← how.is

INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

domain_whois

Registrar, creation and expiry dates, nameservers and status codes for a domain.

how.isnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://how.is/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for domain_whois and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

  • No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

how.is

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.how-is]
url = "https://how.is/mcp"
enabled = true
Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "how-is": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://how.is/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: how-is
Remote MCP URL: https://how.is/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "how-is": {
      "url": "https://how.is/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code
{
  "servers": {
    "how-is": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://how.is/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "how-is",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://how.is/mcp"
}
MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

Related tools

  • 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.
  • domain_trust — Should an agent click, sign in to, or pay this domain?
  • domain_dns — A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT and other records for a domain, with resolve timing.
  • 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).
  • domain_available — Is this domain name registered?
  • domain_tls — Certificate validity, issuer, protocol and days until expiry for a domain.
  • domain_dnssec — Whether DNSSEC is signed and validates for a domain.
  • domain_email_auth — SPF, DKIM and DMARC records and posture for a domain.