INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

identify_vehicle

Decode a 17-character VIN into its full Cardog identity: canonical entity refs, the market grains (nano/squish), spec highlights, and links to adjacent resources.

cardog.appnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mcp.cardog.io/mcp?api_key=$CARDOG_API_KEY

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for identify_vehicle and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

cardog.app

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.cardog-public-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.cardog.io/mcp?api_key=$CARDOG_API_KEY"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cardog-public-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.cardog.io/mcp?api_key=$CARDOG_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: cardog-public-mcp
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.cardog.io/mcp?api_key=$CARDOG_API_KEY

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cardog-public-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.cardog.io/mcp?api_key=$CARDOG_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "cardog-public-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.cardog.io/mcp?api_key=$CARDOG_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "cardog-public-mcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.cardog.io/mcp?api_key=$CARDOG_API_KEY"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

Related tools

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check_recalls — The authoritative "is this vehicle under recall?" check — Transport Canada + NHTSA recall campaigns, fused and ref-keyed.