# Carshelpingkids Car Donations MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Forg.carshelpingkids%2Fcar-donations
Registry id: `mcp-registry/org.carshelpingkids/car-donations`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-27T00:26:09.799Z)

## Verdict

Carshelpingkids Car Donations MCP server answered 99.97% of Glimind's liveness checks over 30 days, better than 37% of MCP servers, with 527 ms median handshake and 1 outage in 90 days. Its agent-readiness grade is A (90/100) across 7 tools, costing an agent about 2,037 tokens to load. Checked every few minutes; no tool is ever called.

## Measurements (30 days)

| Metric | Value | Better than |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime, 30 days | 99.97% | 37% of MCP servers |
| Median handshake latency | 527 ms | 47% of MCP servers |
| p95 handshake latency | 2297 ms | — |
| Checks in 30 days | 4,057 | — |
| Outages, 90 days | 1 | — |
| Median recovery | 362.6 h | — |
| Agent-readiness score | 90/100 (A) | 69% of MCP servers |
| Tools | 7 | — |
| Tool-list size for an agent | ~2,037 tokens | 52% of MCP servers |
| Days observed | 27 | — |

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "carshelpingkids-car-donations-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://carshelpingkids.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http carshelpingkids-car-donations-mcp-server https://carshelpingkids.org/mcp
```

## Tools (7)

- `check_vehicle_donation_readiness`: Run a privacy-minimized preflight using coarse vehicle, document, access, and location facts. It identifies what needs case review but never accepts or rejects 
- `fetch`: Retrieve the complete reviewed Cars Helping Kids answer and canonical citation URL for a document ID returned by search.
- `get_car_donation_info`: Get a direct, citable answer about starting a car donation, the donation process, vehicles and conditions reviewed, pickup coverage, title or lien issues, tax d
- `get_tax_document_requirements`: Return general federal record and form checkpoints for a vehicle donation based on the donation stage and broad amount bands. This does not calculate, select, o
- `search`: Search Cars Helping Kids canonical car-donation, pickup, vehicle-readiness, tax-document, legal-identity, privacy, and terms sources. Returns canonical URLs for
- `submit_car_donation`: Submit an adult donor's authorized vehicle-donation request to Cars Helping Kids for case review. Use only after the donor reviews the exact contact, vehicle, a
- `verify_legal_recipient`: Return the exact relationship between Cars Helping Kids and the IRS-recognized legal recipient, Fainting Goat Foundation Co Inc, including EIN and authoritative

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