# UK Data: UK vehicle lookups

> Look up a UK or Dutch number plate or decode a VIN: make, model, MOT history, mileage checks

- name: uk.co.reliness/vehicles
- version: 1.5.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness%2Fvehicles
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness%2Fvehicles/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vehicles": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/vehicles",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${VEHICLES_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${VEHICLES_TOKEN}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 97
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-93% +updated-7d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 5 of 5 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 731 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 5, about 731 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: e40cb295c6eb57b11fc2380f2e94db71
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/uk.co.reliness/vehicles.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/uk.co.reliness/vehicles)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/vehicles (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9259259)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (5)

- `nl_vehicle`: Dutch number plate (kenteken) lookup from the Dutch vehicle authority RDW: make, model, body, colour, doors, seats, engine, power, fuel, CO2, weights, towing, original list price, first registration, MOT (APK) expiry, insured, open recall, odometer verdict. (cost: 20 credits)
- `uk_mileage_check`: Checks whether a UK car's recorded mileage ever went backwards between MOT tests (a sign of clocking), with the latest reading and the number of readings, from official DVSA MOT records. (cost: 10 credits)
- `uk_mot_history`: Full MOT test history for a UK number plate from DVSA: every test date, pass or fail, expiry, recorded mileage, and each failure, advisory and dangerous defect. For checking a used car before buying or when the next MOT is due. (cost: 10 credits)
- `uk_vehicle`: UK number plate lookup from official DVSA MOT records: make, model, colour, fuel, engine size, first registration date, MOT expiry, outstanding recall flag, latest mileage, and the full MOT test history with failures and advisories. Does not include road tax status. Cars under 3 years old have no MOT history yet. (cost: 10 credits)
- `vin_decode`: Decode a VIN (vehicle identification number): make, model, year, trim, body, doors, engine, transmission, drive, fuel, seats, plant, airbags and driver-assist kit (NHTSA vPIC). Fullest for North American vehicles. (cost: 5 credits)