Motor Carrier Lookup

What it grounds

Motor Carrier Lookup returns the FMCSA record of a trucking or bus company from its USDOT number or its MC, MX or FF docket number. It covers USDOT status, entity and operation type, addresses, dockets, fleet and driver counts, MCS-150 date, safety rating, out-of-service orders, operating authority status and insurance on file. Paid plans add contact details, cargo classes, equipment, mileage, crash rate, insurance policies, authority history and pass/fail compliance checks with your own thresholds.

Ways to ground with it

Ground answers in real data

Enable Motor Carrier Lookup and it becomes a tool your agent calls over MCP to check itself against live data before it answers — grounding the response instead of guessing.

On the same endpoint and key

Motor Carrier Lookup rides the one VerveContext MCP endpoint alongside 300+ other sources, so adding it to an agent is a toggle, not an integration.

Traceable and current

The agent pulls motor carrier lookup at answer time and can carry the source with the result, so the reasoning stays current and auditable.

Connect over MCP

Point your agent framework at the VerveContext endpoint. Every enabled source — this one included — becomes a tool the model can call. No per-source plumbing.

context.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervecontext": {
      "url": "https://api.vervecontext.com/v1/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-api-key": "vc_live_••••" }
    }
  }
}

# “motorcarrierlookup” is now a tool your agent can call

What it returns

Each call returns structured fields your agent can read.

dotNumber
legalName
dbaName
status
entityTypes
operation
operationClassifications
businessType

Motor Carrier Lookup, answered

How to ground an agent in it over MCP.

How do I give my agent Motor Carrier Lookup?

Enable it on VerveContext and point your agent framework at the VerveContext MCP endpoint. Motor Carrier Lookup then appears to the model as a tool named motorcarrierlookup, which it calls when a task needs it — no per-source plumbing.

Which agents and frameworks can use it?

Any MCP client — Claude, Cursor, LangChain, and custom agents all speak the Model Context Protocol. Motor Carrier Lookup is exposed as a standard tool, so nothing source-specific is required.

Can the agent cite Motor Carrier Lookup?

Motor Carrier Lookup is a capability rather than a factual source, so it isn't something to "cite" — but it runs on the same real-data layer, over the same MCP endpoint and key as every grounding source.

How many credits does a Motor Carrier Lookup call cost?

Each call costs 1 credit. Scoped keys let you grant an agent only the sources it should reach, and usage logs show exactly what was pulled to ground each answer.

How current is the data?

Motor Carrier Lookup is served live from APIVerve's production data engine and pulled at the moment the agent calls it, so answers reflect the world now rather than the model's training cutoff. It draws on 4.5M USDOT numbers.

Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?

VerveContext runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Motor Carrier Lookup is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.

Ground alongside

Browse all sources

Ground answers in real data

On the same endpoint and key

Traceable and current

Motor Carrier Lookup, answered

Other ways to use Motor Carrier Lookup

Ground your agents in Motor Carrier Lookup. Connect over MCP, enable the source, and every answer carries its receipts.

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