# carstat-app

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/carstat-app/  
**Website:** https://carstat.app/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Carstat provides a comprehensive vehicle data API offering specifications, VIN decoding, NHTSA recall information, and safety ratings. The RESTful service and native MCP server enable developers and AI agents to retrieve detailed car make, model, configuration, and safety data across global markets, supporting prepaid credit plans without monthly subscriptions.

## Kin Score — 55.1 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.1 |
| Contract Quality | 57.5 |
| Contract Governance | 79.1 |
| Operational Transparency | 42.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 38.1 |
| Access Clarity | 50.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 24.5 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 51.2 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | unknown |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | verified |
| Dynamic Client Registration | yes |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | no |
| Operation Distinctiveness | distinct |

## APIs (4)

- **carstat-app Recalls API** — Browse and retrieve NHTSA recall campaigns. Use the discovery endpoints (years → makes → models) to navigate available data, then fetch all recall campaigns for a specific vehicle.
- **carstat-app Safety Ratings API** — Browse and retrieve NHTSA 5-star crash test ratings. Use the discovery endpoints (years → makes → models) to navigate available data, then fetch frontal, side, pole, and rollove...
- **carstat-app Vehicle Specifications API** — Retrieve full 250+ field engineering specifications. Browse years → makes → models → modifications to get a modification_id, then fetch the full spec sheet. Also supports metric...
- **carstat-app VIN Decoding API** — Decode a VIN into its manufacturer, model, model year, origin and build plant. It answers for vehicle classes the specification catalog does not cover.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Carstat App Agentic Access** — 16 operations

## Security (2)

- **Carstat App Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Carstat App Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Carstat App Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Company, Automotive, Data, API, Vehicle

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/carstat-app/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.