# Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration/  
**Website:** https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

As the lead federal government agency responsible for regulating and providing safety oversight of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), FMCSA's mission is to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.

## Kin Score — 26.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 26.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 48.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 22.2 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (1)

- **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Carriers API** — The Carriers API from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — 7 operation(s) for carriers.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Agentic Access** — 7 operations

## Security (2)

- **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Safety, Transportation

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