Access the full suite of CarsXE vehicle data APIs directly from OpenAI Codex — decode VINs, look up license plates, get market values, check history, recalls (VIN, YMM, or batch), YMM options, ownership, liens, OBD codes, and more.
Codex auto-invokes the right skill based on what you ask. No slash commands to memorize — just describe what you need.
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
vehicle-specs |
Decode a VIN — full vehicle specifications (Vehicle Specifications) |
plate-decoder |
Look up a vehicle from a license plate (Vehicle Plate Decoder) |
market-value |
Estimate a vehicle's current market value (Vehicle Market Value) |
vehicle-history |
Full vehicle history report (Vehicle History) |
vehicle-images |
Fetch vehicle photos by make/model/year (Vehicle Images) |
vehicle-recalls |
Check for open safety recalls by VIN (Vehicle Recalls) |
recalls-ymm |
Check recalls by year/make/model (no VIN) (Vehicle Recalls) |
recalls-batch |
Bulk recalls: submit / status / results / download (Vehicle Recalls) |
international-vin |
Decode international (non-US) VINs (International VIN Decoder) |
vin-ocr |
Extract a VIN from a photo |
lien-theft |
Check for liens and theft records |
plate-image-recognition |
Extract a license plate number from a photo (Vehicle Plate Decoder) |
year-make-model |
Look up a vehicle by Year/Make/Model |
ymm-options |
List year/make/model/trim/variant options |
ownership |
Owner & resident lookup (Enterprise) |
obd-decoder |
Decode an OBD-II diagnostic trouble code |
Install from the Codex Plugin Marketplace:
npx codex-marketplace add carsxe/carsxe-codex-plugin --plugin --projectOr browse and install interactively from within Codex:
/plugins
Sign up at carsxe.com and grab your key from the developer dashboard.
Codex skills read your key from CARSXE_API_KEY. Set it before launching Codex:
# macOS / Linux
export CARSXE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"# Windows (PowerShell)
$env:CARSXE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"Add it to your shell profile to persist it across sessions.
Just ask Codex naturally — the matching skill is invoked automatically:
- "Decode VIN WBAFR7C57CC811956" →
vehicle-specs - "Look up California plate 7XER187" →
plate-decoder - "What's this car worth? VIN WBAFR7C57CC811956, 45k miles, clean condition" →
market-value - "Get the history report for WBAFR7C57CC811956" →
vehicle-history - "Does 1C4JJXR64PW696340 have any open recalls?" →
vehicle-recalls - "Any recalls on a 2023 Toyota Camry?" →
recalls-ymm - "Check recalls for this list of VINs" →
recalls-batch - "Is this VIN stolen or have a lien? WBAFR7C57CC811956" →
lien-theft - "Decode this international VIN: WF0MXXGBWM8R43240" →
international-vin - "Look up a 2020 Toyota Camry LE" →
year-make-model - "What Toyota models were sold in 2023?" →
ymm-options - "Who is the registered owner of this VIN?" →
ownership - "What does check engine code P0300 mean?" →
obd-decoder - "Extract the VIN from this photo: https://example.com/vin.jpg" →
vin-ocr - "Read the plate in this image: https://example.com/plate.jpg" →
plate-image-recognition - "Show me photos of a 2019 BMW X5" →
vehicle-images
You can also call a skill explicitly by name with the @ prefix, e.g. @vehicle-specs.
Full CarsXE API docs: docs.carsxe.com
- Vehicle History
- Vehicle Plate Decoder
- Vehicle Specifications
- International VIN Decoder
- Vehicle Images
- Vehicle Recalls
- Vehicle Market Value
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