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Auto.dev
Automotive data APIs for developers and AI agents: VIN decoding, specifications, OEM build data, retail listings, photos, recalls, interest rates, payments, taxes and fees, and total cost of ownership. Every endpoint takes a VIN (Plate-to-VIN takes a US license plate) and returns JSON; some also need query parameters, listed with each product below.
- Authority
- 50 reach 5 · trust 5 · quality 25 · freshness 15
- Tier
- listed
- llms.txt
- https://www.auto.dev/llms.txt
- llms-full.txt
- https://www.auto.dev/llms-full.txt
- Sections
- 6
- Links
- 28
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- 8877 bytes
- Popularity rank
- #925652
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- Categories
- AI and machine learning
- For agents
- Documentation: developer or product docs worth reading, nothing to call
- First seen
- 2026-10-25T16:44:11.690Z
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Their llms.txt
The beginning of the file, from our validated copy saved 2026-10-25T19:10:57.437Z. Cached copy · Source on auto.dev
# Auto.dev
> Automotive data APIs for developers and AI agents: VIN decoding, specifications, OEM build data, retail listings, photos, recalls, interest rates, payments, taxes and fees, and total cost of ownership. Every endpoint takes a VIN (Plate-to-VIN takes a US license plate) and returns JSON; some also need query parameters, listed with each product below.
The REST API lives at https://api.auto.dev. One npm package, `@auto.dev/sdk`, adds an MCP server, a CLI and a JavaScript SDK on top of it. Reference docs are at https://docs.auto.dev. Every page on https://www.auto.dev also has a Markdown version at the same path plus `.md` (the home page is https://www.auto.dev/index.md).
## When to use Auto.dev
Use Auto.dev when an agent or app needs vehicle data keyed by a VIN or a US plate: decode a VIN into year, make, model and trim; pull specifications or the factory build; find retail listings and photos; check safety recalls; or estimate interest rates, payments, taxes and fees, and total cost of ownership.
## Connect it as tools (MCP)
Hosted server (recommended): https://mcp.auto.dev/mcp, named `auto-dev`. Sign-in is OAuth on first use, so agents need no API key, and there is nothing to install.
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http auto-dev https://mcp.auto.dev/mcp`. Then run /mcp in Claude Code and choose Authenticate for auto-dev.
- Claude Desktop: In Settings, open Connectors, choose Add Custom Connector, name it auto-dev and paste https://mcp.auto.dev/mcp, then sign in
- Cursor: use the local server below; `auto mcp install` sets it up.
- VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json): `{"servers":{"auto-dev":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.auto.dev/mcp"}}}`. For Copilot agent mode, VS Code 1.99 or later. Sign-in opens on first use.
- Windsurf (~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json): `{"mcpServers":{"auto-dev":{"serverUrl":"https://mcp.auto.dev/mcp"}}}`. Restart Windsurf. Sign-in opens on the first tool call.
- ChatGPT and dots: At chatgpt.com/plugins, choose + and Add custom MCP server, paste https://mcp.auto.dev/mcp and choose OAuth, then Create as a plugin. Your dot uses the same plugin
Or run the server locally:
1. `npm install -g @auto.dev/sdk`: The CLI, the MCP server and the SDK, in one package.
2. `auto login`: OAuth in the browser. Agents never handle an API key.
3. `auto mcp install`: Sets up Claude Code, Claude Desktop and Cursor. Other clients use the hosted server.
The local server command is `auto --mcp` (named `auto-dev`). Either way it exposes every API as a tool (12, one per API), including `auto_decode`, `auto_listings`, `auto_recalls`, `auto_payments`, `auto_photos`, `auto_docs`; `auto_docs` searches the bundled API docs. The hosted server also has `search` and `fetch` tools.
- Agent skill: `npx skills add drivly/auto-dev-skill`
- Guide: https://www.auto.dev/agents (Markdown: https://www.auto.dev/agents.md)
## Call it over HTTPS
- Base URL: https://api.auto.dev
- Auth: `Authorization: Bearer <key>` (recommended), the `
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