US Car Troubleshooting & Repair Budget AI

Research US vehicle symptoms and fault codes with source-aware hypotheses, safety screening and optional user-entered repair budgets.

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/us-car-troubleshooting-and-repair-estimator' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"year":2015,"make":"Toyota","model":"Camry","engine":"2.5 L gasoline","mileage":0,"location":"CA","codes":"P0301","symptoms":"Rough idle on a cold morning; no safety hazards reported.","conditions":"","safetyFlags":[],"vin":"","vinConsent":false,"mode":"local","language":"en","manualBudget":false,"budgetScenario":"","partsLow":0,"partsHigh":0,"laborLow":0,"laborHigh":0,"hourlyRate":0,"diagnosticFee":0,"otherFees":0,"taxPercent":0}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/us-car-troubleshooting-and-repair-estimator

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
year	number	Yes	—
make	text	Yes	—
model	text	Yes	—
engine	text	No	—
mileage	number	No	—
location	text	Yes	—
codes	text	No	—
symptoms	textarea	No	—
conditions	textarea	No	—
safetyFlags	select	No	—
vin	text	No	—
vinConsent	checkbox	No	—
mode	select	No	—
language	select	No	—
manualBudget	checkbox	No	—
budgetScenario	text	No	—
partsLow	number	No	—
partsHigh	number	No	—
laborLow	number	No	—
laborHigh	number	No	—
hourlyRate	number	No	—
diagnosticFee	number	No	—
otherFees	number	No	—
taxPercent	number	No	—

Response format

JSON result

JSON

{
  "key": {...},
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-us-car-troubleshooting-and-repair-estimator": {
      "name": "us-car-troubleshooting-and-repair-estimator",
      "description": "Research US vehicle symptoms and fault codes with source-aware hypotheses, safety screening and optional user-entered repair budgets.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=us-car-troubleshooting-and-repair-estimator",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "us-car-troubleshooting-and-repair-estimator",
    "arguments": {
  "year": 2015,
  "make": "Toyota",
  "model": "Camry",
  "engine": "2.5 L gasoline",
  "mileage": 0,
  "location": "CA",
  "codes": "P0301",
  "symptoms": "Rough idle on a cold morning; no safety hazards reported.",
  "conditions": "",
  "safetyFlags": [],
  "vin": "",
  "vinConsent": false,
  "mode": "local",
  "language": "en",
  "manualBudget": false,
  "budgetScenario": "",
  "partsLow": 0,
  "partsHigh": 0,
  "laborLow": 0,
  "laborHigh": 0,
  "hourlyRate": 0,
  "diagnosticFee": 0,
  "otherFees": 0,
  "taxPercent": 0
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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