# Carrier Vetting MCP — FMCSA Risk Verdicts (`irreplaceable_chevrotain/carrier-vetting-mcp`) Actor

Carrier risk verdicts for AI agents — "should I trust this trucking carrier?" answered from official FMCSA data: authority, insurance, inspections, OOS rates, crash history, composed into a LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH verdict with flags. Pay per check, no subscription.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/irreplaceable\_chevrotain/carrier-vetting-mcp.md
- **Developed by:** [Gad](https://apify.com/irreplaceable_chevrotain) (community)
- **Categories:** MCP servers, AI, Agents
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## Pricing

from $150.00 / 1,000 full carrier vetting verdicts

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Carrier Vetting MCP — FMCSA Risk Verdicts

**Vet any US motor carrier before you tender a load: authority history, insurance lapses, safety record, and chameleon-carrier detection — from official FMCSA data, in one MCP call.**

Double-brokering and carrier-identity fraud cost the freight industry billions a year, and the incumbents that screen for it (Highway, RMIS, Carrier411) are seat-licensed platforms priced for enterprises — $1.25+ per raw lookup, $500+/month commitments. The underlying data is free and public. This hosted [MCP (Model Context Protocol)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server sells the *judgment*, per call: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, n8n, or any MCP-capable agent and ask:

- *"Who is USDOT 264184 and are they active?"*
- *"Has this carrier's authority ever been revoked?"*
- *"Is their insurance on file, and has it been cancelled recently?"*
- *"Should I onboard this carrier?"* → one `vet_carrier` call returns a scored risk verdict with evidence.

### Tools

| Tool | What it answers | Event charged |
|---|---|---|
| `lookup_carrier` | USDOT → legal name, DBA, status, address, officers, fleet, docket | `carrier-lookup` |
| `authority_history` | Every grant / revocation / reinstatement with dates and reasons | `history-check` |
| `insurance_status` | Public liability/cargo filings + full cancellation history | `history-check` |
| `safety_snapshot` | 24-month inspections, out-of-service rates vs national averages, crashes, federal safety rating | `safety-check` |
| `vet_carrier` | **The flagship:** all of the above + chameleon cross-reference → LOW / MODERATE / HIGH / CRITICAL verdict with evidence-backed flags | `carrier-vetted` |

The chameleon check cross-references the carrier's address, phone, and officers against all 4.4M FMCSA registrations, surfaces FMCSA's own prior-revocation links, and distinguishes corporate families (Schneider's nine registrations at one Green Bay address are not fraud) from reincarnation patterns (a 6-month-old carrier sharing a phone number with two revoked ones is).

Outputs are compact structured JSON built for agents — every flag carries a severity, a plain-English explanation, and the evidence behind it.

### Connect

Use the Actor's MCP endpoint (Standby mode) with any MCP client:

```
https://<this-actor>.apify.actor/mcp
```

Authenticate with your Apify token (`Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>`). Example Claude Code config:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "carrier-vetting": {
      "url": "https://<this-actor>.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}
```

### Batch mode

Running the Actor directly (non-standby) vets a list of USDOT numbers from the input into the dataset — useful for screening an existing carrier roster. Each carrier charges one `carrier-vetted` event.

### Who uses this

Freight brokers and dispatchers (pre-onboarding checks, tender-time re-checks), factoring companies (carrier risk before buying invoices), shippers running direct-carrier programs, insurtech underwriting flows, and AI agents that book freight.

### Data & disclaimer

All data comes from official FMCSA (US Department of Transportation) public sources: the SAFER Company Snapshot, the Company Census File, and the Motus-era Licensing & Insurance datasets on data.transportation.gov. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by FMCSA.

**This is a pre-screen, not identity verification.** Public data can lag reality by days-to-weeks; a LOW verdict is not a guarantee, and a HIGH verdict deserves human review, not automatic blacklisting. Always verify a current certificate of insurance directly with the insurer before tendering. Crash counts represent involvement in reportable crashes without any determination of responsibility (per FMCSA policy).

# Actor input Schema

## `usdotNumbers` (type: `array`):

USDOT numbers to vet in batch mode (direct Actor runs). The primary product is the MCP server endpoint — see README.

## `includeChameleonCheck` (type: `boolean`):

Cross-reference address, phone, and officers against the full FMCSA census for reincarnation signals (slower, more thorough).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usdotNumbers": [
    "264184"
  ],
  "includeChameleonCheck": true
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "usdotNumbers": [
        "264184"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("irreplaceable_chevrotain/carrier-vetting-mcp").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "usdotNumbers": ["264184"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("irreplaceable_chevrotain/carrier-vetting-mcp").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "usdotNumbers": [
    "264184"
  ]
}' |
apify call irreplaceable_chevrotain/carrier-vetting-mcp --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=irreplaceable_chevrotain/carrier-vetting-mcp",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/GjdfAD2Ffy4g4fR50/builds/g2n40PTdUW8lI0kuo/openapi.json