carvector mcp for VS Code
io.github.carvectorio/carvector-mcp
Vehicle specs, federal recalls, complaints, TSBs, investigations and OBD-II DTC data for AI agents.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install carvector mcp in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "carvector-api-key",
"description": "CARVECTOR_API_KEY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"carvector-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"carvector-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CARVECTOR_API_KEY": "${input:carvector-api-key}"
}
}
}
}
VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs