Car Handshake

Car Handshake API

Car Handshake API as documented publicly: 4 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-11-03); not the provider's own document.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 4

GET /mcp/meta Machine descriptor: GET /mcp/meta #
POST /v1/vehicles/search Search with a structured JSON request #
POST /v3.1/car-handshake/a2a POST /v3.1/car-handshake/a2a #
GET /vehicles Search example GET /vehicles?zip=10001&radius_miles=50&condition=used&price_max=40000 #

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/carhandshake-com/openapi/_ae-authored/carhandshake-com-openapi-generated.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/carhandshake-com/json-schema/carhandshake-com-post-v31-car-handshake-a2-arequest-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/carhandshake-com/json-schema/carhandshake-com-post-v31-car-handshake-a2-aresponse-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/carhandshake-com/json-schema/carhandshake-com-post-v1-vehicles-search-request-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/carhandshake-com/json-schema/carhandshake-com-post-v1-vehicles-search-response-schema.json

Other Resources

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APIsJSON
https://artifacts.apis.io/carhandshake-com/apis.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

carhandshake-com-openapi-generated.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Car Handshake API
  version: '2026-11-03'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-11-03: 4 operation(s) read from 4 public documentation page(s) (each operation
    names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; Car Handshake has published no machine-readable contract that
    the pipeline could find. Engine: local.'
  x-evidence-tiers:
    code-example: 1
    documentation: 3
    pages-with-code: 1
    pages-read: 4
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-11-03'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: local
  x-sources:
  - https://api.carhandshake.com/v1/openapi.json
  - https://mcp.carhandshake.com/mcp/claude
  - https://carhandshake.com/mcp
  - https://carhandshake.com/api
paths:
  /mcp/meta:
    get:
      operationId: get_mcp_meta
      tags:
      - Mcp
      summary: 'Machine descriptor: GET /mcp/meta'
      x-source: https://mcp.carhandshake.com/mcp/claude
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
  /v1/vehicles/search:
    post:
      operationId: post_v1_vehicles_search
      tags:
      - Vehicles
      summary: Search with a structured JSON request
      description: Search with a structured JSON request
      x-source: https://api.carhandshake.com/v1/openapi.json
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostV1VehiclesSearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostV1VehiclesSearchResponse'
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
  /v3.1/car-handshake/a2a:
    post:
      operationId: post_v3_1_car_handshake_a2a
      tags:
      - V3
      summary: POST /v3.1/car-handshake/a2a
      x-source: https://carhandshake.com/mcp
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostV31CarHandshakeA2ARequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success (shape read from the example response on the page)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostV31CarHandshakeA2AResponse'
      x-evidence:
        kind: code-example
        language: curl
        snippet: "curl 'https://mcp.carhandshake.com/v3.1/car-handshake/a2a'  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'  -H 'A2A-Version: 1.0'  -H 'A2A-Extensions:\
          \ https://autoagentprotocol.org/extensions/aap/v3.1'  --data '{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"id\": \"inventory-example-1\",\n \"method\"\
          : \"SendMessage\",\n \"params\": {\n \"message\": {\n \"messageId\": \"inventory-example-1\",\n \"role\": \"ROLE_USER\",\n \"parts\"\
          : [\n {\n \"mediaType\": \"applica"
  /vehicles:
    get:
      operationId: get_vehicles
      tags:
      - Vehicles
      summary: Search example GET /vehicles?zip=10001&radius_miles=50&condition=used&price_max=40000
      description: Returns vehicle listings based on the provided search criteria. Set country=CA for Canada; Canadian searches accept a postal
        code in zip and use kilometres and Canadian dollars while keeping the same parameter names.
      x-source: https://carhandshake.com/api
      parameters:
      - name: zip
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Postal code (or zip) for the search location
      - name: radius_miles
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Search radius in miles (kilometres for Canada)
      - name: condition
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Vehicle condition filter (e.g., used)
      - name: price_max
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Maximum price filter (in USD or CAD)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
components:
  schemas:
    PostV1VehiclesSearchRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        body:
          type: object
          description: 'Search request payload (see #/components/schemas/SearchRequest)'
      required:
      - body
    PostV1VehiclesSearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        '200':
          type: string
          description: Search results
        '400':
          type: string
          description: Problem details
    PostV31CarHandshakeA2ARequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        jsonrpc:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        method:
          type: string
        params:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: object
              properties:
                messageId:
                  type: string
                role:
                  type: string
                parts:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      mediaType:
                        type: string
                      data:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          type:
                            type: string
                          currency:
                            type: string
                          mileage_unit:
                            type: string
                          filters:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              condition: {}
                              body: {}
                              price_max: {}
                          pagination:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              skip: {}
                              limit: {}
                          privacy:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              anonymous: {}
            configuration:
              type: object
              properties:
                acceptedOutputModes:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
    PostV31CarHandshakeA2AResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            currency:
              type: string
            mileage_unit:
              type: string
            total:
              type: integer
            skip:
              type: integer
            limit:
              type: integer
            vehicles:
              type: array
              items: {}
            next_cursor:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
            applied_filters:
              type: object
              properties:
                condition:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                body:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                price_max:
                  type: integer
            sort:
              type: object
              properties:
                field:
                  type: string
                order:
                  type: string
tags:
- name: Mcp
- name: V3
- name: Vehicles