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Dns Doctor MCP Server

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Dns Doctor is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 15 tools. Last commit 3 Aug 2026.

Scan and fix email auth (SPF, DMARC, DKIM, MX, blacklists, expiry) + DNS checks. Validated fixes.

Uptime history 42 hours of history
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Tools
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241 ms
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last commit 3 Aug 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add dns-doctor --transport http https://dnsdoctor.dev/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dns-doctor": {
      "url": "https://dnsdoctor.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.dns-doctor]
url = "https://dnsdoctor.dev/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dns-doctor": {
      "url": "https://dnsdoctor.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dns-doctor": {
      "url": "https://dnsdoctor.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 15

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

build
build_dmarc_upgrade
Return a validated DMARC enforcement-upgrade record for a domain. The alignment gate (whether p=reject is safe) is derived server-side from a scan — a caller can never assert alignment. `record` is null when there is no honest upgrade to offer (the domain does not exist; the DMARC lookup itself hit NXDOMAIN while the existence probe did not resolve; the DMARC lookup temp-failed; or the domain already applies a policy at least as strong as this scan justifies): relay `rationale` and never compose a record to fill the gap. A returned record also carries np=reject (the DMARCbis tag covering non-existent subdomains, which can have no legitimate aligned mail) unless the domain already publishes an np tag, which is preserved as-is. Present a returned record verbatim; a human must approve before publishing.
build_parked_domain_records
Build the three-record hardening pack that makes a NON-SENDING domain unusable for spoofing: a Null MX, a hard-fail SPF record, and a p=reject; np=reject DMARC record. For parked, redirect and brand-defensive domains only — NEVER for a domain that sends any mail, including transactional or one legacy system. Do NOT set confirm_no_mail on your own judgment or because a scan looked quiet: only the human who owns the domain can confirm it sends nothing, so ask them first. That flag unlocks the question, not the answer — the server re-checks DNS itself (existence, MX, SPF, DKIM selectors) and returns records: null with a rationale when it finds evidence of mail; relay that rationale rather than retrying. A lookup failure is reported as a failure, never as a pack. Publishing is the human's decision: present the records verbatim, in the order given, and let them approve each one.
alerts
get_alerts
Read the monitoring alert log for the domains the caller's account monitors, newest first. Requires an API token. Each row carries id, domain, type, check, summary, a deterministic detail map, created_at, email_sent_at, acknowledged_at and delivery_class — a 'dashboard_only' row was deliberately kept out of the digest mail, so an agent watching only the inbox would never see it; this log is the complete picture. PAGE DOWN BEFORE ADVANCING `since`: next_before is non-null exactly when older rows remain, and a caller that ignores it, takes a full page and moves its watermark to the newest row it saw drops every row it did not receive. `since` is an INCLUSIVE floor, so rows repeat rather than go missing — de-duplicate on id. READ-ONLY by decision: there is no ack and no delete here, because acknowledging an alert is the human's own triage on their dashboard and an agent that acks on their behalf silences a row they have never seen. Report what the log says and let them clear it.
audit
audit_spf_includes
Audit a domain's SPF supply chain: walks every include and redirect it delegates to, and reports who can transitively send as it. Returns the resolved tree, per-node lookup attribution, the total authorized IPv4 address count, and typed findings — include_broken (a target that no longer publishes SPF, a PermError today), include_registrable (a delegated-to domain that does not exist, so a stranger who registers it becomes an authorized sender), include_expiring (registration lapsing within 30 days), pass_all_nested (a +all deep in the chain) and spf_record_unusable (the audited domain's OWN record is missing or does not parse, so there is no chain to walk). A domain we could not verify is reported as unverified and NEVER as available — never tell anyone a name is free on this tool's say-so unless the finding is include_registrable AND carries registry_confirmed: true. A registry_confirmed: false finding rests on DNS alone, which cannot tell an unsold name from one in redemption or on clientHold: report the mechanism as broken and the takeover risk as possible, but never as an available domain. Findings are risk analysis, not instructions: no SPF fix record exists here or anywhere else in DNS Doctor, because dropping a mechanism can silently de-authorize a real sender — relay the findings and let the domain's owner decide. Use count_spf_lookups instead when the question is only the 10-lookup limit.
count
count_spf_lookups
Validate an SPF record and count what it costs. Returns `record_valid` (the record parses as RFC 7208 SPF), `findings` (per-term diagnostics), `has_pass_all` (a `+all` that authorizes the whole internet to send as this domain), `multiple_all` (more than one `all`, which makes everything after the first unreachable), the parsed `terms`, and the lookup count against the limit of 10 with `over_limit`/`near_limit` and the `offending_mechanisms` that push it over. Pass EXACTLY ONE of `domain` (resolves the published record and counts recursively through nested includes) or `record` (parses a pasted record, its own terms only). This is the SPF validator — there is no separate one. Diagnose-only: no SPF fix record is ever returned, because removing a mechanism can silently de-authorize a real sender — relay the findings and let the domain's owner decide what to drop.
dkim
check_dkim_selector
