ClearVIN

ClearVIN is a vehicle-history and VIN data provider and an approved NMVTIS data provider. Its REST API decodes North American (U.S. and Canada) VINs into 100+ specification data points and returns full vehicle history reports - title, junk / salvage / total-loss records, odometer events, and market valuation - sourced directly from government and industry data, covering model years 1981 to present.

ClearVIN publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Authentication API and Report API. Tagged areas include VIN, Vehicle History, Automotive, NMVTIS, and Vehicle Data.

ClearVIN’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 7 more developer resources.

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36.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessPaidSelf serve

1 APIs

VIN Vehicle History AutomotiveNMVTISVehicle Data

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 36.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.0 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 4.1 / 18

Access Clarity 7.1 / 18

Operational Transparency 3.7 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 2

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

ClearVIN Authentication API

The Authentication API from ClearVIN — 1 operation(s) for authentication.

ClearVIN Report API

The Report API from ClearVIN — 1 operation(s) for report.

Open Collections 4

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

ClearVIN Vendor Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

ClearVIN Vendor Authentication Report API

OPEN COLLECTION

ClearVIN Vendor API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Clearvin Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Clearvin Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Clearvin Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Clearvin Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Clearvin Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Clearvin Agentic Access

2 operations · 1 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

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 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: clearvin
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clearvin/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: ClearVIN
kind: company
description: ClearVIN is a vehicle-history and VIN data provider and an approved NMVTIS data provider. Its REST API decodes
  North American (U.S. and Canada) VINs into 100+ specification data points and returns full vehicle history reports - title,
  junk / salvage / total-loss records, odometer events, and market valuation - sourced directly from government and industry
  data, covering model years 1981 to present.
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: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · 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/clearvin.png
tags:
- VIN
- Vehicle History
- Automotive
- NMVTIS
- Vehicle Data
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: clearvin:clearvin-authentication-api
  name: ClearVIN Authentication API
  description: The Authentication API from ClearVIN — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
  humanURL: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/vin-decode-api/
  baseURL: https://www.clearvin.com/rest/vendor
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/clearvin-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/vin-decode-api/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/clearvin.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/clearvin.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/nmvtis-history-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/
- aid: clearvin:clearvin-report-api
  name: ClearVIN Report API
  description: The Report API from ClearVIN — 1 operation(s) for report.
  humanURL: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/vin-decode-api/
  baseURL: https://www.clearvin.com/rest/vendor
  tags:
  - Report
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/clearvin-report-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/vin-decode-api/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/clearvin.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/clearvin.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/nmvtis-history-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/clearvin-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/clearvin-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/clearvin-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clearvin
- type: Website
  url: https://www.clearvin.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/clearvin-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/clearvin-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/clearvin-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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