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HostSherlock MCP Server

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HostSherlock is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago.

Check SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MX of any domain, and read the DMARC reports of domains you monitor.

Uptime history 11 hours of history
11 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
38 of 38 checks
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Tools
hidden behind auth
295 ms
Response time
average over 24h
OAuth sign-in
Access
streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check HostSherlock every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://api.emailsherlock.com/v1/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://api.emailsherlock.com/v1/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://api.emailsherlock.com/v1/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.emailsherlock.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.emailsherlock.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://api.emailsherlock.com/v1/mcp streamable-http sign-in 248 ms 9 min ago

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HostSherlock — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for HostSherlock?
The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.
Is HostSherlock working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 38 of 38 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 295 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect HostSherlock?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You sign in through your browser once and the client keeps the session: no key to copy, and it refuses anonymous clients.
How do you sign in to HostSherlock?
No API key is involved. HostSherlock answers our knock with an OAuth challenge, so you authorise it once in your browser and the client keeps the session. That is also why we see no tool list: it will not describe itself to an anonymous client, and that is the server working as intended, not a fault.
How fast is HostSherlock?
It answers our handshake in 295 ms on average, which is faster than 47% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.