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AlphaLoops Freight API

AlphaLoops Freight API

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Freight carrier intelligence from FMCSA data

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AlphaLoops Freight API gives your agents direct access to FMCSA carrier records — look up any US motor carrier by DOT or MC number, search by name, query safety histories, fleet rosters, roadside inspection reports, crash records, and carrier contacts in one call. Connect it to Actionist and your operations, compliance, and sales agents can vet carriers before dispatching a load, flag carriers with deteriorating safety scores, and build automated carrier onboarding and monitoring pipelines without anyone logging into the FMCSA portal.

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Average time saved
14 hours
per person · per month
≈ 2 workdays back

Eliminates manual work. Agents eliminate the manual cycle of pulling FMCSA carrier profiles, inspection records, crash data, and contact details from the portal before dispatching loads, onboarding carriers, or preparing claim files.

Schedule

What your AlphaLoops Freight API agent runs on autopilot

A week of scheduled jobs your Actionist agent will execute on your behalf.

28Scheduled jobs
7Agents at work
24/7Always on
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Multi-app workflows

AlphaLoops Freight API × every other app you use

End-to-end automations that span multiple apps — each one a real business outcome.

6Workflows
7Apps spanned
~21 hrsSaved / week
6Personas served
For compliance
Featured3 apps

Carrier safety score drops — load paused and team alerted

Every Monday morning the operations agent retrieves inspection records for all active preferred carriers, computes the out-of-service rate, and pauses any carrier whose rate exceeds 35% in the trailing 24 months. A Slack alert goes to the carrier relations manager with the inspection violations detail. The carrier is automatically removed from the load-matching pool until a human restores them.

~2 hrs

Time saved for your team — every week, on autopilot

The flow
Trigger·When a carrier's weekly inspection check shows an out-of-service rate above threshold
Trigger
Step 1
Google Sheets
Read the active preferred carrier list from the carrier registry sheet
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Step 2
AlphaLoops Freight API
List carrier inspections for each carrier in the past 24 months
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Step 3
AlphaLoops Freight API
Get inspection violations for any carrier with out-of-service events
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Step 4
Google Sheets
Update carrier safety score column and flag over-threshold carriers
write
Step 5
Slack
Post flagged carrier list and violation detail to #carrier-risk channel
Result
Update carrier safety score column and flag over-threshold carriersPost flagged carrier list and violation detail to #carrier-risk channel
The win
Saved per run
~2 hrs
Runs / week
~1×
Safety alerts reach the team before any load is dispatched to a flagged carrier
Driven byOperations Agent
ROI

Savings

What your team gets back — two angles: what you stop doing manually, and what that's worth.

Without Actionist

What you do manually today

With Actionist

What your agent runs for you

  • Sales
    120 min / week
    Manual FMCSA portal searches before carrier outreach

    Reps spend 20 minutes per carrier pulling DOT records, fleet size, and contacts from the FMCSA portal before they can make a qualified call to a prospect.

    Sales Agent
    0 min
    Agent builds enriched carrier prospect lists from FMCSA data automatically

    The sales agent queries active carriers in the target lane, retrieves contacts, and enriches verified emails and phone numbers — reps start Monday with a qualified call list ready.

  • Marketing
    60 min / week
    Manual carrier news monitoring for market research

    The marketing team scans news sources individually for each carrier they track, losing hours to research that could be automated with structured FMCSA data.

    Marketing Agent
    0 min
    Agent monitors carrier news and fleet trends for the entire tracked panel

    The marketing agent retrieves carrier news and fleet data for 50 tracked carriers every week and assembles an intelligence brief, turning raw FMCSA data into editorial content hooks.

  • Customer Support
    90 min / week
    Manual FMCSA lookups for shipper compliance questions

    Support reps either spend time pulling FMCSA records themselves or send customers away to look it up — either way slows resolution and frustrates shippers needing quick answers.

    Customer Support Agent
    0 min
    Agent resolves carrier lookup tickets with live FMCSA data within about a minute

    The support agent retrieves carrier profiles, inspection histories, and crash records on demand and returns them directly in the ticket, resolving compliance questions without rep involvement.

  • Human Resources
    45 min / week
    Manual employer safety research for driver applicants

    HR spends time looking up each employer on a driver's application in the FMCSA portal to check safety records before phone screens — a step that gets skipped under hiring pressure.

    Human Resources Agent
    0 min
    Agent checks employer safety records automatically before every phone screen

    The HR agent retrieves crash and inspection data for every listed employer on a driver application and appends a safety summary to the applicant file before the recruiter picks up the phone.

  • Finance
    180 min / week
    Manual safety data assembly before quarterly rate negotiations

    The finance team manually compiles crash records, inspection rates, and fleet size data for every carrier entering contract renewal — a process that takes two days before negotiations can start.

    Finance Agent
    0 min
    Agent assembles FMCSA safety data into the rate deck automatically before negotiations

    The finance agent pulls crash records, inspection out-of-service rates, and authority history for every renewal-cycle carrier and writes the data directly into the rate deck, ready before Friday's negotiation prep.

  • Operations
    240 min / week
    Manual carrier vetting before each load dispatch

    Dispatchers check the FMCSA portal before booking a carrier, but under time pressure this step gets skipped — leading to loads tendered to carriers with lapsed authority or poor safety records.

