PatchOps

Available tools

8 tools

Tool	Description
`getCarrierByDOT`	Carrier safety snapshot by USDOT number: operating status, crash totals, driver/hazmat out-of-service rates vs national average, insurance.
`searchCarriersByName`	Find carriers by name (subsidiaries file under different DOT numbers). Returns up to 20 matches with DOT numbers and key safety stats.
`getCarrierByDocket`	Look up a carrier by MC/docket number.
`getCarrierBasics`	SMS BASIC safety scores by category (Unsafe Driving, HOS, Vehicle Maintenance, etc.). Run date surfaced, scores can be stale.
`getCarrierAuthority`	Operating authority status (common/contract/broker) and insurance on file.
`getCarrierOOS`	Current out-of-service orders against the carrier.
`getCrashes`	Crash records (all-time). Filter by date range and report state; returns fatalities, injuries, tow-away, hazmat placard.
`getInspections`	Roadside inspections (rolling ~3-year window). Filter by date and state; returns violation and out-of-service counts.

About

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration public safety data for vetting third-party trucking carriers: frac sand, produced-water, crude, chemical, and rig-move haulers. Two upstreams: the QCMobile API (carrier snapshot with crash totals and out-of-service rates vs national averages, SMS BASIC safety scores by category, operating authority and insurance on file, active out-of-service orders, MC/docket lookup, and fuzzy name search) and the DOT-wide Socrata datasets on data.transportation.gov (all-time crash records with date, state, county, fatalities, injuries, and hazmat placard, plus rolling 3-year roadside inspection records with violation and out-of-service counts). Resolve a carrier by name to its DOT number, then pull its crash and inspection history. Complements Samsara and Geotab (operator-owned fleet telematics): FMCSA is the regulator-side public record for carriers you don't own. Toggle on and use, no setup needed.

Requirements

Toggle on
Toggle on and use, no setup needed.

Setup

A few steps to connect your AI agents to FMCSA Carrier Safety.

Get started

1
Toggle Connector On
Open /mcp and enable FMCSA Carrier Safety with the toggle, no credentials needed.
2
Start Querying
Call searchCarriersByName to resolve a hauler's DOT number, then pull getCarrierByDOT for the safety snapshot and getCrashes for crash history.

Connect to your AI assistant

Pick the tool your team uses for the exact setup steps.

1
Open Claude settings
Launch Claude, click the profile button (bottom left), and go to Settings.
2
Access connectors
Open the Connectors tab, scroll to the bottom, and click “Add custom connector”.
3
Name your connector
Enter any name you’d like for this connector.
4
Get the connector URL
Log in to PatchOps, open the /mcp page, and copy the connector URL you want to use.
5
Add the connector
Paste the URL into the “Remote MCP server URL” box and click Add.
6
Start using
Your FMCSA Carrier Safety connector is ready to use in Claude.