The Used Car Index MCP

Provides an official remote MCP server for The Used Car Index, enabling AI agents to access NHTSA vehicle records, recall data, and dealer listing changes. It supports tools for retrieving vehicle risk profiles, comparing multiple vehicles, and tracking listing changes, all accessible via a stateless Streamable HTTP transport.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-19Operated by The Used Car Index

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Retrieve NHTSA complaints and recall data for a specific vehicle
Compare risk factors between two or more vehicles
Track daily listing changes like price drops or delistings
Access verified sales-denominator rates for market analysis

Tools advertised by the last live check:

vehicle_risk
compare_vehicles
listing_changes
recall_changes

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http the-used-car-index-mcp https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add the-used-car-index-mcp --url https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable the-used-car-index-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-used-car-index-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-used-car-index-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start the-used-car-index-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "the-used-car-index-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http the-used-car-index-mcp https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-used-car-index-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-used-car-index-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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