normalizes and deduplicates the list. The action makes one submission request and does not poll or resubmit an ambiguous failure; use the returned batch ID to check progress or retrieve results later. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Installation and MCP Setup

### Path 1: SDK Installation

#### Path 1, Step 1: Install Composio

Install the Composio SDK
```python
pip install composio_openai
```

```typescript
npm install @composio/openai
```

#### Path 1, Step 2: Initialize Composio and Create Tool Router Session

Import and initialize Composio client, then create a Tool Router session
```python
from openai import OpenAI
from composio import Composio
from composio_openai import OpenAIResponsesProvider

composio = Composio(provider=OpenAIResponsesProvider())
openai = OpenAI()
session = composio.create(user_id='your-user-id')
```

```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');
```

#### Path 1, Step 3: Execute CarsXE Tools via Tool Router with Your Agent

Get tools from Tool Router session and execute CarsXE actions with your Agent
```python
tools = session.tools
response = 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.'
  }]
)
result = composio.provider.handle_tool_calls(
  response=response,
  user_id='your-user-id'
)
print(result)
```

```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);
```

### Path 2: MCP Server Setup

#### Path 2, Step 1: Install Composio

Install the Composio SDK for Python or TypeScript
```python
pip install composio claude-agent-sdk
```

```typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
```

#### Path 2, Step 2: Initialize Client and Create Tool Router Session

Import and initialize the Composio client, then create a Tool Router session for CarsXE
```python
from composio import Composio
from claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeSDKClient, ClaudeAgentOptions

composio = Composio(api_key='your-composio-api-key')
session = composio.create(user_id='your-user-id')
url = session.mcp.url
```

```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}`);
```

#### Path 2, Step 3: Connect to AI Agent

Use the MCP server with your AI agent (Anthropic Claude or Mastra)
```python
import asyncio

options = ClaudeAgentOptions(
    permission_mode='bypassPermissions',
    mcp_servers={
        'tool_router': {
            'type': 'http',
            'url': url,
            'headers': {
                'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key'
            }
        }
    },
    system_prompt='You are a helpful assistant with access to CarsXE tools.',
    max_turns=10
)

async def main():
    async with ClaudeSDKClient(options=options) as client:
        await client.query('Decode VIN 1HGCM82633A004352 and summarize its specs, recalls, and estimated market value.')
        async for message in client.receive_response():
            if hasattr(message, 'content'):
                for block in message.content:
                    if hasattr(block, 'text'):
                        print(block.text)

asyncio.run(main())
```

```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}`);
```

## Why Use Composio?

### 1. 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

### 2. 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

### 3. 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

### 4. 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

## Use CarsXE with any AI Agent Framework

Choose a framework you want to connect CarsXE with:

- [ChatGPT Work](https://composio.dev/toolkits/carsxe/framework/chatgpt)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/carsxe/framework/claude-cowork)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/carsxe/framework/hermes-agent)

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### Do I need my own developer credentials to use CarsXE with Composio?

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

### Can I use multiple toolkits together?

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. [Learn more](https://docs.composio.dev/tool-router/overview).

### Is Composio secure?

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. [Learn more](https://trust.composio.dev).

### What if the API changes?

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

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