abrp-mcp

An unofficial Model Context Protocol server for the A Better Route Planner (ABRP) / Iternio EV routing API. Built with Hono and deployable on Vercel as a single serverless function.

It exposes ABRP's EV route planner — route + charging stops, charge curves, charger search, vehicle models, range estimates, and live telemetry — as MCP tools, with a stateless OAuth flow so each user supplies their own API key.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Iternio. "A Better Route Planner" and "ABRP" are trademarks of Iternio AB.

⚠️ Hobby experiment, no guarantees. This is a weekend project. The /plan endpoint is billed per call by Iternio — read the code and mind your API key before connecting an LLM.

Hosted instance

A public instance runs at https://abrp-mcp.vercel.app — MCP endpoint https://abrp-mcp.vercel.app/mcp. It holds no API key: every user authorizes with their own ABRP key via the built-in OAuth flow (nothing is stored server-side; your key is sealed into the access token). Point any OAuth-capable MCP client at the /mcp URL, or self-host your own (see Deploy to Vercel).

Quick start — no terminal, no install

You don't need to be a developer or run anything. Using the hosted instance and Claude Desktop:

1. Get an ABRP API key — see Getting an API key below.
2. Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
3. Name it ABRP and paste the URL https://abrp-mcp.vercel.app/mcp, then add it.
4. A login page opens — paste your API key and click Authorize. (Nothing is stored on the server; your key is sealed into your own access token.)
5. Start a new chat and just ask, e.g. "Plan a route from Copenhagen to Berlin in a VW ID.4, I'm at 80%."

That's it — no JSON files, no terminal. (Other MCP-capable assistants that support custom remote connectors work the same way; point them at the same URL.) The honest catch is step 1 — getting a key still takes a moment; see below.

Tools

Tool	What it does	Auth
abrp_check_access	Validate the API key against a free endpoint	API key
abrp_find_vehicle	Search the model catalogue by name → exact typecode	API key
abrp_plan_route	Plan an EV route with charging stops (friendly inputs)	API key
abrp_plan_trip	Plan a long route split into dated daily legs (max-hours/day, daily start time) + overnight stops	API key
abrp_plan_raw	Plan with a full raw PlanRequest body	API key
abrp_refresh_route	Re-optimise an in-progress route from live position/SoC	API key
abrp_search_networks	Find charging-network ids (for network preferences)	API key
abrp_list_vehicles	List vehicles on your ABRP account + typecodes	API key + session
abrp_get_charge_curve	Charge curve (power vs SoC) for a model at a charger	API key
abrp_get_reference_consumption	Reference consumption (Wh/km) for a model	API key
abrp_estimate_range	Range plot — reachable points from a location	API key
abrp_get_chargers / abrp_get_charger	Fetch chargers by id	API key
abrp_search_chargers	Find chargers near a coordinate	API key
abrp_send_telemetry	Push live telemetry via the free v1 /tlm/send	API key + user token

⚠️ Billing: abrp_plan_route / abrp_plan_trip / abrp_plan_raw call Iternio's /plan endpoint, which is billed per successful plan. Every other endpoint is free.

Planning tools return a viewUrl (https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=…) so you can open the result in the ABRP web app or mobile app.

Towing & amenities. Set the vehicle configuration (e.g. TRAILER-SMALL/MEDIUM/LARGE) to model a caravan's extra consumption, and bias stops toward amenities with charging.preferredFeatures — TRAILER_FRIENDLY (pull-through), HAS_PLAYGROUND, HAS_OPEN_RESTROOMS, DOG_FRIENDLY, PLUG_AND_CHARGE — or free-text charging.preferredTags.

Conditions & preferences. Plans also accept weather (SEASONAL / REAL_TIME / MANUAL with °C, wind, road conditions — strongly affects range), traffic (REAL_TIME, premium), currency + units for the output, alternatives: true to get the 2–3 alternative routes, and charging.networks to prefer/exclude specific networks (look up ids with abrp_search_networks).