    Operations Agent
    0 min
    Agent vets every carrier automatically before a load is confirmed

    The operations agent retrieves authority status, safety rating, and inspection data for every carrier before dispatch. Flagged carriers are removed from the pool automatically without dispatcher intervention.

  • Legal
    60 min / week
    Manual FMCSA research at the start of every cargo claim

    Attorneys spend the first hour of a new claim pulling FMCSA crash records, inspection violations, and authority history by hand — time that could go to analysing the data rather than collecting it.

    Legal Agent
    0 min
    Agent assembles the full FMCSA record before the attorney's first call

    The legal agent retrieves crash records, inspection violations, authority history, and carrier contacts the moment a claim is filed and appends everything to the Notion claim file, ready for the attorney.

+ 100s of other AlphaLoops Freight API automations
Average time saved
80 hrs / person / month
Calculator

Calculate what your team saves

Team size
8 people
Hourly rate
$35 / hr
Hours saved / week
28
Hours saved / year
1,400
Annual ROI
$49,000

Based on AlphaLoops Freight API's typical team usage — the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~3.5 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.

Connect

How to plug AlphaLoops Freight API into Actionist

Pick the connection method that suits your environment.

Connect using your AlphaLoops Freight API key. Generate a key from your AlphaLoops account and paste it into Actionist to give your agents access to the full FMCSA carrier intelligence dataset.

1
Create an AlphaLoops account

Go to the AlphaLoops GitHub page (https://github.com/RunAlphaLoop/) and follow the setup instructions to create your account and access the API.

2
Generate your API key

In your AlphaLoops account dashboard, navigate to API Keys and generate a new key. Copy the key and store it securely.

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Paste into Actionist

Find AlphaLoops Freight API in the Actionist Apps tab, click Connect, paste your API key into the field, and click Test connection to verify.

Credentials you'll need
API Key*
Generate your API key from your AlphaLoops account dashboard
Actions

13 actions your agent can call

Read and write operations available to your Actionist agent.

Triggers

0 events your agent can react to

Events your agent watches for, and the actions it kicks off in response.

This app has no triggers yet.
FAQs

Questions about AlphaLoops Freight API + Actionist

How does Actionist connect to AlphaLoops Freight API?
Open the Apps tab in Actionist, find AlphaLoops Freight API, and click Connect. You will need an API key from your AlphaLoops account. Paste the key into the API Key field and click Test connection. Actionist runs a read-only verification call to confirm the key is valid before any agent uses it. The connection takes under a minute to set up.
Where does the carrier data come from and how current is it?
AlphaLoops Freight API pulls from FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) databases, which are the authoritative source for US motor carrier authority, safety ratings, inspection records, and crash data. FMCSA updates carrier data on a rolling basis. The API reflects the current FMCSA record at the time of each call, so your agents always retrieve the latest published data rather than a cached snapshot.
What is the difference between looking up by DOT number versus MC number?
Every US motor carrier registered with FMCSA has a USDOT number. MC (Motor Carrier) and MX numbers are docket numbers issued separately for carriers that applied for interstate operating authority as a for-hire carrier or broker. Some carriers hold both. Use DOT lookup when you have the USDOT number (the most common identifier). Use MC lookup when you have the docket number from a broker's authority document or insurance certificate. Both return the same carrier profile — the difference is only in which identifier you start from.
Can Actionist agents monitor carrier safety scores continuously?
Yes — you can schedule an agent to retrieve inspection records and crash data for your preferred carrier pool on a recurring basis (weekly is the most common cadence). The agent computes out-of-service rates, flags carriers above your threshold, and posts alerts to Slack or your TMS. This requires a cloud runtime plan for always-on scheduled execution (requires cloud runtime plan). On a desktop session the agent runs on demand.
Can I use AlphaLoops Freight API to vet carriers before every load dispatch?
Yes. You can configure your operations agent to call Get Carrier by DOT Number or Get Carrier by MC Number each time a new load record is created in your TMS or spreadsheet. The agent checks authority status and flags inactive carriers before the dispatcher confirms the booking. This works as an event-driven check triggered by a new row or record, so the agent responds within about a minute of the load being entered.
Does the API include contact information for carrier personnel?
Yes — the Contact resource supports two operations. Search Contacts at Carrier finds people associated with a carrier or freight company (useful for finding operations managers, owners, or safety managers by carrier name). Enrich Contact retrieves verified emails and phone numbers for a specific contact, so you can go from a carrier record to a direct email address and phone number in two steps. This is useful for carrier outreach, claims escalation, and onboarding workflows.
Can I search for carriers without knowing their DOT or MC number?
Yes. The Search Carriers by Name action performs a fuzzy search of the FMCSA carrier database by company name and returns all matching records with their DOT and MC numbers. The Filtered Query action lets you search by criteria such as operating status, state, or carrier type without any identifier at all. These are useful for building carrier prospect lists, researching competitors, or finding capacity in a new lane without knowing specific carrier identifiers in advance.
What does the authority history show and why does it matter?
Get Carrier Authority History returns the full timeline of authority grants and revocations for a carrier — showing when they applied for authority, when it was granted, and whether it has ever been revoked or suspended. A carrier with prior revocations carries regulatory risk: their authority can be revoked again, leaving loads stranded. Carriers with clean, continuous authority are lower risk for dedicated lanes and high-value freight. The legal team also uses authority history in cargo claims to establish whether the carrier was legally authorised to haul during the period in question.