Vehicles.dev

Automotive vehicle data platform offering a live REST API for VIN decoding, specifications, recalls, market valuation, depreciation, ownership costs, listings, price history, and photos, backed by federal sources (NHTSA vPIC, NHTSA recalls, EPA) and a continuously crawled US dealer-listings store. Ships an OpenAPI 3.1 contract and a local MCP server exposing all ten endpoints as read-only tools.

Vehicles.dev publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Control API, Employment API, Operations API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Automotive, Vehicle Data, VIN Decoding, Vehicle Valuation, and Market Value.

Vehicles.dev’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, pricing, signup flow, and 23 more developer resources.

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42.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent native Front door AI 2/6 trace saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

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1 published contract 1 MCP Servers

Automotive Vehicle Data VIN Decoding Vehicle Valuation Market Value Vehicle Listings Recalls NHTSAvPICVehicle SpecificationsDepreciationOwnership CostsJobLabor Market DataREST OpenAPI Vehicle SafetyCar ListingsMarketplace PricingCost of OwnershipVehicle Images MCP Agent Tools Machine Learning

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Subscription Billing & Revenue Management

BC-4250

Control

GET /v1/control/billing/usage GET /v1/control/billing/invoices POST /v1/control/billing/checkout POST /v1/control/billing/subscription/checkout

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scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

Composite quality — 42.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 8.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 8.5 / 15

Access Clarity 7.5 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 10

Contract Governance 0.4 / 9

Discoverability 4.6 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.3 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent native

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 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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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

REST

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

APIs 6

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

Vehicles.dev Control API

The Control API from Vehicles.dev — 23 operation(s) for control.

Vehicles.dev Employment API

The Employment API from Vehicles.dev — 2 operation(s) for employment.

Vehicles.dev Operations API

The operations API from Vehicles.dev — 3 operation(s) for operations.

Vehicles.dev Operator API

The Operator API from Vehicles.dev — 11 operation(s) for operator.

Vehicles.dev Vehicles API

The Vehicles API from Vehicles.dev — 14 operation(s) for vehicles.

Vehicles.dev Webhooks API

The Webhooks API from Vehicles.dev — 1 operation(s) for webhooks.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Vehicles.dev MCP Server

Local (stdio) MCP server requiring an API key; 10 tools listed.

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Vehicles Dev Api Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Vehicles Dev Api Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

OpenAPI Overlays 10

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Vehicles Dev Api Admin Api Overlay

3 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-admin-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Vehicles Dev Api Billing Api Overlay

3 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-billing-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Vehicles Dev Api Control Api Overlay

3 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-control-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Vehicles Dev Api Data Api Overlay

3 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-data-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Vehicles Dev Api Employment Api Overlay

3 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-employment-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Vehicles Dev Api Operations Api Overlay

3 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-operations-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Vehicles Dev Api Operator Api Overlay

3 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-operator-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Vehicles Dev Api Reports Api Overlay

4 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-reports-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Vehicles Dev Api Vehicles Api Overlay

4 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-vehicles-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Vehicles Dev Api Webhooks Api Overlay

3 actions · update · vehicles-dev-api-webhooks-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

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Security Posture 2

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

Vehicles Dev Api Authentication

http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Vehicles Dev Api Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Idempotency

