CarInspections.com for AI Assistants
CarInspections.com sends an ASE-certified mechanic to inspect a used car before you buy it, most often for buyers who cannot see the car in person. Our connector lets an AI assistant quote an inspection, confirm we cover the vehicle's location, and hand you a link to finish the order on our website.
What an assistant can do
Get an inspection quote
get_inspection_quote
- What it does:
- Returns the inspection price for a specific vehicle and whether we have an inspector near where the vehicle is located.
- What it receives:
- Vehicle type, year, make and model; the city, state and (optionally) ZIP code where the vehicle is.
- What it changes:
- Nothing. Read-only.
Start an inspection order
start_inspection_order
- What it does:
- Creates a link to our checkout with the vehicle details already filled in. You add your own contact details and pay on our website.
- What it receives:
- The quote details, plus whatever the listing shows: street address, VIN, dealership name, seller contact name and phone, asking price, stock number.
- What it changes:
- Saves the prefilled details for 7 days so the link works. No order exists and nothing is charged until you pay on our checkout.
Check an order’s status
check_order_status
- What it does:
- Tells you where an existing inspection order stands, in plain language.
- What it receives:
- The order ID from your confirmation email and the email address the order was placed with. Both are required.
- What it changes:
- Nothing. Read-only.
Which tools are offered depends on the assistant. Where an assistant's rules do not allow starting an order from a conversation, the connector provides quotes, coverage and order status only.
Things you can ask
- Get a pre-purchase inspection for a 2019 Toyota Tacoma in Phoenix, AZ.
- How much is an inspection for a 1995 Porsche 911 in Miami?
- Do you have an inspector near Boise, Idaho?
- Where is my inspection order?
Payment and your information
- You pay on our website, never inside the assistant. Card details are entered only on our checkout, in our payment provider's secure form.
- Your card is only authorized at checkout. It is charged when the inspection is completed, and the hold is released if the inspection cannot be done.
- The connector does not ask an assistant for your email address, phone number or card details to start an order. You enter your contact details yourself on our checkout.
- Order status is given only when both the order ID and the order's email address match, and it never includes your name, address, phone number or the inspection report.
- A checkout link created by an assistant works for 7 days and stops working once the order has been paid for.
See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Availability and limits
- United States only. No account is needed.
- We inspect cars, trucks, SUVs and vans, including diesel, hybrid and electric vehicles. We do not inspect motorcycles, RVs, boats or heavy trucks.
- A vehicle at an auction (Copart, IAAI, Manheim and similar) has to be arranged with us by email before ordering.
- Where we do not yet have an inspector near the vehicle, the connector says so and does not start an order.
- Prices shown are list prices. A promo code is applied at checkout.
- Requests are subject to fair-use rate limits.
For developers
The connector is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using streamable HTTP. It needs no authentication. Each assistant platform has its own endpoint:
- https://mcp.carinspections.com/muse/mcp
- https://mcp.carinspections.com/grok/mcp
- https://mcp.carinspections.com/chatgpt/mcp
Support
Questions about the connector or an order: info@carinspections.com or our contact page.