Nhtsa Vehicle Safety MCP server

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by cyanheads·io.github.cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server·v0.11.0·2 stars

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Decode VINs, search recalls, complaints, crash ratings, and investigations.

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How Nhtsa Vehicle Safety compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 93/100; higher than 95% of 3,470 Web search servers
Uptime: 100%; of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
Response time: 522 ms; faster than 28% of 2,238 Web search servers
GitHub stars: 2; more than 70% of 1,786 Web search servers
Downloads a week: 796; more than 92% of 827 Web search servers with a package

Release history: 5 versions in the registry since 2026-08-21, latest 2026-11-04, typically one every 18 days.

Install Nhtsa Vehicle Safety in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server https://nhtsa.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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What the publisher says

From the Nhtsa Vehicle Safety repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

@cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server Decode VINs, search recalls, complaints, crash ratings, and investigations via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 7 Tools

Public Hosted Server: https://nhtsa.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Overview

Vehicle safety data from NHTSA — recall campaigns, consumer complaints, NCAP crash ratings, defect investigations, and VIN decoding. Search, decode, and cross-reference across five NHTSA data sources from any MCP client. Runs as a stdio process, a local Streamable HTTP server, or the public hosted endpoint above.

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Capability reference

nhtsagetvehicle_safety tool

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Nhtsa Vehicle Safety: common questions

Is Nhtsa Vehicle Safety MCP server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (93/100). Read the Nhtsa Vehicle Safety safety report
How do I install Nhtsa Vehicle Safety?: It runs remotely at nhtsa.caseyjhand.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does Nhtsa Vehicle Safety need an API key?: No secret keys are declared. It reads 10 settings from the environment.
Is Nhtsa Vehicle Safety maintained?: The last commit was 26 days ago (2026-10-08). The latest release is v0.11.0.
Is Nhtsa Vehicle Safety up?: 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
What can I use instead of Nhtsa Vehicle Safety?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: ThoughtDAG MCP server and Link MCP server.
How does Nhtsa Vehicle Safety compare with other Web search MCP servers?: safety score 93/100 (higher than 95% of 3,470 Web search servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%); response time 522 ms (faster than 28% of 2,238 Web search servers). Full comparison.

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call io.github.cyanheads/nhtsa-vehicle-safety-mcp-server → <tool>

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Rating: —
Safety grade: A · 93/100
Stars: 2
Downloads/wk: 796
Price: Free
Licence: Apache-2.0
Transport: Remote · mixed
Uptime: 100% · 28/28 checks
Version: 0.11.0
Category: Web search
Last release: 2026-10-08

Credentials it needs

NHTSA_CLAMP_LIMITSClamp an over-cap page size (limit) or VIN batch to its cap and disclose it with a notice. Set false to reject it instead.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPESelects the HTTP transport.
MCP_HTTP_HOSTThe hostname for the HTTP server.
MCP_HTTP_PORTThe port to run the HTTP server on.
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATHThe endpoint path for the MCP server.
MCP_AUTH_MODEAuthentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.
MCP_SESSION_MODEHTTP session posture: 'auto', 'stateful', or 'stateless'. Overrides the stateless mode the server declares in code.
NHTSA_CLAMP_LIMITSClamp an over-cap page size (limit) or VIN batch to its cap and disclose it with a notice. Set false to reject it instead.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').

Endpoint

https://nhtsa.caseyjhand.com/mcp

streamable-http

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