Getting an API key

You need an Iternio Planning API key (the X-API-KEY). There are two ways to get one.

1. The proper way — ask Iternio (recommended)

Email contact@iternio.com and request a developer/test key. There's a small one-time setup cost and then per-plan billing on the /plan endpoint; every other endpoint is free. This is the only path that's officially sanctioned, gives you your own quota, and won't disappear out from under you. If you're going to use this for anything beyond a quick experiment, do this.

2. The quick way — borrow ABRP's public web key

The ABRP web app ships a single public API key in its front-end — the same key for every visitor (you get the identical value even logged-out in incognito). It's not a secret and it's not tied to your account, so reading it leaks nothing. It's the fastest way to try the project.

1. Open https://abetterrouteplanner.com (no login needed).
2. Open DevTools → Network, plan any route, and find the request to api.iternio.com.
3. Copy the x-api-key request header — that's the whole key. (A typecode plan needs nothing else; the x-abrp-session JWT in the same request is your short-lived account session, only needed to list the cars saved on your account.)
4. Use it as ABRP_API_KEY / the X-API-KEY header.

⚠️ It's public, but it's still Iternio's key — for their own app. Making plans with it uses Iternio's infrastructure, and it's metered/rate-limited for their app's traffic — so running an outside project through it isn't really sanctioned, and at any real volume it just gets the key rate-limited or rotated. Fine for a quick personal try; if you use this for real, get your own key (option 1). Don't bake this key into a public deployment — the hosted instance deliberately holds no key and asks each user for their own. (With your own key, the /plan endpoint is billed per plan; everything else is free.)

Credentials

ABRP uses up to four credentials (v2 API unless noted):

• X-API-KEY — the Planning API key. Required. See Getting an API key above.
• X-ABRP-SESSION — a user session, only needed for user-scoped calls like listing your vehicles.
• user token — for the free v1 /tlm/send telemetry endpoint. Generate it in the ABRP app under Settings → Live Data.
• X-TLM-TOKEN — telemetry token for v2 telemetry (optional).

You provide them one of three ways (in precedence order):

1. OAuth — connect via the built-in login page and paste your credentials; they're sealed (AES-256-GCM) inside the issued Bearer token. Nothing is stored server-side.
2. Headers — X-API-KEY (or X-ABRP-API-Key), X-ABRP-Session, X-ABRP-Token (v1 user token), X-TLM-Token. Header values override the corresponding OAuth/env value per request.
3. Env vars — ABRP_API_KEY, ABRP_SESSION, ABRP_USER_TOKEN, ABRP_TLM_TOKEN (single-tenant / local dev).

Local development

pnpm install
cp .env.example .env        # set OAUTH_SECRET; optionally ABRP_API_KEY for a single-tenant run
pnpm dev                    # http://localhost:3000  (MCP at /mcp)

Serving HTTPS locally (for Claude Desktop)

Claude Desktop's connector UI requires an https:// URL. Since the app runs on your own machine, you don't need a tunnel — just serve HTTPS locally with a trusted cert from mkcert (it installs a local CA, so there are no certificate warnings):

brew install mkcert            # once
mkcert -install                # trust the local CA (once)
mkdir -p certs
mkcert -cert-file certs/localhost.pem -key-file certs/localhost-key.pem localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1
pnpm dev                       # now auto-detects certs/ and serves https://localhost:3000

pnpm dev serves HTTPS automatically when certs/localhost.pem + certs/localhost-key.pem exist (override paths with TLS_CERT / TLS_KEY), and falls back to HTTP otherwise. The certs/ directory is gitignored — never commit keys.

Quick check:

curl -s localhost:3000/ | jq
curl -s -X POST localhost:3000/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Deploy to Vercel

The app is a single Node function (api/index.ts) with all routes rewritten to it (vercel.json). Deploy, then set env vars:

vercel
vercel env add OAUTH_SECRET production    # openssl rand -base64 48
# optional single-tenant fallback:
vercel env add ABRP_API_KEY production

For multi-tenant use, leave ABRP_API_KEY unset — every user authorizes with their own key via OAuth.

