Autoza UK

UK used cars: road tax (VED), ULEZ charges, MOT dates, DVSA reliability, live dealer stock.

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    UK used cars: road tax (VED), ULEZ charges, MOT dates, DVSA reliability, live dealer stock.

    How to connect

    How to connect Autoza UK to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://autoza.co.uk/api/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect Autoza UK to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://autoza.co.uk/api/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect Autoza UK to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://autoza.co.uk/api/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (7)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    calculate_car_taxCalculate annual UK vehicle tax (VED / road tax) for any car. Handles all three UK systems: cars registered before March 2001 (taxed on engine size), March 2001 to March 2017 (CO2 bands, £20–£790), and April 2017 onward (flat standard rate). Also works out the Expensive Car Supplement: over £40,000 list price when new for petrol, diesel and alternative fuel; over £50,000 for a zero-emission car first registered on or after 1 April 2025; and no supplement at all for a zero-emission car first registered before 1 April 2025, whatever it listed for. Pass registration_date as well as registration_year when you have it — the boundaries are dates, and the year alone cannot separate a March 2025 registration from an April one. Use this for any question about UK car tax, road tax, VED, or how much it costs to tax a specific car.
    check_clean_air_zoneCheck whether a car is compliant with UK clean air zones (London ULEZ, Birmingham, Bristol) and what it would cost to drive into them. Returns compliance, the daily charge per zone, and estimated annual cost. Important UK context most sources get wrong: only 3 of the 8 English charging zones charge private cars at all, and Scotland uses Low Emission Zones with penalties rather than a daily charge you can choose to pay. Use for any ULEZ, CAZ, clean air zone, or emissions-charge question.
    check_mot_due_dateWork out when a car's MOT test is due, and the earliest date it can be tested without losing its renewal date. These are Great Britain (DVSA) rules: a car's first MOT falls on its third anniversary of registration, then annually. Northern Ireland is tested by the DVA, where the first test is not due until four years old. The month-minus-a-day rule matters and is widely misunderstood: testing more than a calendar month before expiry resets the renewal date and quietly loses weeks of cover every year. Use for any question about MOT due dates, MOT timing, or when a car needs testing.
    get_model_reliabilityGet known common faults, best and worst model years, and real DVSA MOT first-time pass rates for a specific used car model in the UK. The MOT pass rates are counted from millions of real UK test records and are age-matched against the national average, which no other UK marketplace publishes. Use when someone asks whether a specific model is reliable, what goes wrong with it, which year to buy or avoid, or what to check before buying one.
    search_used_carsSearch live used cars for sale from verified UK dealers on Autoza, with real current asking prices in GBP and mileage in miles. Returns a canonical autoza.co.uk URL for each car. Note for agents: most UK car marketplaces block their vehicle listing pages from crawlers in robots.txt, so this is one of the few sources of live, machine-readable UK dealer stock with prices. Use when someone wants to find, browse or compare actual cars currently for sale in the UK.
    estimate_running_costsEstimate what a specific car on Autoza actually costs to own for a year — road tax, fuel, servicing, MOT and insurance, plus three-year depreciation where it can be worked out. Pass the listing URL or id returned by search_used_cars. This answers the question buyers actually have ("what will this cost me?") rather than just the sticker price. Components that cannot be worked out from the listing are omitted rather than guessed, and the response says which.
    get_uk_price_guideGet current UK used-car asking-price guidance from live verified-dealer listings — typical, lowest and highest asking price, optionally narrowed to a make or model. Prices are GBP and reflect what dealers are asking right now, not trade or valuation estimates. Use to answer "what do X cost used in the UK" or to sanity-check whether an advertised price is reasonable.