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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 8 more developer resources.

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39.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
AccessPaidSelf serveFree trial⚡ Free to try
5 APIs
AutomotiveVehicle DataVIN DecodingVehicle ListingsRecalls

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scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
Composite quality — 39.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 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 0 / 4
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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

OPEN COLLECTION

Auto.dev API

OPEN COLLECTION

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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
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Paid (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  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: '0.19'
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: 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