Access the full suite of CarsXE vehicle data APIs directly from OpenAI Codex — decode VINs, look up license plates, get market values, check history, recalls, liens, OBD codes, and more.
The CarsXE Plugin for OpenAI Codex provides direct access to our comprehensive automotive APIs through auto-invoked skills. Codex picks the right skill based on what you ask — no slash commands to memorize, just describe what you need. Decode VINs, look up license plates, get market values, check vehicle history, recalls, liens, OBD codes, and more — all within your Codex environment.
GitHub Repository: carsxe-codex-plugin
Plugin Registry: hol.org/registry/plugins/carsxe/carsxe
Install from the Codex Plugin Marketplace:
npx codex-marketplace add carsxe/carsxe-codex-plugin --plugin --project Or browse and install interactively from within Codex:
/plugins CARSXE_API_KEY Environment VariableCodex skills read your key from CARSXE_API_KEY. Set it before launching Codex:
export CARSXE_API_KEY="cxe_live_YOUR_KEY" $env:CARSXE_API_KEY="cxe_live_YOUR_KEY" Add it to your shell profile to persist it across sessions.
Skills are automatically triggered by Codex based on the conversation context. No need to type a command — just describe what you need naturally. You can also call a skill explicitly by name with the @ prefix, e.g. @vehicle-specs.
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
vehicle-specs | Decode a VIN — full vehicle specifications |
plate-decoder | Look up a vehicle from a license plate |
market-value | Estimate a vehicle's current market value |
vehicle-history | Full vehicle history report |
vehicle-images | Fetch vehicle photos by make/model/year |
vehicle-recalls | Check for open safety recalls |
international-vin | Decode international (non-US) VINs |
vin-ocr | Extract a VIN from a photo |
lien-theft | Check for liens and theft records |
plate-image-recognition | Extract a license plate number from a photo |
year-make-model | Look up a vehicle by Year/Make/Model |
obd-decoder | Decode an OBD-II diagnostic trouble code |
Just ask Codex naturally — the matching skill is invoked automatically:
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npx codex-marketplace add carsxe/carsxe-codex-plugin --plugin --project/pluginsSkill Not Triggering
@ prefix, e.g. @vehicle-specsReady to supercharge your vehicle data workflows with CarsXE and OpenAI Codex!