BlackVeil DNS & Email Security Scanner

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Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

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  "mcpServers": {
    "blackveil-dns-email-security-scanner": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://dns-mcp.blackveilsecurity.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

81 tools

• check_mx

  Look up MX records for a domain. Identifies which mail servers receive inbound email for the domain and which email hosting provider is used (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Proofpoint, etc.). Use when asked which email provider hosts inbound mail for a domain, or to see MX reco

• check_spf

  Look up and validate the SPF record for a domain. Lists all IP addresses and third-party senders authorised to send email on behalf of the domain, flags syntax errors, and shows the trust surface (which mail servers are whitelisted). Use when you need to know who is permitted to

• check_dmarc

  Look up and validate the DMARC record for a domain. Shows the enforcement level (none/quarantine/reject), alignment mode (strict/relaxed), and aggregate/forensic reporting destinations. Use to determine a domain's DMARC enforcement level, whether it sends aggregate reports, or if

• check_dkim

  Look up DKIM records for a domain. Probes common selectors, validates the signing algorithm used for outgoing email (RSA-1024/2048, Ed25519), and reports key strength. Use to verify that outbound email signatures are cryptographically sound. Part of the scan_domain audit.

• check_dnssec

  Check DNSSEC status for a domain. Verifies whether DNS is tamper-proof and protected against cache poisoning and DNS spoofing attacks by validating DNSKEY and DS records. Reports whether DNSSEC is enabled and validating. Part of the scan_domain audit.

• check_ssl

  Check the HTTPS/TLS posture of a domain: HTTPS reachability, HSTS policy, and HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect. Also returns certificate metadata (issuer, expiry date, days remaining, SAN count) read from public Certificate Transparency logs — this describes the most recently LOGGED certif

• check_mta_sts

  Check whether a domain enforces SMTP TLS for inbound mail via MTA-STS, protecting against downgrade attacks. Queries _mta-sts.<domain> and fetches the policy file, reports mode (enforce/testing/none) and MX coverage. Use to verify whether inbound SMTP is protected against TLS dow

• check_ns

  Audit a domain’s nameserver delegation and redundancy. Identifies the DNS hosting provider and, when the infrastructure probe is available, directly compares parent and child NS sets, verifies authoritative AA responses, and checks required glue addresses. Use to detect stale reg

• check_caa

  Look up CAA records for a domain. Shows which Certificate Authorities are authorized to issue certificates. Part of the scan_domain audit.

• check_bimi

  Check the BIMI brand-logo record at default._bimi.<domain>. Validates the logo URL (l=) and the presence of mark-certificate authority evidence (a=) — the a= tag is a bare URL, so the certificate type (VMC or CMC) is not determined — and verifies the DMARC enforcement prerequisit

• check_tlsrpt

  Check whether a domain has SMTP TLS Reporting (TLS-RPT) configured. Queries _smtp._tls.<domain> for the v=TLSRPTv1 record and validates its reporting destination (rua= mailto:/https:), flagging a missing record, duplicate records, or an invalid/absent reporting URI. Complements M

• check_http_security

  Audit a domain's browser-facing HTTP security headers over HTTPS. Inspects Content-Security-Policy (flagging unsafe-inline/unsafe-eval/wildcards), X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, and the cross-origin isolation headers (COOP/COEP/CORP)

• check_dane

  Check DANE/TLSA certificate pinning for SMTP at port 25. Resolves the domain's MX hosts and looks up TLSA records at _25._tcp.<mx-host>, validating their syntax, usage/selector/matching-type fields and DNSSEC backing on the MX host's zone. The record is reported as present but UN

• check_ptr

  Verify forward-confirmed reverse DNS (PTR/FCrDNS) for mail servers. Part of the scan_domain audit.

• check_dane_https

  Verify DANE certificate pinning for HTTPS connections. Looks up TLSA records at _443._tcp.{domain} (port 443) and validates their syntax, usage/selector/matching-type fields and DNSSEC backing. The record is reported as present but UNVERIFIED in every deployment: comparison again

• check_svcb_https

  Validate HTTPS/SVCB records (RFC 9460) for modern transport capability advertisement. Part of the scan_domain audit.

