VIN Check USA
Data / Lookup
A VIN number lookup tool — decode a 17-character VIN into full vehicle spec, flag history alerts and generate a shareable vehicle report in seconds.
The problem
- 01
Decoding a raw VIN into a structured vehicle spec (make, model, year, trim, drivetrain) accurately across thousands of model variants.
- 02
Aggregating history signals — salvage, title-brand, odometer and recall flags — into a clear alert summary a buyer can act on.
- 03
Producing a report fast enough that a buyer standing in a dealership lot could run it on their phone without waiting.
What was built
Backend Functions
Server-side VIN decoding and history aggregation engine — keeps data-source keys off the client and returns one consolidated payload.
Entities
Lookup records storing each VIN, decoded spec and generated report for the user's history and re-share.
Integrations
External data-source APIs called via backend functions; InvokeLLM to summarise raw history flags into a buyer-readable alert.
Custom UI
Mobile-first brutalist lookup — VIN entry, decoded spec panel and a one-tap shareable report link.
The outcome
Deployed in 6 days. Buyers decode a VIN and pull a full vehicle report in under 8 seconds, straight from the dealership lot on their phone.
The
terminal.
Send a brief — a sentence or a spec doc. You'll get a fixed price and a build plan back within 24 hours.