RecallLens

RecallLens lets Claude look up US product-safety recalls in public government data and cite the official record.

What it covers:

• Vehicle recalls (NHTSA): by make, model and model year; by 17-character VIN (check digit validated, decoded with NHTSA vPIC); or by NHTSA campaign number, including child-seat, tire and equipment campaigns. Results show the component, defect, risk, remedy, any "do not drive" or "park outside" advisory, and the nhtsa.gov link. Older Ram pickups, which NHTSA files under both Dodge and Ram, are combined into one list.
• FDA recalls: food, drug and medical-device enforcement reports from openFDA, filterable by keywords, product type, class (I-III), status and report date.
• Consumer product recalls (CPSC): toys, cribs, strollers, furniture, heaters, e-bikes, batteries, appliances and more, searchable by product, brand, model, hazard, retailer, UPC or recall number.

Every answer names its source, says when the data was retrieved, links to the official record, and reminds the reader to confirm with that record before acting. Answers are short by default, with a "full" detail option and paging.

Limits: vehicle results list campaigns for a make, model and year; they do not confirm whether a specific VIN is included or repaired (NHTSA's VIN lookup at nhtsa.gov/recalls does that). USDA meat, poultry and egg recalls are not covered. FDA enforcement reports can lag company announcements.

Free, with no account or API key. RecallLens does not log searches, VINs or conversation content; it keeps only anonymous daily counts of tool use. For a VIN, only the first 11 characters are sent to NHTSA (14 for low-volume manufacturers); the serial number never is. Published by Starry Night; not affiliated with NHTSA, FDA, CPSC or any government agency.