specs

specs is a command for Claude Code from carsxe/carsxe-claude-plugin. It costs 0 tokens per session (338 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A vehicle-specification command that decodes a VIN, the 17-character identification number assigned to a vehicle, through the CarsXE API.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to retrieve a vehicle’s make, model, year, engine, transmission, drivetrain, fuel details, dimensions, body style, and available equipment.
Why use it?
It avoids looking up vehicle specifications manually from an identification number.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $ARGUMENTS substitution.

Part of the carsxe plugin — 16 skills, 17 commands shipped together

Good fit Use it to retrieve a vehicle’s make, model, year, engine, transmission, drivetrain, fuel details, dimensions, body style, and available equipment.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/carsxe/carsxe-claude-plugin/specs
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/carsxe/carsxe-claude-plugin

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install carsxe, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 16 skills, 17 commands.

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 338 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00338
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00169
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00068
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00034

Measured 10d ago against content hash f69c77823f9c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

specs scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

carsxe/commands/specs.md · 36 lines

What it actually says

CarsXE — Vehicle Specifications (VIN Decoder)

Decode the VIN provided in $ARGUMENTS using the CarsXE Specifications API.

Steps

  1. Parse $ARGUMENTS to extract:

    • vin (required): 17-character alphanumeric string
    • deepdata (optional): pass "true" to get extended data
    • disableIntVINDecoding (optional): pass "true" to disable international VIN decoding fallback
  2. If no VIN is provided, ask: "Please provide a VIN to decode (e.g., /carsxe:specs WBAFR7C57CC811956)."

  3. Make an HTTP GET request:

    GET https://api.carsxe.com/specs?key=<CARSXE_API_KEY>&vin=<VIN>&source=claude_plugin[&deepdata=true][&disableIntVINDecoding=true]
    

    Replace <CARSXE_API_KEY> with the value of the environment variable CARSXE_API_KEY.

  4. Present the response in a clean, readable format including:

    • Make, Model, Year, Trim
    • Engine details (type, cylinders, displacement, horsepower)
    • Transmission & drivetrain
    • Fuel type & economy
    • Body style & dimensions
    • Equipment & features (if available)
  5. Handle errors gracefully (invalid VIN, missing API key, etc.).

Notes

  • A valid VIN is exactly 17 characters (letters and numbers, no I, O, or Q).
  • Remind the user to set the CARSXE_API_KEY environment variable if auth fails.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 10d ago First seen · 36 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A f69c77823f9c

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specs is a command published in the GitHub repository carsxe/carsxe-claude-plugin (2 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 338 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.