carfax

Apps & Automation

Access vehicle history reports and find cars with clean records.

QUICK START

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Carfax Skill

Access vehicle history reports and find cars with clean records.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/carfax/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/carfax ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# 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:

Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
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:

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

History Reports: Pull full vehicle history
Search Cars: Find Carfax-verified vehicles
Service History: View maintenance records
Accident Check: Identify damage history
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

Account-based authentication
No official API
Browser automation required
Report credits system

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
Login Failed	Invalid credentials	Check account
VIN Not Found	Invalid VIN	Verify number
No Credits	Reports depleted	Purchase more
Report Error	Data unavailable	Try later

Notes

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