Connecting a client

Point any MCP client at https://<your-deployment>/mcp. Clients that support OAuth will discover the authorization server automatically (RFC 8414 / 9728 metadata + RFC 7591 dynamic registration) and open the login page. Clients that don't can send an X-API-KEY header instead.

Claude Desktop (local)

Run the server locally over HTTPS (see above) with ABRP_API_KEY set in .env, then add it to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json via the mcp-remote bridge and restart Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "abrp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://localhost:3000/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS": "/Users/<you>/Library/Application Support/mkcert/rootCA.pem"
      }
    }
  }
}

NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS points Node at the mkcert CA so mcp-remote trusts the local cert (find the path with mkcert -CAROOT). With ABRP_API_KEY in .env, no OAuth login is needed — the tools are available as soon as Claude Desktop restarts.

To use the hosted instance instead of running locally, drop the cert/env entirely and point at it — mcp-remote will open the OAuth login page for your key:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "abrp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://abrp-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"] }
  }
}

Prefer to skip the login page? Pass your key as a header and mcp-remote authenticates directly:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "abrp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://abrp-mcp.vercel.app/mcp", "--header", "X-API-KEY: YOUR_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Claude Code speaks HTTP MCP natively — no mcp-remote needed. Add the hosted instance with your key as a header:

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user abrp \
  https://abrp-mcp.vercel.app/mcp --header "X-API-KEY: YOUR_KEY"

Or omit --header to authorize via OAuth (/mcp in the TUI to log in). Point at your own http://localhost:3000/mcp instead of the hosted URL to use a local server. Run claude mcp list to confirm it shows ✔ Connected, then restart Claude Code so the abrp tools load.

Example route plan (tool abrp_plan_route):

{
  "destinations": [
    { "lat": 55.7122, "long": 13.2159, "name": "Lund" },
    { "address": "Stockholm, Sweden", "minArrivalSocFrac": 0.15 }
  ],
  "typecode": "rivian:r1s:21:135",
  "currentSocFrac": 0.8,
  "charging": { "connectorTypes": ["CCS", "NACS"], "stopPreference": "FEWER" }
}

How it works

• src/abrp.ts — typed client over the v2 REST API (https://api.iternio.com/2) and the v1 telemetry endpoint (https://api.iternio.com/1).
• src/tools.ts — MCP tool definitions (Zod schemas) wrapping the client.
• src/server.ts — Hono app: discovery metadata, OAuth (authorize/token/register), and the /mcp Streamable HTTP transport.
• src/oauth.ts — stateless OAuth 2.1: every code/token/client-id is an AES-256-GCM sealed blob, so no database is needed. Your ABRP credentials are sealed inside the access token.
• src/login-page.ts — the credential entry form.

Contributing

Ideas, bug reports and PRs are very welcome — this is a hobby project and easy to hack on. See CONTRIBUTING.md for the short version. The gist:

pnpm install
pnpm dev          # local server (http://localhost:3000, or https with mkcert certs)
pnpm typecheck    # tsc --noEmit

Adding a tool is usually a few lines: wrap the endpoint in src/abrp.ts, then register the tool with its Zod schema in src/tools.ts. Open an issue first for anything large so we can talk it through. Found a security issue? Please report it privately — see SECURITY.md.

References

• Iternio Planning API v2 (Swagger): https://api.iternio.com/swagger-ui/
• OpenAPI spec: https://api.iternio.com/swagger-ui/spec/prod/IternioPlanning.out.yaml
• API overview: https://www.iternio.com/api
• v1 telemetry (Postman): https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/7396339/SWTK5a8w

License

MIT — see LICENSE. Unofficial; not affiliated with Iternio.