UK Data: UK vehicle lookups MCP Server

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answering

UK Data: UK vehicle lookups is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 5 tools.

Look up a UK or Dutch number plate or decode a VIN: make, model, MOT history, mileage checks

Uptime history 21 hours of history

21 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

75 of 75 checks

Tools

read from the server

203 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check UK Data: UK vehicle lookups every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add vehicles --transport http https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/vehicles

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/vehicles

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.vehicles]
url = "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/vehicles"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vehicles": {
      "url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/vehicles"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "vehicles": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/vehicles"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

vehicle

nl_vehicle

Dutch number plate (kenteken) lookup from the Dutch vehicle authority RDW: make, model, body, colour, doors, seats, engine, power, fuel, CO2, weights, towing, original list price, first registration, MOT (APK) expiry, insured, open recall, odometer verdict. (cost: 20 credits)

uk_vehicle

UK number plate lookup from official DVSA MOT records: make, model, colour, fuel, engine size, first registration date, MOT expiry, outstanding recall flag, latest mileage, and the full MOT test history with failures and advisories. Does not include road tax status. Cars under 3 years old have no MOT history yet. (cost: 10 credits)

mileage

uk_mileage_check

Checks whether a UK car's recorded mileage ever went backwards between MOT tests (a sign of clocking), with the latest reading and the number of readings, from official DVSA MOT records. (cost: 10 credits)

mot

uk_mot_history

Full MOT test history for a UK number plate from DVSA: every test date, pass or fail, expiry, recorded mileage, and each failure, advisory and dangerous defect. For checking a used car before buying or when the next MOT is due. (cost: 10 credits)

vin

vin_decode

Decode a VIN (vehicle identification number): make, model, year, trim, body, doors, engine, transmission, drive, fuel, seats, plant, airbags and driver-assist kit (NHTSA vPIC). Fullest for North American vehicles. (cost: 5 credits)

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/vehicles	streamable-http	answering	187 ms	9 min ago

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UK Data: UK vehicle lookups — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can UK Data: UK vehicle lookups do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: nl_vehicle, uk_mileage_check, uk_mot_history, uk_vehicle, vin_decode. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is UK Data: UK vehicle lookups working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 75 of 75 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 203 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect UK Data: UK vehicle lookups?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does UK Data: UK vehicle lookups need an API key?

No. UK Data: UK vehicle lookups completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is UK Data: UK vehicle lookups?

It answers our handshake in 203 ms on average, which is faster than 71% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.