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US carrier lookup from public FMCSA data: USDOT/MC records, authority, insurance, safety.
Remote server: your requests and data go to carriertrail.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http carriertrail https://carriertrail.com/mcp/v1 · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_carriers — Find US motor carriers, brokers and freight forwarders by company name in FMCSA census data. Returns up to 10 matches with USDOT number, locget_carrier — Company record for one carrier by USDOT, MC, FF or MX number: census registration, operating authority, current insurance filings and 24-monget_recent_changes — Changes to one carrier's public FMCSA census fields seen in the last 90 days (name, status, fleet size, MCS-150 date, dockets and more).Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.