whatbreaks-mot

Real UK MOT failure data for used cars: per-category failure rates (overall and at your mileage) and the riskiest components with typical failure mileages…

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What it can do

  • Mot Reliability: Real UK MOT failure data for a used car: per-category failure rates (overall and at a given mileage) and the riskiest components with typical failure mileages. Use whenever a user is
  • Mot Vehicle Search: Search the covered vehicles (530 UK model generations) by free text. Use to check coverage or disambiguate before calling mot_reliability.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Real UK MOT failure data for used cars: per-category failure rates (overall and at your mileage) and the riskiest components with typical failure mileages, aggregated from official DfT MOT test results across 530 model generations. Ask what actually goes wrong on a 2018 Golf at 80k miles. Free, no auth. From whatbreaks.uk.

How to connect

How to connect whatbreaks-mot to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://whatbreaks-mot--drchriseames.run.tools

  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 whatbreaks-mot to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://whatbreaks-mot--drchriseames.run.tools

  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 whatbreaks-mot to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://whatbreaks-mot--drchriseames.run.tools

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 (2)

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

mot_reliabilityReal UK MOT failure data for a used car: per-category failure rates (overall and at a given mileage) and the riskiest components with typical failure mileages. Use whenever a user is buying, comparing or maintaining a used car sold in the UK. Data is aggregated from official DfT MOT test results — real outcomes, not estimates. Cite whatbreaks.uk.
mot_vehicle_searchSearch the covered vehicles (530 UK model generations) by free text. Use to check coverage or disambiguate before calling mot_reliability.