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MCP Censys
nickpending/mcp-censys
mcp-censys is a MCP server that taps into the Censys Search API for real-time domain, IP, and FQDN reconnaissance, now with enhanced MCP Prompt Templates.
Install
Client configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"server": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"--rm",
"-i",
"--env-file",
"/Users/yourname/.env.censys",
"mcp/censys"
]
}
}
}Environment variables
CENSYS_API_IDCENSYS_API_SECRET- GitHub stars
- 2
- Author
- @nickpending
- Category
- Research & Data, Security
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
About MCP Censys
[!CAUTION] This is intended solely as a demonstration and is not production-ready. It is not an officially supported product.
Features
Conversational Queries: Natural language access to Censys intel
Domain and IP Lookup: Get DNS names, ASN, services, and TLS context
New FQDN Discovery: Find recently seen subdomains from DNS and cert data
MCP-Compatible Tools: Use directly from Claude Desktop
MCP Prompt Templates: Built-in structured guidance templates that instruct Claude exactly how to analyze and present domain data (learn more about MCP Prompts)
Dockerized with.env support: Secure, repeatable usage
Lightweight API Client: Based on Censys Python SDK
Tools (4)
lookup_domain
Get comprehensive IPs, DNS names, services, and ASN info for a domain (aggregates data across all results) with built-in MCP prompts that guide Claude to…
lookup_domain_detailed
Return a sample of 3 individual host records with services, ASN, geo, and TLS data, along with information about total available records and structured MCP…
lookup_ip
Enrich an IP with DNS, ASN, service info, and TLS metadata
new_fqdns
Find recently observed FQDNs for a domain (via DNS and certs)
Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README
Supported clients
Clients mentioned in this server's README:
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