RecallScout is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 8 tools.
US vehicle, car-seat, product and food recalls, VIN decoding and crash ratings (NHTSA, CPSC, FDA).
Uptime history
4 days of history · worst day 99%
4 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
8
Tools
read from the server
156 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http
RecallScout missed one check this week
Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.
run in your terminal
claude mcp add recallscout --transport http https://recallscout.salesup.workers.dev/mcp~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"recallscout": {
"url": "https://recallscout.salesup.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.recallscout]
url = "https://recallscout.salesup.workers.dev/mcp".cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"recallscout": {
"url": "https://recallscout.salesup.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"recallscout": {
"url": "https://recallscout.salesup.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Available tools 8
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
vehicle
check_vehicle_by_vin
Decode a US 17-character VIN and return the vehicle's year, make, model, trim, engine and standard safety features, plus all NHTSA safety recalls for that make/model/year, an owner-complaint summary and NHTSA crash-test star ratings. Use when the user shares a VIN or asks about a specific car they own or plan to buy. Recalls are matched by make/model/year, not per VIN repair status.
get_vehicle_complaints
Summarize complaints that owners filed with NHTSA for a vehicle by make, model and model year: total count, crashes, fires, injuries, the most-reported problem areas and the most recent complaint excerpts. Use when the user asks about common problems, reliability issues or what owners report about a car. Complaints are unverified owner reports, not confirmed defects.
get_vehicle_recalls
List NHTSA safety recalls for a vehicle by make, model and model year, newest first, with the defect summary, safety risk, remedy and whether NHTSA advises not driving or parking outside. Use when the user names a car (not a VIN) and asks about recalls or known safety defects.
car
search_car_seat_recalls
Search NHTSA safety recalls for child car seats and boosters (2010 onward) by brand and/or model, newest first. Returns each recall's affected models, manufacturing date window, defect, risk and free remedy. Use when the user asks whether a car seat, infant seat or booster is recalled. Owners should compare the manufacture date and model number on their seat's label with the window returned.
food
search_food_recalls
Search US FDA food recall enforcement reports, newest first, optionally by product, ingredient, allergen or company (for example peanut butter, listeria, cucumbers or a brand). Leave the query empty to list the latest food recalls. Returns the product, reason, lot codes, the states or regions it was distributed to, and the FDA severity class. Covers FDA-regulated foods only; meat, poultry and egg products are recalled by the USDA and aren't included. FDA publishes reports weekly, so the newest recalls can take a few days to appear.
product
search_product_recalls
Search US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls by product, brand or hazard keyword (for example crib, stroller, space heater, magnets, or a brand name), newest first. Returns the hazard, remedy, injuries reported, where it was sold, the company's recall contact and the official recall page. Use for household, children's and consumer products. Not for vehicles, car seats, food or medicines.
recall
get_recall_details
Look up one NHTSA recall by its campaign number (for example 20V771000, often printed on a recall letter) and return the defect, safety risk, remedy, manufacturer notes and the affected vehicles. Use when the user has a recall notice or campaign number.
safety
get_safety_ratings
Get NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings (overall, frontal crash, side crash, rollover and rollover risk) for each tested variant of a vehicle by make, model and model year. Use when the user asks how safe a car is or wants to compare crash-test results. Many low-volume vehicles are never tested.
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://recallscout.salesup.workers.dev/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 148 ms | 12 min ago |
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RecallScout — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.
What can RecallScout do?
It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_vehicle_by_vin, get_recall_details, get_safety_ratings, get_vehicle_complaints, get_vehicle_recalls, search_car_seat_recalls and 2 more. 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 RecallScout 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 156 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect RecallScout?
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 RecallScout need an API key?
No. RecallScout completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is RecallScout?
It answers our handshake in 156 ms on average, which is faster than 70% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.