# how.is domain & IP intelligence

> Pay-per-call DNS, WHOIS, domain age, TLS, email auth, blocklists, IP intel. Free samples.

- name: is.how/domain-intel
- version: 1.1.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 89/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/is.how%2Fdomain-intel
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/is.how%2Fdomain-intel/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "domain-intel": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://how.is/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${DOMAIN_INTEL_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${DOMAIN_INTEL_TOKEN}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-1d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 89/100 (new)

### 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`: 16 of 16 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,284 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

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

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 0 of the 7 days needed

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

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

- tools: 16, about 2,284 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 43dab5c223cdd0fa0231a9c0cb68766e
- tools last changed: 2026-10-20T02:08:13.301Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/is.how/domain-intel.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/is.how/domain-intel)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-20 `site_screenshot` added
  - See a web page: a 1280-wide JPEG of any public URL, viewport or full page (capped at 6000 px), with its final URL, HTTP status and title. Price $0.020 per call. Free sample: {"url": "https://example.com"}. Returns: data: image_base64 (JPEG), mime, width, height, final_url, http_status, title, note.
- 2026-10-20 `domain_available` added
  - Is this domain name registered? Asked of the registry over RDAP, with the standard first-year and renewal price when it is free to register. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data: available (true/false; null when only DNS could be checked, then likely_available), registered_on, suffix, source (rdap/dns), confidence, price{registration_usd, renewal_usd, registrar, note}, caveat.
- 2026-10-20 `domain_trust` added
  - Should an agent click, sign in to, or pay this domain? A risk score and verdict (likely_safe / caution / high_risk, or inconclusive when a check could not run) with plain-English reasons, from domain age, spam/abuse blocklists and the HTTPS certificate. Price $0.020 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data: verdict, risk_score (0-100), reasons[{risk, why}], age_days, blocklist_listings, blocklists_unanswered[], https_valid, not_checked[].

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/is.how%2Fdomain-intel/changes

## Remotes

- https://how.is/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (16)

- `bot_observatory`: Partner tier of the dns.pizza bot observatory: every network (ASN), named crawler, TLS (JA4) fingerprint and firewall rule seen in the last 7 days, refreshed hourly. The public tier is free at https://dns.pizza/bots. Price $0.050 per call. Returns: data.data: generated_at, networks, bots, fingerprints (the free tier at dns.pizza/bots shows the same shape without fingerprints).
- `domain_age`: How old a domain is: registration date, age in days and years, and whether it was registered in the last 30 days (a common phishing signal). Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data: created, age_days, age_years, newly_registered, expires, registrar, source.
- `domain_available`: Is this domain name registered? Asked of the registry over RDAP, with the standard first-year and renewal price when it is free to register. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data: available (true/false; null when only DNS could be checked, then likely_available), registered_on, suffix, source (rdap/dns), confidence, price{registration_usd, renewal_usd, registrar, note}, caveat.
- `domain_blacklist`: Whether the addresses behind a domain appear on spam and abuse blocklists. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data.data.ipResults[]: target, isListed, listingCount, totalChecked.
- `domain_dns`: A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT and other records for a domain, with resolve timing. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data.data.records keyed by record type (A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, ...); data.data.responseTime.
- `domain_dnssec`: Whether DNSSEC is signed and validates for a domain. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data.data: isSigned, isValid, validationStatus, chainOfTrust, dsRecords, dnskeyRecords, errors, warnings, recommendations.
- `domain_email_auth`: SPF, DKIM and DMARC records and posture for a domain. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data.data: spf, dkim, dmarc, mx, overallScore, overallStatus, recommendations.
- `domain_profile`: Everything about a domain in one call: DNS, WHOIS, TLS, DNSSEC, email auth, security score, blacklist status, plus IP intelligence for its A record. Price $0.025 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data.sections.{dns,whois,tls,dnssec,email-auth,security-score,blacklist,ip}; data.errors names any section that failed; data.billing says what was delivered.
- `domain_security_score`: A letter grade and point score for a domain security posture, with the scored items behind it. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data.data: grade, overallScore, maxPossibleScore, categories[] of scored items.
- `domain_tls`: Certificate validity, issuer, protocol and days until expiry for a domain. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data.data: valid, issuer, subject, subjectAltNames, validFrom, validTo, daysUntilExpiry, protocol, cipher, selfSigned.
- `domain_trust`: Should an agent click, sign in to, or pay this domain? A risk score and verdict (likely_safe / caution / high_risk, or inconclusive when a check could not run) with plain-English reasons, from domain age, spam/abuse blocklists and the HTTPS certificate. Price $0.020 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data: verdict, risk_score (0-100), reasons[{risk, why}], age_days, blocklist_listings, blocklists_unanswered[], https_valid, not_checked[].
- `domain_whois`: Registrar, creation and expiry dates, nameservers and status codes for a domain. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"domain": "example.com"}. Returns: data.data.data: the parsed WHOIS/RDAP record (registrar, dates, nameservers, status).
- `ip_lookup`: Network owner (ASN), company, geolocation, privacy flags and abuse contact for an IP address. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"ip": "1.1.1.1"}. Returns: data.data: ip, hostname, city, region, country, asn, company, privacy, carrier, abuse.
- `page_watch`: Has this page changed since your last call, and how much? The first call stores a baseline; later calls return a text diff (2% threshold). Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"url": "https://example.com"}. Returns: data with baseline, changed, change_pct, added, removed, last_change_ts.
- `site_screenshot`: See a web page: a 1280-wide JPEG of any public URL, viewport or full page (capped at 6000 px), with its final URL, HTTP status and title. Price $0.020 per call. Free sample: {"url": "https://example.com"}. Returns: data: image_base64 (JPEG), mime, width, height, final_url, http_status, title, note.
- `site_status`: Live check of one or more URLs: HTTP status, latency, DNS resolve time, resolved IP, TTL, nameservers, TLS days remaining. Price $0.005 per call. Free sample: {"sites": ["https://example.com"]}. Returns: data keyed by URL; each entry has ok, code, ms, dns_ms, ip, ttl, ns, cert_days, server, ts.