vehicle.carmarket.search
Search millions of active US car listings by make, model, year, price range, mileage, ZIP code, and radius. Returns VIN, price, miles, dealer info, Carfax status, and days on market. Filter by seller type (dealer/private) and color. Data from all major US marketplaces (MarketCheck)
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What vehicle.carmarket.search does on Apibase
AI agents call vehicle.carmarket.search to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
zip | string | — | US ZIP code to search near (e.g. "10001") |
make | string | — | Car manufacturer (e.g. "Toyota", "Honda", "BMW", "Tesla") |
year | integer | — | Model year (e.g. 2023, 2024) |
limit | integer | — | Max results (1-25, default 10) |
model | string | — | Car model (e.g. "Camry", "Civic", "Model 3") |
start | integer | — | Offset for pagination |
radius | number | — | Search radius in miles from ZIP (max 100 on free tier) |
miles_max | number | — | Maximum mileage |
price_max | number | — | Maximum price in USD |
price_min | number | — | Minimum price in USD |
seller_type | string | — | Filter by seller type |
exterior_color | string | — | Filter by exterior color (e.g. "White", "Black", "Red") |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why vehicle.carmarket.search is rated Low
Tool queries publicly available car marketplace data without creating, modifying, or deleting information.
From the tool's definition Search millions of active US car listings, returns VIN, price, miles, dealer info.
Risk signalsHigh parameter count (12 properties)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs vehicle.carmarket.search safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For vehicle.carmarket.search, this is the rule to start with:
vehicle.carmarket.search is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every vehicle.carmarket.search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about vehicle.carmarket.search
Search millions of active US car listings by make, model, year, price range, mileage, ZIP code, and radius. Returns VIN, price, miles, dealer info, Carfax status, and days on market. Filter by seller type (dealer/private) and color. Data from all major US marketplaces (MarketCheck). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
vehicle.carmarket.search accepts 12 parameters: zip, make, year, limit, model, start, radius, miles_max, price_max, price_min, seller_type, exterior_color. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for vehicle.carmarket.search: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
vehicle.carmarket.search is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the vehicle.carmarket.search rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for vehicle.carmarket.search. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
vehicle.carmarket.search is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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