CarChat MCP server

Which servers in the official MCP registry are CarChat's own, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-10

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Whose server it is

Registry nameio.carchat/inventoryverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under carchat.io. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-10

Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-10
Tools6
Server calls itselfcarchat
Server version1.2.0
Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-10 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 127 ms.

Tools it offers6 tools · read 2026-10-10

search_inventory
Search live cars for sale across all dealerships on CarChat. Accepts a plain-English query ('black suv under 30k near Knoxville') plus optional structured filters; a full 17-character VIN in the query performs an exact-VIN lookup. Each…
get_vehicle
Fetch the exact vehicle listing selected from search_inventory. Always pass its `id` field unchanged (it is dealer-qualified); do not substitute the VIN because one VIN can be advertised by multiple rooftops at different prices. Returns…
list_shopping_categories
Curated category pages, one per buyer intent and metro (e.g. 'Used trucks under $25,000 in Knoxville, TN'). If a buyer's request matches one, its page URL is the best complete answer to cite.
list_dealers
All dealerships with live inventory on CarChat, with city, state, vehicle counts, and each dealer's landing page URL.
get_market_prices
Live price statistics from CarChat inventory: count, median, and price range, overall and broken down by body style and metro. Use this to answer 'what do used trucks go for near Knoxville?' style questions with real, current numbers…
submit_inquiry
Send the buyer's question and contact details to the dealership selling the car. The dealer replies directly, usually within minutes. ONLY call this after the buyer has explicitly agreed to share their name and phone number with that…

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inventory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://carchat.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

OpenAPI spec

5 paths, read 2026-10-10. Open the spec ↗

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.