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

DataModel

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

ToolCrosswalk

ToolCrosswalk

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

UsageTerms

UsageTerms

Plans

Plans

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 5

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

name: Vehicles.dev
description: Automotive vehicle data platform offering a live REST API for VIN decoding, specifications, recalls, market valuation,
  depreciation, ownership costs, listings, price history, and photos, backed by federal sources (NHTSA vPIC, NHTSA recalls,
  EPA) and a continuously crawled US dealer-listings store. Ships an OpenAPI 3.1 contract and a local MCP server exposing
  all ten endpoints as read-only tools.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vehicles-dev-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  probe_state: covered
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
created: '2026-08-15'
modified: '2026-08-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Automotive
- Vehicle Data
- VIN Decoding
- Vehicle Valuation
- Market Value
- Vehicle Listings
- Recalls
- NHTSA
- vPIC
- Vehicle Specifications
- Depreciation
- Ownership Costs
- Job
- Labor Market Data
- REST
- OpenAPI
- Vehicle Safety
- Car Listings
- Marketplace
- Pricing
- Cost of Ownership
- Vehicle Images
- MCP
- Agent Tools
- Machine Learning
tags_raw:
- Automotive
- Vehicle Data
- VIN Decoding
- Vehicle Valuation
- Market Value
- Vehicle Listings
- Recalls
- NHTSA
- vPIC
- Vehicle Specifications
- Depreciation
- Ownership Costs
- Jobs
- Labor Market Data
- REST
- OpenAPI
- Vehicle Safety
- Car Listings
- Marketplace
- Pricing
- Cost of Ownership
- Vehicle Images
- MCP
- Agent Tools
- Machine Learning
- Machine-Learning
apis:
- aid: vehicles-dev-api:vehicles-dev-api-control-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Control API
  description: The Control API from Vehicles.dev — 23 operation(s) for control.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags:
  - Control
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-control-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-control-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.vehicles.dev/openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vehicles.dev/docs
- aid: vehicles-dev-api:vehicles-dev-api-employment-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Employment API
  description: The Employment API from Vehicles.dev — 2 operation(s) for employment.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags:
  - Employment
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-employment-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-employment-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.vehicles.dev/openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vehicles.dev/docs
- aid: vehicles-dev-api:vehicles-dev-api-operations-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Operations API
  description: The operations API from Vehicles.dev — 3 operation(s) for operations.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-operations-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.vehicles.dev/openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vehicles.dev/docs
- aid: vehicles-dev-api:vehicles-dev-api-operator-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Operator API
  description: The Operator API from Vehicles.dev — 11 operation(s) for operator.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags:
  - Operator
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-operator-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-operator-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.vehicles.dev/openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vehicles.dev/docs
- aid: vehicles-dev-api:vehicles-dev-api-vehicles-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Vehicles API
  description: The Vehicles API from Vehicles.dev — 14 operation(s) for vehicles.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags:
  - Vehicles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-vehicles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-vehicles-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.vehicles.dev/openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vehicles.dev/docs
- aid: vehicles-dev-api:vehicles-dev-api-webhooks-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Webhooks API
  description: The Webhooks API from Vehicles.dev — 1 operation(s) for webhooks.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-webhooks-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.vehicles.dev/openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vehicles.dev/docs
maintainers:
- FN: Vehicles.dev API
  url: https://api.vehicles.dev
  email: support@vehicles.dev
- FN: Vehicles.dev
  url: https://vehicles.dev/
generated:
  by: apis.io/add
  model: claude-opus-4-8
  confidence: 95
  at: '2026-08-15T22:11:41.807Z'
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/vehicles-dev-api-capability-edges.yml
  name: Vehicles.dev Business Capability Map
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-admin-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-billing-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-data-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-reports-api-overlay.yaml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vehicles-dev-api-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/vehicles-dev-api-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://vehicles.dev/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://vehicles.dev/dashboard
- type: Documentation
  url: https://vehicles.dev/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://vehicles.dev/docs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://vehicles.dev/docs#quickstart
- type: Support
  url: https://vehicles.dev/docs#support
- type: Pricing
  url: https://vehicles.dev/#pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://vehicles.dev/auth/sign-up
- type: Login
  url: https://vehicles.dev/auth/sign-in
- type: UsageTerms
  url: https://vehicles.dev/docs#support-terms
- type: Plans
  url: plans/vehicles-dev-api-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/vehicles-dev-api-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/vehicles-dev-api-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/vehicles-dev-api-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/vehicles-dev-api-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/vehicles-dev-api-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/vehicles-dev-api-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/vehicles-dev-api-data-model.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/vehicles-dev-api-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/vehicles-dev-api-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/vehicles-dev-api-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/vehicles-dev-api-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-16'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 29
  pass: local-v1
x-coverage:
  state: covered
  note: 'Full public surface. The OpenAPI 3.1 document is served unauthenticated at https://api.vehicles.dev/openapi.json
    (HTTP 200, 61 operations) and is byte-identical to the copy already harvested at openapi/_original/. The reference at
    https://vehicles.dev/docs is server-rendered and machine-readable, and carries published plans, per-endpoint prices, rate
    limits, a full error-code catalog, conventions and a versioning/availability statement. Measured absences, all confirmed
    by probe or by the provider''s own words: no /.well-known/* document on either host (9 paths x 2 hosts, all 404), no A2A
    agent card, no llms.txt (404), no status page, no SLA, no changelog, no deprecation window, no separate terms-of-service
    or privacy page, no client SDKs, no GraphQL, no AsyncAPI and no consumer webhooks. The remote MCP endpoint the docs name,
    https://mcp.vehicles.dev/mcp, does not resolve (DNS NXDOMAIN), so the only agent surface is the local stdio npm package
    vehicles-dev-mcp.'
  checked: '2026-08-16'

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