Auto.dev

Auto.dev provides automotive data APIs for developers and AI agents, including global VIN decoding, used-car vehicle listings with real-time market pricing and dealer data, vehicle specifications, photos, and NHTSA safety recalls. The REST API is served from https://api.auto.dev with API key authentication.

Auto.dev publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Dealers API, Listings API, Market Value API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Automotive, Vehicle Data, VIN Decoding, Vehicle Listings, and Recalls.

Auto.dev’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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38.6/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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1 APIs

Automotive Vehicle Data VIN Decoding Vehicle Listings Recalls

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 38.6/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.2 / 20

Access Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Auto.dev Dealers API

The Dealers API from Auto.dev — 1 operation(s) for dealers.

Auto.dev Listings API

The Listings API from Auto.dev — 2 operation(s) for listings.

Auto.dev Market Value API

The Market Value API from Auto.dev — 1 operation(s) for market value.

Auto.dev Recalls API

The Recalls API from Auto.dev — 1 operation(s) for recalls.

Auto.dev VIN Decoding API

The VIN Decoding API from Auto.dev — 2 operation(s) for vin decoding.

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Auto.dev Dealers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Auto.dev Dealers Listings API

OPEN COLLECTION

Auto.dev Dealers Market Value API

OPEN COLLECTION

Auto.dev Dealers Recalls API

OPEN COLLECTION

Auto.dev Dealers VIN Decoding API

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Auto.dev API

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Auto Dev Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Auto Dev Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Auto Dev Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Auto Dev Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Auto Dev Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Auto Dev Agentic Access

5 operations

5 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: auto-dev
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/auto-dev/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Auto.dev
kind: company
description: Auto.dev provides automotive data APIs for developers and AI agents, including global VIN decoding, used-car
  vehicle listings with real-time market pricing and dealer data, vehicle specifications, photos, and NHTSA safety recalls.
  The REST API is served from https://api.auto.dev with API key authentication.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Paid (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/auto-dev.png
tags:
- Automotive
- Vehicle Data
- VIN Decoding
- Vehicle Listings
- Recalls
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: auto-dev:auto-dev-dealers-api
  name: Auto.dev Dealers API
  description: The Dealers API from Auto.dev — 1 operation(s) for dealers.
  humanURL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  baseURL: https://api.auto.dev
  tags:
  - Dealers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/auto-dev-dealers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
- aid: auto-dev:auto-dev-listings-api
  name: Auto.dev Listings API
  description: The Listings API from Auto.dev — 2 operation(s) for listings.
  humanURL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  baseURL: https://api.auto.dev
  tags:
  - Listings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/auto-dev-listings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
- aid: auto-dev:auto-dev-market-value-api
  name: Auto.dev Market Value API
  description: The Market Value API from Auto.dev — 1 operation(s) for market value.
  humanURL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  baseURL: https://api.auto.dev
  tags:
  - Market Value
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/auto-dev-market-value-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
- aid: auto-dev:auto-dev-recalls-api
  name: Auto.dev Recalls API
  description: The Recalls API from Auto.dev — 1 operation(s) for recalls.
  humanURL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  baseURL: https://api.auto.dev
  tags:
  - Recalls
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/auto-dev-recalls-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
- aid: auto-dev:auto-dev-vin-decoding-api
  name: Auto.dev VIN Decoding API
  description: The VIN Decoding API from Auto.dev — 2 operation(s) for vin decoding.
  humanURL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  baseURL: https://api.auto.dev
  tags:
  - VIN Decoding
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/auto-dev-vin-decoding-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/auto-dev-capability-edges.yml
  name: Auto.dev Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/auto-dev-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/auto-dev-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/auto-dev-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/drivly
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/auto-dev
- type: Website
  url: https://www.auto.dev
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.auto.dev
- type: Plans
  url: plans/auto-dev-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/auto-dev-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/auto-dev-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.auto.dev/blog/rss.xml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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