mcpbeat

CarScout MCP Server

com.usecarscout/mcp
answering

CarScout is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.

Search used car inventory, check NHTSA recalls, decode VINs, and manage automated search scouts.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 39 hours of history
39 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
3
Tools
read from the server
192 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 7 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://mcp.usecarscout.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.usecarscout.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://mcp.usecarscout.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.usecarscout.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.usecarscout.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 3

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

decode
decode_vin
Decode a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to get make, model, year, body style, engine, transmission, and other vehicle details.
market
get_market_data
Get current market pricing, recall, and fuel economy data for a specific vehicle by make, model, and year. Useful for understanding fair prices and vehicle history.
recalls
check_recalls
Look up NHTSA safety recalls and consumer complaints for a specific vehicle by make, model, and year. Returns recall campaign details and complaint severity data.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.usecarscout.com/mcp streamable-http answering 263 ms 7 min ago

CarScout — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can CarScout do?
It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_recalls, decode_vin, get_market_data. 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 CarScout working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 192 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is CarScout still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect CarScout?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does CarScout need an API key?
No. CarScout completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 3 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is CarScout?
It answers our handshake in 192 ms on average, which is faster than 64% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.