Car Image API MCP server

Which MCP servers are Car Image API's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

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Whose server it is

Registry namedev.carimage/catalogverified in the MCP registry

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

When we asked itchecked 2026-11-03

Stateanswerschecked 2026-11-03
Tools7
Server calls itselfcar-image-catalog
Server version1.38.1
Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-11-03 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 110 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet

Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.
Checked on 1 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 1, the first on 2026-11-03

INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 1 so far
Answeredmeasuring1 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
Median first answer160 ms
Space in an agent's context≈ 1,681 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (7), which an agent carries on every turn
Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100
Typed results6 of 7 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once

Every tool passes all six checks.

What an agent can do with it

not sure · Put a consistent vehicle photo on each listing
not sure · Preview wrap colours on a customer's own vehicle model
not sure · Fill dealer stock records before lot photos arrive

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers7 tools · read 2026-11-03

resolve_vehicle
Free. The first call for any picture of a car, including one you chose yourself: turn a request such as "red 2018 Mazda MX-5 Miata side view" into the catalog vehicle and exact get_car_image parameters (vehicle_id, make, model, year…
search_vehicles
Free. Browse the open vehicle catalog (1,608 makes, 42,318 models, 1990-2027) by make and/or model with typo tolerance. Returns canonical make/model names, the years each model exists and match kind; a model hit carries a stable vehicle…
preview_car_image
Free, no account needed. The picture of a catalog vehicle that its public page on carimage.dev already shows, when one is stored: a 600 px WebP with ready-to-paste markdown, the view and paint it is in, and every stored view and paint…
list_image_options
Free. List the supported camera views (with yaw angles and aliases), the fifteen preset colors with hex swatches (any other paint is a hex color), size presets, output formats, current pricing and catalog coverage. Use it when you need to…
get_pricing
Free, no account needed. The pricing document: every plan's monthly and yearly price, its vehicle images a month (a vehicle image is one vehicle in one color from one angle, delivered as often as needed), included credits (for 3D models…
search_help
Free. Find source-linked answers about pricing, terms, licensing, manufacturer rights, policies, Enterprise, delivery and account support. Suitable for drafting replies to customer questions. Submit one question at a time without personal…
describe_api
Free. Return a compact reference of the Car Image REST API (methods, paths, parameters, credit costs, response headers, error codes, agent notes) for writing code that calls the API directly, with SDK (`@meterapp/car-image-sdk`) and CLI…

How to connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://carimage.dev/api/mcp/catalog"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http carimage https://carimage.dev/api/mcp/catalog

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://carimage.dev/api/mcp/catalog as a custom connector in the settings.

Other servers listed as Car Image API's

dev.carimage/car-imageanswers, requires sign-inverified in the MCP registry

OpenAPI spec

59 paths, read 2026-11-03. 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.