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 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Admin API, Billing API, Control API, and 7 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 18 more developer resources.

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50.2/100 developing Agent 62/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0
10 APIs 1 MCP Servers
AutomotiveVehicle DataVIN DecodingVehicle ValuationMarket ValueVehicle ListingsRecallsNHTSAvPICVehicle SpecificationsDepreciationOwnership CostsJobsLabor Market DataRESTOpenAPIVehicle SafetyCar ListingsMarketplacePricingCost of OwnershipVehicle ImagesMCPAgent ToolsMachine Learning

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Composite quality — 50.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality 11.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 11.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 2.5 / 12
Discoverability 7.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 62/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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
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APIs 10

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

Vehicles.dev Admin API

The Admin API from Vehicles.dev — 4 operation(s) for admin.

Vehicles.dev Billing API

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

Vehicles.dev Control API

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

Vehicles.dev Data API

The Data API from Vehicles.dev — 12 operation(s) for data.

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 Reports API

The Reports API from Vehicles.dev — 8 operation(s) for reports.

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.

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MCP Servers 1

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

vehicles-dev-api-mcp.yml

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

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
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
Conventions
 Idempotency
Idempotency
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance
 DataModel
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

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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://vehicles-dev-api.apievangelist.com/apis.yml
created: '2026-08-15'
modified: '2026-08-16'
specificationVersion: '0.21'
tags:
- 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
apis:
- aid: vehicles-dev-api:vehicles-dev-api-admin-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Admin API
  description: The Admin API from Vehicles.dev — 4 operation(s) for admin.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags:
  - Admin
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-admin-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-admin-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-billing-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Billing API
  description: The Billing API from Vehicles.dev — 14 operation(s) for billing.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags:
  - Billing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-billing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-billing-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-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-data-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Data API
  description: The Data API from Vehicles.dev — 12 operation(s) for data.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags:
  - Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-data-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:
  - 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-reports-api
  name: Vehicles.dev Reports API
  description: The Reports API from Vehicles.dev — 8 operation(s) for reports.
  humanURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  baseURL: https://api.vehicles.dev
  tags:
  - Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vehicles-dev-api-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/vehicles-dev-api-reports-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:
  - 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: 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'