ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. It exposes 6 tools. Last commit 8 Nov 2026.

Read DNS zones, records, failover settings and monitoring checks; add TXT records in ClouDNS.

Uptime history 9 hours of history

9 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

33 of 33 checks

Tools

read from the server

266 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 8 Nov 2026

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

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 5 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add cloudns --transport http https://cloudns.usefulapi.io/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://cloudns.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.cloudns]
url = "https://cloudns.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloudns": {
      "url": "https://cloudns.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "cloudns": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cloudns.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 6

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

cloudns

cloudns_add_txt_record

Add a TXT record to a master zone. This changes live DNS. Calling it again with the same values adds a duplicate record. ClouDNS API: POST /dns/add-record.json.

cloudns_get_failover_settings

Get the DNS Failover settings of one record that has DNS Failover & Monitoring active. The API reports Failed when failover is not active on that record. ClouDNS API: POST /dns/failover-settings.json.

cloudns_get_zone_info

Get one zone: its status, whether it is a master or slave zone, forward or reverse, a cloud domain or a GeoDNS zone. ClouDNS API: POST /dns/get-zone-info.json.

cloudns_list_monitoring_checks

List monitoring checks with their status (up, down or unknown) and state (active or paused). Check types: 17 Ping, 18 Web, 8 TCP, 9 UDP, 10 DNS, 12 Heartbeat, 13 TLS (SSL) certificate, 15 SMTP, 16 Streaming, 19 IMAP, 20 Keyword. ClouDNS API: POST /monitoring/get-records.json.

cloudns_list_records

List the records of a zone, optionally for one host or one record type. host_like matches part of the host and then ignores host. Master zones only. ClouDNS API: POST /dns/records.json.

cloudns_list_zones

List the DNS zones in the account, or the zones whose name matches a keyword. Paged; reverse zones are included. ClouDNS API: POST /dns/list-zones.json.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://cloudns.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	263 ms	5 min ago

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ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: cloudns_add_txt_record, cloudns_get_failover_settings, cloudns_get_zone_info, cloudns_list_monitoring_checks, cloudns_list_records, cloudns_list_zones. 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 ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 33 of 33 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 266 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi?

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.

Does ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 6 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 266 ms on average, which is faster than 52% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is ClouDNS MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at cloudns.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.