# DomainRef - domain and email security check

> Pay-per-call domain and email security check: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, TLS, DNSSEC, BIMI, with exact fixes.

- name: dev.domainref/domainref
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/dev.domainref%2Fdomainref
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/dev.domainref%2Fdomainref/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "domainref": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://domainref.dev/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "${X_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${X_API_KEY}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 98
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-94% +updated-18d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 2 of 2 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 614 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: 2 tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 2, about 614 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 7e3d17560a7bdd7f0fa433f4c86543ce
- tools last changed: 2026-10-21T06:05:57.673Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/dev.domainref/domainref.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/dev.domainref/domainref)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-21 `domain_age` changed (description, outputSchema)
  - before: PAID ($0.005). Not for registries without RDAP, e.g. .za/.co.za, .me, .de, .io, .eu: refused free (422). Use when you need to know which registrar holds a domain, how old it is, and whether it is a risky newly-registered domain. $0.005. From the registry's RDAP: registrar name and IANA ID (no registrant or contact data), created, expires, last changed, status flags, DNSSEC delegation, nameservers; fail under 30 days old or expired, warn under 180 days, expiring within 30 days or on hold. A registry without RDAP is refused free. MCP: pass api_key (card checkout at /pricing); per-call x402/MPP payment is HTTP only, so without a key the result is the x402 payment requirement for the HTTP endpoint.
  - after: PAID ($0.005). Not for registries without RDAP, e.g. .za/.co.za, .me, .de, .io, .eu: refused free (422). Use when you need to know which registrar holds a domain, how old it is, and whether it is a risky newly-registered domain. $0.005. From the registry's RDAP: registrar name and IANA ID (no registrant or contact data), created, expires, last changed, status flags, DNSSEC delegation, nameservers; fail under 30 days old or expired, warn under 180 days, expiring within 30 days or on hold. A registry without RDAP is refused free. MCP: pass api_key (an Afriref key, card credit at https://afriref.dev/pricing); per-call x402/MPP payment is HTTP only, so without a key the result is an api_key_required error naming the HTTP endpoint.
- 2026-10-21 `domain_check` changed (description, outputSchema)
  - before: PAID ($0.01). Use when mail lands in spam, before an email campaign, for vendor due diligence or to confirm a Microsoft 365 tenant: graded SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX, MTA-STS, DNSSEC, CAA, TLS and domain age, plus BIMI and blocklist info, each with the exact fix record. Non-intrusive. $0.01 per domain. Returns a 0-100 score and, per check (spf, dkim, dmarc, mx, tls = website certificate, m365, registration, mta_sts, tls_rpt, dnssec, caa, bimi, dnsbl = UCEPROTECT blocklist), a pass/warn/fail/info grade, the finding and the exact record or step that fixes it. Info checks do not move the score. Invalid, nonexistent or private-only domains are refused free. MCP: pass api_key (card checkout at /pricing); per-call x402/MPP payment is HTTP only, so without a key the result is the x402 payment requirement for the HTTP endpoint.
  - after: PAID ($0.01). Use when mail lands in spam, before an email campaign, for vendor due diligence or to confirm a Microsoft 365 tenant: graded SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX, MTA-STS, DNSSEC, CAA, TLS and domain age, plus BIMI and blocklist info, each with the exact fix record. Non-intrusive. $0.01 per domain. Returns a 0-100 score and, per check (spf, dkim, dmarc, mx, tls = website certificate, m365, registration, mta_sts, tls_rpt, dnssec, caa, bimi, dnsbl = UCEPROTECT blocklist), a pass/warn/fail/info grade, the finding and the exact record or step that fixes it. Info checks do not move the score. Invalid, nonexistent or private-only domains are refused free. MCP: pass api_key (an Afriref key, card credit at https://afriref.dev/pricing); per-call x402/MPP payment is HTTP only, so without a key the result is an api_key_required error naming the HTTP endpoint.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/dev.domainref%2Fdomainref/changes

## Remotes

- https://domainref.dev/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.942029)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (2)

- `domain_age`: PAID ($0.005). Not for registries without RDAP, e.g. .za/.co.za, .me, .de, .io, .eu: refused free (422). Use when you need to know which registrar holds a domain, how old it is, and whether it is a risky newly-registered domain. $0.005. From the registry's RDAP: registrar name and IANA ID (no registrant or contact data), created, expires, last changed, status flags, DNSSEC delegation, nameservers; fail under 30 days old or expired, warn under 180 days, expiring within 30 days or on hold. A registry without RDAP is refused free. MCP: pass api_key (an Afriref key, card credit at https://afriref.dev/pricing); per-call x402/MPP payment is HTTP only, so without a key the result is an api_key_required error naming the HTTP endpoint.
- `domain_check`: PAID ($0.01). Use when mail lands in spam, before an email campaign, for vendor due diligence or to confirm a Microsoft 365 tenant: graded SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX, MTA-STS, DNSSEC, CAA, TLS and domain age, plus BIMI and blocklist info, each with the exact fix record. Non-intrusive. $0.01 per domain. Returns a 0-100 score and, per check (spf, dkim, dmarc, mx, tls = website certificate, m365, registration, mta_sts, tls_rpt, dnssec, caa, bimi, dnsbl = UCEPROTECT blocklist), a pass/warn/fail/info grade, the finding and the exact record or step that fixes it. Info checks do not move the score. Invalid, nonexistent or private-only domains are refused free. MCP: pass api_key (an Afriref key, card credit at https://afriref.dev/pricing); per-call x402/MPP payment is HTTP only, so without a key the result is an api_key_required error naming the HTTP endpoint.