TradeBasis Automotive Appraisal MCP
Provides public, read-only MCP tools for VIN decoding, vehicle product profiles, pricing tier information, and access to the research library. It serves as a legacy profile for vehicle identification and market data without requiring a paid subscription.
Endpoint and access
No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.
https://tradebasis.net/mcpWhat its tools do
4 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.
Checks and signals
Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.
- Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
- Passed Official MCP Registry namespace is tied to tradebasis.net ·
- Passed Endpoint is on the registry namespace domain ·
- Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days
What you can do with it
- Decode vehicle VINs to identify make, model, and trim
- Retrieve product profile and pricing tier information
- Access the TradeBasis research library for market insights
Source and maintenance
Protocol and capabilities
- Server
- tradebasis 1.0.0
- MCP protocol negotiated in check
- 2025-11-25
- Tools
- 4 advertised
- Resources
- Not advertised
- Resource templates
- Not advertised
- Prompts
- Not advertised
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Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.
Tools
4 advertised
tradebasis_about — About TradeBasis
What TradeBasis is, the problem it solves, what makes it different, and who it's for, plus how to connect to the separate free, limited US appraisal pilot. Static markdown; as_of is the explicit content review date.
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}tradebasis_pricing_and_tiers — TradeBasis Pricing & Plans
TradeBasis paid subscription tiers — Lite (1 user, $99/mo USD) vs Pro (up to 10 users, $249/mo USD). Separate from the free MCP appraisal pilot and the $99 one-time consumer report. Static markdown; as_of is the explicit content review date.
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}tradebasis_research_library — TradeBasis Research Library
Search published TradeBasis US dealer research, BHPH (buy here pay here) economics and portfolio benchmarks, the experimental BHPH Macro Conditions Index and its methodology, public blog articles, and legacy briefs. No arguments lists the catalog. topic retrieves a document by ID/slug/title; topic + section retrieves a section or continuation part. query searches; optional limit is an integer 1–20 (default 5). These modes cannot be combined. Returns published Markdown tables, dated evidence, sources and qualifications, not new financial analysis. Long documents return an overview and section directory. Publication is rechecked on every retrieval; unverifiable sources return retryable errors, not cached article text. Blog access uses the public internet. Publication/update dates, CMS modification, data coverage and retrieval time are distinct. Structured output uses operation=list/search/get/section/invalid; retrieval includes the requested Markdown and publisher caveats. Unknown dates and coverage remain null. No search cursor is supported; use returned section/part IDs for long content.
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}tradebasis_vin_decode — Decode a VIN
Decode a 17-character VIN into vehicle identity: year, make, model, trim, body style, drivetrain, engine, transmission and fuel type. Hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles also return their electrification level and, where stated, battery and charging facts. Identification only — this tool returns no valuation, no comparable listings and no market data.
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"required": [
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],
"properties": {
"vin": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Required. The vehicle's 17-character VIN. Lowercase and whitespace are normalized; I, O and Q are rejected, never guessed. Ask the user if missing. Identification only, not valuation."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
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"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}Prompts
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Resources
Not advertised
90-day uptime
A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.
- 2026-11-07: 1 of 1 checks answered
30-day availability
Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.
- Successful checks
- 1 of 1 (100%)
- Average latency
- 625 ms
- 95th percentile latency
- 625 ms
Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · probe · passed · 625 ms · metadata changed · 4 tool(s)
Connect from your client
Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http tradebasis-automotive-appraisal-mcp https://tradebasis.net/mcpCodex
codex mcp add tradebasis-automotive-appraisal-mcp --url https://tradebasis.net/mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"tradebasis-automotive-appraisal-mcp": {
"url": "https://tradebasis.net/mcp"
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"tradebasis-automotive-appraisal-mcp": {
"type": "streamableHttp",
"url": "https://tradebasis.net/mcp",
"disabled": false
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"tradebasis-automotive-appraisal-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://tradebasis.net/mcp"
}
}
}Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add --transport http tradebasis-automotive-appraisal-mcp https://tradebasis.net/mcpClaude Desktop
https://tradebasis.net/mcpWindsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"tradebasis-automotive-appraisal-mcp": {
"serverUrl": "https://tradebasis.net/mcp"
}
}
}Let your agent find its tools
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