Check ONE specific DKIM selector on a domain — the exact selector the sending platform uses (e.g. `google`, `s1`), which a full scan's common-selector sweep may miss. Returns the verdict, its explanation, and the published key record when one resolves. No fix record is returned: a DKIM key is generated by the sending platform, so the fix is always to publish what that platform gives the owner.
generate
generate_dmarc_record
Build a DMARC record from scratch for a domain that has none, using a validating engine — never compose one yourself. `policy` is none|quarantine|reject; optional `rua_email` (aggregate-report destination), `subdomain_policy`, and `strict_alignment`. Every generated record carries np=reject — the DMARCbis tag for non-existent subdomains, which can have no legitimate aligned mail — independently of the p= you choose. The generated record is re-validated before it is returned. Present it verbatim; a human must approve before publishing.
parse
parse_dmarc_report
Parse ONE DMARC aggregate (RUA) report into readable per-source aggregates: who sent mail as the domain, how much, and what share was SPF/DKIM aligned. Pass the file's bytes base64-encoded in `content_base64` (XML, .gz or .zip; up to 2 MiB decoded) with an optional `filename`. Nothing is stored — the report is parsed and discarded.
readiness
get_readiness
Read the DMARC enforcement-readiness verdict for ONE domain the caller's account monitors, computed from its aggregate (RUA) report window. Requires an API token. Returns whether the domain is ready to step its policy up, the blockers that say why it is not, the window the verdict rests on, and next_record — the validated record for the next step, generated by the engine and null while blocked. THAT NULL IS AN ANSWER: relay the blockers and never compose a stronger record to fill the gap. Present a returned record verbatim; a human must approve it before it is published. Use this before proposing enforcement — a scan can show a domain's current policy, but only this evidence window can say whether tightening it would start rejecting real mail.
record
check_record
Check whether a DNS change has landed: reads the record from the domain's OWN nameservers (cache-free) and from two public caching resolvers, and reports whether they agree. `kind` is one of spf|dmarc|txt|mx|cname|a|aaaa — pass the kind, not a query name: `dmarc` reads TXT at _dmarc.<domain> and `spf` reads apex TXT, each filtered to the matching record. `host` prepends a label (txt, cname, a and aaaa only). Empty values mean the record is genuinely absent. When in_sync is false, max_wait_seconds is the largest remaining cached TTL — the wait before those resolvers refresh. This samples two resolvers, so never describe it as worldwide or as propagation coverage.
report
get_report
Return the stored report for a domain, scanning once only if none exists yet — the cheap read, and the right default for a first look. Returns the same seven-check report as scan_domain (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX, DNS hardening, domain/TLS expiry, blacklist; each with a status, the observed record and any fixengine fix_record), including `scanned_at` so you can judge staleness yourself. Prefer scan_domain when you specifically need state re-read right now — for example after a DNS change.
reverse
check_reverse_dns
Check one sending IP's forward-confirmed reverse DNS (FCrDNS): reads the IP's PTR record, then resolves that hostname back and reports whether it returns to the same IP. `verdict` is confirmed (the pair agrees — what receivers want to see), ptr_missing (the IP publishes no reverse record), or mismatch (a PTR that does not resolve back). A PTR on its own proves nothing, because the IP's operator writes its own reverse zone — only the forward confirmation is evidence, so never report a bare PTR as verified. The fix is always made by whoever controls the IP (the hosting or mail provider), never in the sending domain's own DNS. Pass a public IPv4 or IPv6 address.
scan
scan_domain
Force a fresh scan of a domain and return its full report: seven deterministic checks — SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX, DNS hardening, domain/TLS expiry and blacklist listing — each with a status (pass/warn/fail/info/temperror), the observed record, and a fixengine-generated fix_record where one exists. Explanations are cache-first. A repeat scan of the same domain within a minute reuses the stored report. Use this when you need current state; use get_report when a recent cached answer will do.
start
start_monitoring_signup
Return a sign-up link to give to the HUMAN who owns a domain, so they can start monitoring it themselves. Nothing is created and no email is sent by this call: the returned signup_url opens a page that explains monitoring and asks them to sign in with their own email address; the domain is carried over to their dashboard, already filled in, only after that, and monitoring itself starts once they prove ownership with a TXT record. Hand them the URL and relay `message` — never sign in on their behalf.
validate
validate_dmarc_record
Validate a pasted DMARC record: parsed tags, level'd findings, and whether it is valid. No DNS lookup — pass the record string itself. `upgrade_record` previews a stronger policy and is capped at p=quarantine: a pasted record carries no alignment evidence, so p=reject needs a full scan (use build_dmarc_upgrade). Present any returned record verbatim.

Endpoints

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https://dnsdoctor.dev/mcp streamable-http answering 300 ms 15 min ago

Dns Doctor — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Dns Doctor do?
It exposes 15 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: audit_spf_includes, build_dmarc_upgrade, build_parked_domain_records, check_dkim_selector, check_record, check_reverse_dns and 9 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Dns Doctor working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 241 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Dns Doctor?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Dns Doctor need an API key?
No. Dns Doctor completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 15 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Dns Doctor?
It answers our handshake in 241 ms on average, which is faster than 55% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Dns Doctor open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 2 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.