CarServ

CarServ was auto repair shop management software — marketed as "the operating system for auto repair" — used by single-site shops and multi-location repair groups to run repair orders, Digital Vehicle Inspections, technician and service advisor workflows, customer communication and payments. The company was backed by Techstars. It is no longer operating: carserv.com returned HTTP 410 Gone through late 2024 and now resolves to a registrar parking page delegated to Afternic name servers. CarServ shipped a read-only JSON:API v2 "Public API" covering repair orders, customers, vehicles, appointments, inspections, operations and their part, labor and sublet line items, authenticated by exchanging an API key and secret for a JWT bearer token. No OpenAPI definition, developer portal or documentation survives; this profile reconstructs the historical API contract from the company's own open-source Ruby client library, which remains public on GitHub.

CarServ is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Automotive, Auto Repair, Shop Management, and Vehicle Inspection.

CarServ’s developer surface includes authentication and 12 more developer resources.

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10.9/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

0 APIs

CompanyAutomotiveAuto RepairShop ManagementVehicle InspectionField ServiceSaaSJSON APIDefunct

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 10.9/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Conformance

Lifecycle

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

Packages

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: carserv
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/carserv.png
name: CarServ
description: 'CarServ was auto repair shop management software — marketed as "the operating system for auto repair" — used
  by single-site shops and multi-location repair groups to run repair orders, Digital Vehicle Inspections, technician and
  service advisor workflows, customer communication and payments. The company was backed by Techstars. It is no longer operating:
  carserv.com returned HTTP 410 Gone through late 2024 and now resolves to a registrar parking page delegated to Afternic
  name servers. CarServ shipped a read-only JSON:API v2 "Public API" covering repair orders, customers, vehicles, appointments,
  inspections, operations and their part, labor and sublet line items, authenticated by exchanging an API key and secret for
  a JWT bearer token. No OpenAPI definition, developer portal or documentation survives; this profile reconstructs the historical
  API contract from the company''s own open-source Ruby client library, which remains public on GitHub.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/carserv/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: historical
x-tier-reason: company-defunct-api-reconstructed-from-first-party-sdk
x-status: defunct
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Automotive
- Auto Repair
- Shop Management
- Vehicle Inspection
- Field Service
- SaaS
- JSON API
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://carserv.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/CarServ
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/CarServ/public_api_client
- type: Packages
  url: packages/carserv-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/carserv-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/carserv-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/carserv-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/carserv-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/carserv-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/carserv-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/carserv-lifecycle.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/carserv-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/carserv-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 10
  pass: local-v1

CarServ

Kin Score

Security Posture 2

Carserv Authentication

Carserv Domain Security

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