generated: '2026-08-27'
method: probed
source: >-
  https://carmd.com/.well-known/ucp, https://carmd.com/api/2026-04/graphql.json, TCP/HTTP probes of
  api.carmd.com and proscan.carmd.com, and https://www.carmd.com/api/ — all 2026-08-27
provider: CarMD
providerId: carmd
description: >-
  Lifecycle posture for CarMD's API surfaces. The headline finding is not a policy but an observation: the
  developer API host CarMD still links to from its own footer does not answer, while a new agent-commerce
  surface has appeared on the main domain.
versioning:
  - surface: CarMD UCP Commerce MCP
    scheme: dated protocol version
    current: '2026-04-08'
    previous_still_served: ['2026-01-23']
    declared_at: https://carmd.com/.well-known/ucp
    note: >-
      The discovery document lists both versions with per-version profile URLs, which is a concrete
      multi-version support statement rather than a promise.
  - surface: CarMD Storefront GraphQL
    scheme: dated version in the request path
    current: '2026-04'
    path_form: /api/{version}/graphql.json
    discovery: 'the publicApiVersions query field enumerates supported versions'
  - surface: CarMD Vehicle API (CarScan)
    scheme: 'path version (v3 generation referenced in indexed documentation)'
    current: unverified
    note: Could not be confirmed — the host refused connections.
deprecation:
  policy_published: false
  sunset_header: unverified
  deprecation_header: unverified
  note: >-
    CarMD publishes no deprecation policy. The Storefront GraphQL schema does carry @deprecated field
    markers (a machine-readable deprecation signal at the field level), but there is no stated support
    window or sunset schedule. No Deprecation pointer is emitted.
status_page:
  published: false
  url: null
  note: >-
    No status page was found on any CarMD property, and none is linked from the site footer. No StatusPage
    pointer is emitted.
sla:
  published: false
availability_observations:
  - host: api.carmd.com
    date: '2026-08-27'
    observation: >-
      DNS resolves to 54.86.119.234; TCP 80 and 443 both closed. curl: "Connection timed out after 8001
      milliseconds". An independent fetcher on a different network returned ECONNREFUSED on
      54.86.119.234:443. This host is still linked from the carmd.com footer as "CarMD API"
      (https://api.carmd.com/member/) and is the documented home of the CarScan API documentation.
    http_status: 0
  - host: proscan.carmd.com
    date: '2026-08-27'
    observation: 'Host answers; every path including / returns an IIS 404 "Not Found". The footer link https://proscan.carmd.com/member 404s.'
    http_status: 404
  - url: https://www.carmd.com/api/
    date: '2026-08-27'
    observation: >-
      The legacy CarMD API marketing/pricing page returns 404. The main site has been rebuilt on Shopify and
      the developer-facing content did not migrate.
    http_status: 404
  - url: https://carmd.com/api/ucp/mcp
    date: '2026-08-27'
    observation: 'New agent-commerce surface, live and anonymous — initialize and tools/list both HTTP 200.'
    http_status: 200
maturity:
  - surface: CarMD UCP Commerce MCP
    stage: production
    evidence: Serves the current UCP version and a real merchant catalog.
  - surface: CarMD Storefront GraphQL
    stage: production
  - surface: CarMD Vehicle API (CarScan)
    stage: unreachable
    evidence: See availability_observations.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com