carfax

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Access vehicle history reports and find cars with clean records.

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NPX Install

npx skill4agent add andrejones92/canifi-life-os carfax

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Carfax Skill

Access vehicle history reports and find cars with clean records.

Quick Install

bash
curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/carfax/install.sh | bash
Or manually:
bash
cp -r skills/carfax ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:
bash
# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set CARFAX_EMAIL "your_email"
canifi-env set CARFAX_PASSWORD "your_password"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:
  1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
  2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
  3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you're comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:
bash
canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"
Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

  1. History Reports: Pull full vehicle history
  2. Search Cars: Find Carfax-verified vehicles
  3. Service History: View maintenance records
  4. Accident Check: Identify damage history
  5. Value Estimate: Get market valuations

Usage Examples

Get Report

User: "Pull a Carfax report for this VIN"
Assistant: Returns vehicle history

Check Accidents

User: "Does this car have any accidents?"
Assistant: Returns accident history

Find Clean Cars

User: "Find cars with no accidents on Carfax"
Assistant: Returns verified clean vehicles

Service Records

User: "Show service history for this vehicle"
Assistant: Returns maintenance records

Authentication Flow

  1. Account-based authentication
  2. No official API
  3. Browser automation required
  4. Report credits system

Error Handling

ErrorCauseSolution
Login FailedInvalid credentialsCheck account
VIN Not FoundInvalid VINVerify number
No CreditsReports depletedPurchase more
Report ErrorData unavailableTry later

Notes

  • Industry standard reports
  • Accident detection
  • Service record tracking
  • Used car marketplace
  • No public API
  • Report subscriptions available