Power your agent
The publisher's own URL. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.
Host a copy with our keys and logs.
https://mcp.chinacarapi.com/mcpThe Claude button above opens Claude with the name and URL filled in. You still confirm it there.
claude mcp add --transport http io.github.thatmojo-chinacarapi-mcp https://mcp.chinacarapi.com/mcpRun in a terminal.
{ "mcpServers": { "io.github.thatmojo-chinacarapi-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.chinacarapi.com/mcp" ] } }}claude_desktop_config.json
Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ
Run on PlugMCP
A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.
LaunchFrom the publisher
Model Context Protocol server for EnCarAPI. Lets Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other MCP clients search live used car listings from South Korea (Encar, KB Chachacha, K Car) and (Dongchedi, Che168), and pull full details, inspection reports and accident records.
Live used car listings from China (Dongchedi, Che168) in English, with inspection reports.
An API key is required. Get one (5-day trial) at encarapi.com. Chinese data works with a ChinaCarAPI key or an EnCarAPI key with the China add-on. ChinaCarAPI customers: see For ChinaCarAPI customers.
All tools are read-only.
Add this URL as a remote MCP server:
https://mcp.encarapi.com/mcp
In clients with OAuth support the URL is all you need. On first use a browser window opens, you paste your EnCarAPI key once, and the client is connected:
{"mcpServers": {"encarapi": {"url": "https://mcp.encarapi.com/mcp"}}} in .cursor/mcp.jsonclaude mcp add --transport http encarapi https://mcp.encarapi.com/mcp
The key is checked once and is not stored on the server: it is encrypted into the token your client receives. To disconnect, remove the server in your client; to cut off access everywhere, rotate your key at encarapi.com.
Clients without OAuth support, scripts and gateways can send the key directly:
https://mcp.encarapi.com/mcp
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ENCARAPI_KEY
Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http encarapi https://mcp.encarapi.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ENCARAPI_KEY"
The x-api-key: YOUR_ENCARAPI_KEY header works as well. Clients that only accept a URL and
have no OAuth support can use https://mcp.encarapi.com/mcp?key=YOUR_ENCARAPI_KEY (a header
is preferred, since URLs can end up in logs). A separate ChinaCarAPI key goes into the
x-china-key header, or into the second field of the browser form.
ChinaCarAPI has its own address:
https://mcp.chinacarapi.com/mcp
Add it as a remote MCP server exactly as above. On first use a browser window opens and you paste your ChinaCarAPI key once. The form detects which key it is, so an EnCarAPI key works there as well; customers with both keys put the EnCarAPI key into the optional second field.
{"mcpServers": {"chinacarapi": {"url": "https://mcp.chinacarapi.com/mcp"}}} in .cursor/mcp.jsonclaude mcp add --transport http chinacarapi https://mcp.chinacarapi.com/mcp
On this address the Chinese tools are listed first. Start with chinese_filter_values to
get valid makes, fuels and cities (the city filter needs the exact value from that list).
Without the browser login, send the key as a header. On mcp.chinacarapi.com a key in
Authorization: Bearer or x-api-key counts as a ChinaCarAPI key:
claude mcp add --transport http chinacarapi https://mcp.chinacarapi.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_CHINACARAPI_KEY"
x-china-key: YOUR_CHINACARAPI_KEY works on both addresses; then Authorization can carry
an EnCarAPI key for the Korean tools.
Locally (npx), set CHINACARAPI_KEY instead of ENCARAPI_KEY:
claude mcp add chinacarapi -e CHINACARAPI_KEY=YOUR_CHINACARAPI_KEY -- npx -y encarapi-mcp
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json), Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json) and most other
clients:
{
"mcpServers": {
"encarapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "encarapi-mcp"],
"env": {
"ENCARAPI_KEY": "YOUR_ENCARAPI_KEY"
}
}
}
}
Claude Code:
claude mcp add encarapi -e ENCARAPI_KEY=YOUR_ENCARAPI_KEY -- npx -y encarapi-mcp
Optional: CHINACARAPI_KEY for a separate ChinaCarAPI key.
docker build -t encarapi-mcp .
docker run -p 3000:3000 encarapi-mcp # POST /mcp, GET /health
Stateless: every request carries its own key, nothing is stored.
To enable the OAuth flow ("connect by URL only"), set two environment variables:
docker run -p 3000:3000 -e MCP_OAUTH_SECRET="$(openssl rand -base64 48)" \
-e MCP_PUBLIC_URL=https://mcp.example.com encarapi-mcp
This adds /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource, /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server,
/register, /authorize and /token (OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, dynamic client registration).
There is still no database: client ids, authorization codes and tokens are encrypted,
self-contained values (AES-256-GCM) that carry the key. Consequences:
MCP_OAUTH_SECRET signs out all OAuth clients (they reconnect through the browser).EnCarAPI is an independent service and not affiliated with Encar, KB Chachacha, K Car, Dongchedi or Che168.
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Live used car listings from China (Dongchedi, Che168) in English, with inspection reports.
{ "mcpServers": { "io.github.thatmojo-chinacarapi-mcp": { "url": "https://mcp.chinacarapi.com/mcp", "headers": {} } }}Tools
No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.
FAQ
Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.
No required environment variable is listed on this record.
ChinaCarAPI Chinese Used Cars is reached over HTTP.
Last checked 2026-11-12. Live used car listings from China (Dongchedi, Che168) in English, with inspection reports.