name: carfax
description: Access vehicle history reports and find cars with clean records.
category: automotive

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:
1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. 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

1. History Reports: Pull full vehicle history
2. Search Cars: Find Carfax-verified vehicles
3. Service History: View maintenance records
4. Accident Check: Identify damage history
5. 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

1. Account-based authentication
2. No official API
3. Browser automation required
4. Report credits system

Error Handling

Notes

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