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Motive MCP for Claude and ChatGPT

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Introduction

Motive MCP is a native connector that turns Motive into a live, query-able data source inside the AI tools you already use, i.e., Claude and ChatGPT. Ask questions about your fleet, compliance, safety, and dispatch data in plain English, and take action, all without opening the Motive dashboard.

What's New?

Fleet admins can now connect Motive to Claude or ChatGPT using the Motive MCP server URL. Once connected, you can ask natural-language questions about your fleet and take action directly from your AI tool. No IT tickets or engineering support are required.

Setup takes under two minutes:

  1. Open Claude or ChatGPT and go to the connectors or integrations settings.
  2. Add a custom connector using the Motive MCP server URL: https://mcp.us.gomotive.com/mcp
  3. Sign in with your existing Motive credentials.
  4. Review and approve the consent screen listing the data scopes being granted.

Once connected, your session renews silently in the background. The connection only breaks if you explicitly revoke access.

Supported MCP actions include:

Fleet and Vehicles

  • Locate your fleet in real time (vehicles, drivers, or specific assets)
  • Check vehicle health (fault codes, ELD connection status, utilization)
  • List all vehicles or ELD devices
  • List non-powered assets (trailers, equipment)
  • Get an asset's last known location, or request a fresh GPS ping
  • Update a vehicle's details (status, groups, camera settings, etc.)

Compliance

  • Check a driver's Hours-of-Service status and dispatch readiness
  • Pull HOS logs or list HOS violations
  • List pending log edit suggestions
  • List driver-vehicle inspection reports (DVIRs)

Safety

  • List speeding events and other driver performance events
  • Pull safety scorecard summaries

Dispatch and Geofencing

  • List dispatch assignments and saved dispatch locations
  • List, view, and create geofences
  • List geofence entry/exit events

People and Groups

  • Look up or resolve a user, vehicle, or asset by name, email, or ID
  • List company users, or get a single user's details
  • Update a user's info, role, or settings
  • List groups (terminals, fleets, teams) and their vehicles

Time and Fuel

  • List timecard entries and fuel purchase receipts
  • Pull IFTA fuel-tax summaries

Messaging

  • Send a message, or view inbox and conversation messages

Freight Visibility

  • List partner companies with visibility consent
  • View shared vehicle locations from partners

You can also take action directly from your AI tool, such as assigning unidentified driving periods, sending driver messages, and creating dispatches anywhere your Motive account has permission to do so.

For step-by-step setup instructions, see Connecting Motive MCP to Claude or Connecting Motive MCP to ChatGPT.

How does this help our customers?

  • Faster answers, no dashboard switching: Get live answers across fleet, compliance, safety, and dispatch data in one natural language question without logging into Motive or cross-referencing multiple screens.
  • Quick setup: Admins can connect in under two minutes using existing Motive credentials. No IT tickets and no engineering support are needed.
  • Take action without leaving your AI tool: Assign unidentified driving periods, send driver messages, create dispatches, and more, all from Claude or ChatGPT.
  • Stays connected: Sessions renew silently so you are never interrupted mid-workflow. Revoke access at any time.

Rollout Plan or Feature Go-Live Date?

Feature Launch Date: 08/04/26

This feature is available to all Motive customers with a fleet admin account. This feature is available in the United States only at launch. Canada, Mexico, and the UK are planned for the end of September 2026.

Note: 

  • Only fleet admin accounts can set up the Motive MCP connection at launch. Other roles (fleet managers, operators) will receive an error if they attempt to authenticate and are not yet supported.
  • Connected users currently see fleet-wide data regardless of their role-based permissions inside Motive. Role- and region-based data scoping is planned for a future update.

FAQs

Who can connect to Motive MCP?

Today, only fleet admin accounts can be authenticated. Support for fleet managers and operators is planned but not yet available.

What can I do with Motive MCP once it's connected?

Ask natural-language questions about your fleet, drivers, vehicles, HOS compliance, safety events, dispatch, and more. You can also take action, like assigning unidentified driving periods, sending driver messages, or creating dispatches, all without leaving your AI tool.

Which AI clients are supported?

Claude and ChatGPT are live for this launch.

How long does setup take?

Under two minutes, with no IT ticket or engineering support required.

Will I have to keep logging back in?

No. Once connected, your session renews silently in the background. You won't be interrupted unless you explicitly revoke access.

Is my company's data isolated from other companies using Motive MCP?

Yes. Every connection is bound to your company account, so your data is never visible to another company's session.

Will everyone at my company see the same data through Motive MCP?

Today, yes, anyone who connects sees fleet-wide data, regardless of their role-based permissions inside Motive. Role- and region-based scoping so that, for example, a regional manager only sees their region is planned but not yet available.

How do I revoke access?

For revoking the access, the customer will have to delete their Motive MCP from their AI client. The process to revoke access is mentioned in each of ChatGPT's and Claude's user manuals.

This immediately invalidates all active tokens; the next request prompts re-authentication.

What server URL do I use to connect?

https://mcp.us.gomotive.com/mcp

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