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CheckMyVIN

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Free AI vehicle reports — Carfax alternative with MCP

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Free AI vehicle reports — Carfax alternative with MCP

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Free AI VIN decoder for any US-titled vehicle. Paste a VIN, get a printable report in ~30s: specs, open NHTSA safety recalls, maintenance data (oil, tires, fluids), and an AI buying summary with a 1–10 score. What's different: it handles EVs correctly (battery info, not oil specs), never invents data it doesn't have, and ships an MCP server so Claude can decode VINs in-chat. Free embeddable widget too. Built on free official government data.

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Launch tags:Cars•Developer Tools•Artificial Intelligence

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AdaptYour company brain. AI that thinks + acts across your stack.

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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I built CheckMyVIN because paid VIN report services charge $25–45, but a lot of the core data is actually free government data. The NHTSA APIs decode any VIN and list open safety recalls — no API key, no cost. I layered a hand-curated maintenance database (40 brands) and an AI summary on top. What you get, free: 🚗 Decoded specs — make, model, year, engine, transmission, plant ⚠️ Open safety recalls, straight from NHTSA 🔧 Maintenance specs — oil type, tire size, fluids 🤖 An AI summary with strengths, things to watch, and a 1–10 buying score 🖨️ A printable report you can save as PDF or email to yourself Three things I'm proud of: EV handling. Most VIN tools tell your Tesla what oil it needs. Ours branches for EVs — battery warranty info instead of oil specs. No hallucinated data. If I don't have a real spec (tire size varies by trim), the report says "check the door jamb sticker" instead of guessing. MCP server. You can call CheckMyVIN directly from Claude or any MCP client — decode a VIN without leaving your chat. Endpoint: checkmyvin.net/api/mcp There's also a free embeddable widget if you run a car forum or dealer site. Honest about money: the free tier is genuinely free. We earn through optional affiliate links to full paid history reports (accident/title data, which NHTSA doesn't cover). Would love feedback — especially on the AI summaries and the MCP integration. Happy to answer anything about the NHTSA APIs or the Cloudflare Workers setup. 🙏

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1d ago

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One thing I'd love input on from this community:

Right now CheckMyVIN covers US-titled vehicles via NHTSA. A surprising chunk of real users are actually outside the US — people verifying a US-market car before importing it to places like Eastern Europe, Central Asia, or the Middle East.

If you've ever bought or imported a used car across borders: what's the one thing you most wished you could verify before paying? Trying to figure out what's genuinely worth building next.

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4h ago

AdaptYour company brain. AI that thinks + acts across your stack.

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1d ago

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One thing I'd love input on from this community:

If you've ever bought or imported a used car across borders: what's the one thing you most wished you could verify before paying? Trying to figure out what's genuinely worth building next.

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4h ago