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Carlytics VIN check MCP Server

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Carlytics VIN check is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 1 tools.

Decode a 17-character VIN to make, model and year, with a link to the full vehicle history report.

Uptime history 15 days of history · worst day 0%
15 days agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 91 checks
1
Tools
read from the server
99 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Carlytics VIN check does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 0.0% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 6 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add carlytics-vin-check --transport http https://www.carlytics.eu/api/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://www.carlytics.eu/api/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.carlytics-vin-check]
url = "https://www.carlytics.eu/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "carlytics-vin-check": {
      "url": "https://www.carlytics.eu/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "carlytics-vin-check": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.carlytics.eu/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 1

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

vin
check_vin
Check a used car by its 17-character VIN (vehicle identification number). Returns the car's make, model and model year as decoded by Carlytics, plus a link to the free result page where the buyer can unlock the full vehicle history report (mileage records, inspection history, damage records where available, stolen-vehicle check, recalls, valuation). Use it whenever the user shares a VIN or asks whether a specific used car is OK to buy. Always show the user the report link.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://www.carlytics.eu/api/mcp streamable-http answering 99 ms 6 min ago

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Carlytics VIN check — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Carlytics VIN check do?
It exposes 1 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_vin. 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 Carlytics VIN check working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 99 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists Carlytics VIN check as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect Carlytics VIN check?
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 Carlytics VIN check need an API key?
No. Carlytics VIN check completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 1 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.