# `io.usefulapi/desec` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/desec
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/desec
- Version: 1.3.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:16.065Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
deSEC MCP by usefulapi
Read deSEC domains, DNSSEC keys, zone files and RRsets; create or replace one DNS record set.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:38:55.186Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 2 can delete or cancel things, 1 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 2 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 4 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Deletes or cancels (2)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `desec_create_rrset`

- The name "desec_create_rrset" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: create ONE new RRset (a set of DNS records of one type at one name) in a domain. It goes live in DNS immediately and a wrong record can take a site or mail offline. Fails if an RRset with this subname and type already exists (use desec_replace_rrset for that) or if a CNAME would conflict with other records. Never touches the apex NS or DNSSEC records and cannot delete anything. Subject to deSEC's write limits (15/min, 300/day per domain). POST /domains/{name}/rrsets/.
```

### `desec_replace_rrset`

- The name "desec_replace_rrset" says "replace": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE (overwrites): set ONE RRset to exactly the given TTL and records, creating it if it does not exist and REPLACING all its current records if it does. It goes live in DNS immediately; a wrong value can take a site or mail offline. The previous RRset is read first and returned as `previous` so the change can be undone with another call. An empty record list is refused (this tool never deletes), and the apex NS and DNSSEC records cannot be changed. Subject to deSEC's write limits (15/min, 300/day per domain). PUT /domains/{name}/rrsets/ with a one-element array.
```

## Changes things (1)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `desec_export_zonefile`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The whole zone as a plain-text BIND-format zonefile (all RRsets except DNSSEC types). Handy as a backup before changing records. Counts as an expensive deSEC operation (300/min). GET /domains/{name}/zonefile/.
```

## Only reads (4)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `desec_get_domain`

- The name "desec_get_domain" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One domain with its DNSSEC key material: the DNSKEY and the DS records to publish at the registrar for the chain of trust, plus minimum TTL and publication times. GET /domains/{name}/.
```

### `desec_get_rrset`

- The name "desec_get_rrset" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One RRset by subname and type, e.g. the A records of "www" or the MX records of the apex. GET /domains/{name}/rrsets/{subname}/{type}/.
```

### `desec_list_domains`

- The name "desec_list_domains" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the DNS domains (zones) in this deSEC account, newest first, with creation and last-published times and minimum TTL. DNSSEC keys are omitted here (see desec_get_domain). Use owns_qname to find which of your domains is responsible for a DNS name (for example before adding a record for www.dev.example.net). Up to 500 per page. GET /domains/.
```

### `desec_list_rrsets`

- The name "desec_list_rrsets" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the DNS records of a domain as RRsets (all records of one name and type, sharing one TTL), newest first. Filter by type and/or subname. Up to 500 per page. GET /domains/{name}/rrsets/.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `desec`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__desec__desec_list_domains",
      "mcp__desec__desec_get_domain",
      "mcp__desec__desec_list_rrsets",
      "mcp__desec__desec_get_rrset"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__desec__desec_export_zonefile"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__desec__desec_create_rrset",
      "mcp__desec__desec_replace_rrset"
    ]
  }
}
```