• check_lookalikes

  Detect active typosquat and lookalike/homoglyph domains that impersonate your brand and could be used in phishing. Identifies character-substitution and visual-confusion domains registered by attackers. Distinct from check_shadow_domains (TLD variants with auth gaps) and discover

• check_subdomailing

  Detect SubdoMailing risk: analyzes the SPF include chain for dangling or hijackable subdomains that could let an attacker send email as the domain. Use when you want to know if an SPF include chain can be hijacked through a dangling domain, or to detect subdomain mailing risk hid

• scan_domain

  Run a full DNS and email security audit for a single domain. Aggregates every scan-included check in parallel (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, DNSSEC, TLS/SSL, MTA-STS, CAA, BIMI, subdomain takeover, and more) and returns an overall security score, NIST-aligned letter grade (6-band A+/A/B/C/D/

• batch_scan

  Bulk-scan up to 10 domains in parallel. Runs a full security audit on each domain in the list and returns score, NIST-aligned letter grade (6-band A+/A/B/C/D/F), and finding counts per domain. Use when you want to audit multiple domains at once or do a bulk scan of several domain

• batch_scan_start

  Start a durable asynchronous scan of 1–10 domains. Returns a stable job ID; replaying the same idempotency key with the same principal, normalized inputs, and scoring versions returns the same job.

• batch_scan_status

  Read the owner-scoped status of an asynchronous batch scan.

• batch_scan_findings

  Fetch owner-scoped findings for a completed asynchronous batch scan.

• compare_domains

  Side-by-side security comparison of 2–5 domains. Shows relative scores, category gaps, and unique weaknesses for each domain. Use when comparing your security posture against a competitor, or doing a head-to-head comparison between multiple domains.

• compare_baseline

  Compare a domain's current security configuration against a fixed policy baseline to determine compliance. Use to check whether a domain meets a policy requirement — not for tracking improvement/regression over time (use analyze_drift) and not for comparing multiple domains (use

• check_shadow_domains

  Find alternate TLD variants of a domain (e.g. example.net, example.co) that have weak or missing email authentication and could be used to spoof email. Use when asked about TLD variants with email auth gaps — distinct from check_lookalikes which detects typosquat/homoglyph impers

• check_txt_hygiene

  Audit TXT records for stale entries and SaaS exposure.

• check_mx_reputation

  Check whether the mail server (MX) IP addresses are listed on spam blocklists (Spamhaus, Barracuda, SORBS, and other RBLs). Also verifies reverse DNS for MX hosts. Use when you want to know if your mail server IP is blacklisted, or if your MX is on any blocklist — distinct from c

• check_srv

  Map a domain's DNS-visible service footprint by probing 19 common SRV record prefixes (email, calendar, messaging, directory, web) in parallel. Returns discovered services and flags insecure service advertisements — e.g. plaintext IMAP/POP3/LDAP without an encrypted variant. A do

• check_zone_hygiene

  Audit DNS zone hygiene: identifies sensitive or forgotten subdomains exposed in DNS, stale SOA records, and zone propagation issues. Use to find any sensitive subdomains that should not be publicly visible, or to audit overall DNS zone cleanliness.

• generate

  Generate a DNS/email security remediation artifact. Artifact types: spf_record (build a new SPF record), dmarc_record (create a DMARC policy), dkim_config (DKIM key setup), mta_sts_policy (generate an MTA-STS policy file), fix_plan (prioritized remediation plan for all findings),

• get_domain_rank

  Rank a domain against its country or global cohort using the GSI benchmark corpus. Accepts a domain score (from scan_domain) and optional country/sector; returns a percentile: "scores better than X% of peers". Owner-gate exempt — public cohort data only.

• get_benchmark

  Get industry benchmark data: shows what percentile a domain's security score ranks at within its sector or country cohort, the mean score, and the most common DNS security failures across the industry. Use when asked how a score compares to the industry average, what percentile a

• get_provider_insights

  Get security benchmarks and common configuration issues for a specific email or DNS service-provider cohort (e.g. Google Workspace customers, Microsoft 365 customers). Use when asked how an email service provider compares to competitors on security posture, or to see typical misc

• assess_spoofability

  Compute a composite email spoofability risk score (0–100, higher = more spoofable) by combining SPF trust surface, DMARC enforcement, and DKIM coverage. Returns a risk level (minimal→critical), per-control sub-scores, and plain-language summary of how easy it would be to spoof em

• check_resolver_consistency

  Check DNS consistency across 4 public resolvers.

• explain_finding

  Explain a finding with impact and remediation.

• map_supply_chain

  Map DNS-visible third-party service dependencies for a domain. Correlates SPF, NS, TXT verifications, SRV services, and CAA records to reveal which third-party vendors can send email as the domain, control DNS, or access integrated services. Use when asked to map third-party or s

• analyze_drift

  Measure whether a domain's DNS security posture improved or regressed by comparing the current state against a prior scan snapshot. Returns a drift classification (improving/stable/regressing/mixed), score delta, and lists of improvements and regressions. Use to answer "did our s

• validate_fix

  Re-check a specific security control after applying a fix, to confirm the finding is now resolved. Use only when a fix has already been applied and you want to verify or confirm the remediation was successful — not for initial inspection of a record.

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