DNSSEC Grounding Data for AI Agents
The tool
Ground agents in real-time DNSSEC validation so domain-security answers reflect the live chain of trust, not cached assumptions.
Once your client is connected to the VerveContext MCP server, this appears in its tool list as DNSSECGroundingDataforAIAgents. It is read-only and open-world: it fetches, it never mutates anything on your side, so most clients will call it without asking you to confirm.
{
"name": "DNSSECGroundingDataforAIAgents",
"arguments": {
"domain": "cloudflare.com"
}
}What that looks like in a conversation
You don't name the tool — the model picks it. Asking about cloudflare.com in the terms this source covers is enough for it to reach for DNSSECGroundingDataforAIAgents on its own.
Connecting
One server URL covers every source in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth — the client opens a browser once and there is no key to paste into a config file.
{
"mcpServers": {
"vervecontext": {
"url": "https://api.vervecontext.com/v1/mcp"
}
}
}https://api.vervecontext.com/v1/mcpPer-client setup — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.
Arguments
These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made.
| Argument | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
domainRequired | string | cloudflare.com | The domain name to check DNSSEC configuration for |
What the model gets back
The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client can read fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" on success and error is null; a null field means the value wasn't available for that input, not that the call failed.
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"domain": "cloudflare.com",
"dnssecEnabled": true,
"valid": true,
"records": {
"dnskey": 3,
"ds": 2,
"nsec": "NSEC3"
},
"errors": [],
"details": {
"dnskeyCount": 3,
"dsCount": 2
},
"status": "DNSSEC is properly configured with DS records at parent",
"recommendation": "DNSSEC is properly configured",
"riskScore": 5,
"riskLevel": "low"
}
}Fields
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
domain | string | Domain that was checked | |
dnssecEnabled | boolean | Whether DNSSEC is enabled | |
valid | boolean | Whether DNSSEC configuration is valid | |
recordsPremium | object | DNSKEY and DS record details | |
└ records.dnskeyPremium | number | Number of DNSKEY records published by the zone | |
└ records.dsPremium | number | Number of DS records held by the parent zone | |
└ records.nsecPremium | string | Number of NSEC or NSEC3 records used to prove non-existence; null when none were returned | |
errors | array | Problems found in the chain of trust; empty when DNSSEC validates | |
details | object | Record counts behind the verdict | |
└ details.dnskeyCount | number | Number of DNSKEY records seen | |
└ details.dsCount | number | Number of DS records seen at the parent | |
status | string | Plain-language verdict on the domain's DNSSEC configuration | |
recommendation | string | What to do about the current configuration | |
riskScorePremium | number | Composite 0-100 DNSSEC deployment-health score. A fully valid chain of trust scores low; a domain that published keys but never lodged its DS record at the parent zone (a broken chain that can break resolution) scores high; an undeployed domain scores in between | |
riskLevelPremium | string | Risk band derived from the score: low, medium or high |
Why ground on it
A model can produce something that looks like this answer from its training data, and be confidently out of date or simply wrong. This source returns the current value with a shape you can check, which is the difference between an answer you can cite and one you have to hedge.
Point an evaluation at dnssecEnabled: it is the field most worth pinning a claim to, and it is either present and current or absent — never plausibly invented.
Failure modes
Errors come back as tool errors with a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code.
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
400 / 422 | The arguments didn't validate. The message names the offending one. |
401 | The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server. |
403 | Out of credits. Not a bad key — the month's allowance is spent. |
404 | This source isn't part of VerveContext. Check the catalog. |
429 | Brief rate limit. Retrying after a moment succeeds. |
Other ways to use DNSSEC Grounding Data for AI Agents
Set up DNSSEC Grounding Data for AI Agents on VerveContext, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveContext account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to tell the agent to use DNSSECGroundingDataforAIAgents?
No. The tool's name and description are in the model's context once the server is connected, so it selects the tool when the question calls for it. Naming it explicitly works too and is useful when you want to force the call.
Does connecting the server expose every tool at once?
Yes — one connection lists the whole VerveContext catalog. Clients with a tool budget can usually filter the list; the credit cost is per call, so an unused tool costs nothing.
What does a call cost?
5 credits each time the tool actually runs. A model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.
Is there a REST version of this?
Yes — the same source is available as a plain HTTPS endpoint on APIVerve, linked above. Same data, same credits, same account.