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Trade-In Valuation Report

What your car is worth as a trade-in vs private sale vs retail.

Trade-In Valuation Report

What your car is worth as a trade-in vs private sale vs retail.

At a glance
Price $1.49 per run.
Tool name generate_trade_in_valuation_report
Scope reports:trade-in-valuation
Built for Car Shopper

What it does

For a vehicle owner deciding whether to trade in at a dealer or sell private party. Returns trade-in range, private-sale value, retail listing comparison, dual-channel pricing (franchise vs independent observed medians), wholesale-to-retail spread, and negotiation tips. Use when a CONSUMER asks what their own car is worth as a trade-in, what a dealer will offer them, or whether to trade in vs sell private. For a dealer or appraiser market valuation, use Vehicle Valuation instead.

Arguments

Argument What it is Example
vin Required 17-character vehicle identification number. 19XFC2F70JE100000
mileage Required Current vehicle mileage. 64000
zip Required Owner's ZIP code (anchors the local market). 60601
condition Recommended Vehicle condition: Clean, Average, or Rough. Biases the trade-in range. Clean
purpose Optional "trade-in", "sell-private", or "both". Defaults to "both" which gives the side-by-side comparison. both
is_certified Optional Tick this if the vehicle is currently CPO (certified pre-owned). Affects the retail-value comparison. false

What comes back

Asking for it in a chat client

Should I trade my Toyota in or sell private? VIN 4T3R6RFV7MU015349, 42,800 miles, ZIP 60601, clean condition.

What will a dealer offer me for VIN 5YFB4MDE8RP121789? About 54,000 miles, ZIP 60601.

Running it from a backend

Grant an agent the reports:trade-in-valuation scope, then call the tool over MCP:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "generate_trade_in_valuation_report",
    "arguments": {
      "vin": "19XFC2F70JE100000",
      "mileage": 64000,
      "zip": "60601"
    }
  }
}

See Server-side access for the token exchange and how to read the response.