MCP server

FreightFA Official

com.freightfa.mcp/freightfa

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Freight rate benchmarks (truckload, LTL, rail, intermodal, barge), market outlooks, FMCSA checks.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

freightfa.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

27

Token cost

About 7,664 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http freightfa https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.freightfa]
url = "https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"freightfa":{"httpUrl":"https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"freightfa":{"url":"https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"freightfa":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add freightfa https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"freightfa","server_url":"https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"freightfa","server_url":"https://mcp.freightfa.com/mcp"}

Tools

• ask_freight_analyst ~295 tokens
  Ask FreightFA's AI freight analyst a question in plain language: lane rates, mode choice, capacity, fuel, carrier vetting, market news, or drafting an RFP. Answers cite their sources and can include a priced rate card. Pass session_id from a previous answer to continue the same conversation. Each qu
• calculate_margin ~282 tokens
  Margin on a load from the buy rate (carrier cost) and sell rate (what the shipper pays): margin in dollars and percent of sell, the per-mile spread when miles are given, and the sell price needed to hit a target margin. Pure arithmetic; does not count toward the allowance.
• check_freight_bill ~768 tokens
  Compare what a shipper was billed (or quoted) for one truckload or LTL load with today's market price for the same lane. Use it when the user uploads, pastes, or describes a freight bill, carrier or broker invoice, or rate confirmation and asks whether the price is fair. Read the fields off the docu
• create_rate_alert ~248 tokens
  Create a lane rate alert for the signed-in user. Notifies them when the benchmark crosses the threshold.
• create_rfp ~450 tokens
  Create a draft freight RFP in the user's FreightFA account with up to 50 lanes, and benchmark each lane against the market. Returns the RFP id, a link to finish and send it in the RFP Builder, and each lane's benchmark. Free accounts can have one RFP.
• draft_pushback_email ~390 tokens
  Draft an email to a broker or carrier pushing back on a truckload quote, using the market benchmark for the lane and this week's market direction. Set want_counter to true to also draft a counter-offer. If no benchmark is given, the national all-in rate for the equipment is used. Included with Freig
• estimate_barge_rate ~378 tokens
  Estimate an inland waterway barge freight rate for a bulk commodity, origin, destination, distance, and weight, from USDA's weekly downbound grain barge rates. Only priced when both ends are Mississippi/Illinois/Ohio River ports, the lane runs downriver, and the shipment is at least one barge-load (
• estimate_intermodal_rate ~246 tokens
  Estimate a door-to-door domestic intermodal (rail + truck) rate between two U.S. places: drayage to the nearest Class I ramp, the rail line-haul, and drayage from the destination ramp, with the ramps used. Says when a lane has no intermodal service. Each call counts as one estimate toward the accoun
• estimate_ltl_rate ~257 tokens
  Estimate a less-than-truckload rate using FreightFA's CzarLite-basis tariff calculator. Returns a directional benchmark for planning. Each call counts as one estimate toward the account's monthly FreightFA allowance.
• estimate_network_cost ~398 tokens
  Price a supply chain of up to 10 legs (factory to port to warehouse to store, domestic or international) and total it, with each leg's mode, cost, and transit time. Saved to the user's Network Builder. Full costs are included with FreightFA Desk; other accounts can spend a one-time trial run by sett
• estimate_rail_rate ~377 tokens
  Estimate a Class I carload rail freight rate for a commodity, distance, and weight. Pass origin and destination to check for active freight track near both ends (USDOT rail network): rail_access names the railroads nearby, and a lane with no track within 50 miles of an end returns available: false w
• estimate_truckload_rate ~563 tokens
  Estimate a full-truckload freight rate for a lane using FreightFA's DAT-basis rate engine. Returns a directional benchmark for planning. Each call counts as one estimate toward the account's monthly FreightFA allowance.
• explain_freight_term ~217 tokens
  Plain-English definition of a freight market index, ratio, or charge from the FreightFA glossary: OTRI, OTVI, load-to-truck ratio, NTI, Cass Freight Index, RCAF, fuel surcharge, freight class, detention and demurrage, DIM weight, bill of lading, deadhead, accessorials, linehaul, and more. Returns wh
• find_intermodal_hubs ~179 tokens
  Look up U.S. intermodal rail hubs by city or state: which Class I railroads serve the metro, the named ramps to ask a carrier about, and notes. Leave both out to list every hub. Does not count toward the allowance.
• get_barge_outlook ~192 tokens
  USDA weekly downbound grain barge rates for the river corridor between two Mississippi, Illinois, or Ohio River places, with next week's outlook where it has passed a backtest. Says when the places aren't on a priced corridor. Does not count toward the allowance.
• get_freight_brief ~231 tokens
  Start here for any general freight market question. FreightFA's daily freight brief in one call, with no inputs: today's U.S. national truckload rates per mile (dry van, reefer, flatbed, all-in including fuel) and diesel, next week's truck rate outlook, truck capacity, how rail carload prices are mo
• get_freight_index_outlook ~227 tokens
  Latest reading and next-period outlook for a global freight index: drewry_wci (Drewry World Container Index, $/40ft container), baltic_dry_index (dry bulk shipping), tac_air_index (air cargo rates), or iata_jet_fuel (jet fuel price). Omit the index to get all four. A forecast band is shown only wher
• get_freight_news ~329 tokens
  FreightFA's newest freight news: FreightFA Pulse market stories and updates (truck, rail, ocean, industry), articles from The FreightFA Brief newsletter, videos, and podcast episodes. Returns titles, dates, short summaries and links, newest first. Filter by source or by a topic keyword such as 'inte
• get_market_outlook ~195 tokens
  FreightFA's forecast for next week's U.S. national spot rate per mile (all-in including fuel) for dry van, reefer, or flatbed: the current weekly average, a p10/p50/p90 band, and whether rates look to be rising, falling, or stable, with the rationale and caveat. Omit the equipment type to get all th
• get_market_snapshot ~153 tokens
  Today's U.S. national truckload rates per mile for dry van, reefer, and flatbed (all-in including fuel, with linehaul and fuel split), FreightFA's live-quote index, and EIA diesel, each with its source week and the change over the last 7 days. Use it for 'what are truck rates right now' questions; c
• get_rail_market_outlook ~188 tokens
  How U.S. rail carload prices are moving: the change in Class I railroads' average revenue per carload versus a year earlier, from their SEC filings (fuel surcharges included), for Agricultural or Industrial freight, with the outlook where it has passed a backtest. Omit the group to get both. Nationa
• get_rfp ~139 tokens
  Fetch one of the signed-in user's RFP documents, including its lanes.
• list_rate_alerts ~88 tokens
  List the signed-in user's lane rate alerts.
• list_recent_searches ~151 tokens
  List the signed-in user's recent freight rate searches and the lanes they priced (website, chat and assistant), newest first, each with its price breakdown (linehaul, fuel, market quote, target, floor) and how often it was priced.
• list_rfps ~140 tokens
  List the signed-in user's RFP documents, newest first, with lane counts.
• lookup_carrier ~271 tokens
  Vet a U.S. motor carrier from FMCSA SAFER data: operating authority, safety rating, insurance on file, driver and vehicle out-of-service rates, and FreightFA's report with concern assessment, risk explanations, and recommended verification checklist. Present the carrier details together with the Fre
• recommend_mode ~312 tokens
  Rank the freight modes (dry van, reefer, flatbed, intermodal, rail, barge, dump truck) for a shipment between two U.S. places, with the reasons for each, and return the lane distance in miles. Use it first when you only have city names or ZIPs, then pass the distance to an estimate_* tool for a pric

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