# `io.usefulapi/ns1` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/ns1
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/ns1
- 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 2026-10-21T19:23:31.915Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
NS1 Connect MCP by usefulapi
Read NS1 zones, records, monitors, data feeds and usage; create or update one DNS record.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:41:09.194Z over streamable-http.

**18 tools: 2 can delete or cancel things and 16 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 2 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 16 | allow |

## Findings

- **info** The word "credentials" in `ns1_list_monitoring_jobs` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credentials".

description: "...tify list id. Request header values and credentials are redacted. GET /v1/monitoring/jobs."
```

- **info** The word "credentials" in `ns1_get_monitoring_job` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credentials".

description: "..., regions and status. Header values and credentials are redacted. GET /v1/monitoring/jobs/{..."
```

- **info** The word "credentials" in `ns1_list_data_sources` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credentials".

description: "...nd their feeds. Connection settings and credentials are redacted. GET /v1/data/sources."
```

- **info** The word "credentials" in `ns1_get_data_source` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credentials".

description: "...with its feeds. Connection settings and credentials are redacted. GET /v1/data/sources/{id}..."
```


## Deletes or cancels (2)

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

### `ns1_create_record`

- The name "ns1_create_record" says "create": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: creates ONE new DNS record and CHANGES LIVE DNS for that name as soon as NS1 serves it; a wrong answer can take a site or mail offline. Plain records only (A, AAAA, ALIAS, CAA, CNAME, MX, PTR, SRV, TXT; no NS/SOA, no traffic-steering filters or metadata). Refuses when the record already exists (use ns1_update_record). Answers are lists of rdata fields: A ["192.0.2.10"], MX [10, "mail.example.com."], TXT ["v=spf1 -all"], SRV [10, 5, 5060, "sip.example.com."], CAA [0, "issue", "letsencrypt.org"]. PUT /v1/zones/{zone}/{domain}/{type}.
```

### `ns1_update_record`

- The name "ns1_update_record" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
WRITE: changes ONE existing DNS record and CHANGES LIVE DNS for that name immediately. Giving answers REPLACES all current answers of the record (send the complete new set); giving only ttl changes just the TTL. Plain records only (A, AAAA, ALIAS, CAA, CNAME, MX, PTR, SRV, TXT): when answers are given, a record that uses traffic-steering filters, links or per-answer metadata is refused (edit it in the NS1 portal). Fails if the record does not exist. POST /v1/zones/{zone}/{domain}/{type}.
```

## Only reads (16)

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

### `ns1_get_account_summary`

- The name "ns1_get_account_summary" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The account's subscription, resources and utilization (queries, records, filter chains, monitors, ... against the plan limits). GET /v1/account/summary.
```

### `ns1_get_billing_queries`

- The name "ns1_get_billing_queries" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Billable DNS query usage between two Unix timestamps. GET /billing-usage/v1/queries?from=&to=.
```

### `ns1_get_billing_records`

- The name "ns1_get_billing_records" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
How many DNS records the account uses against its plan limit in the current billing cycle. GET /billing-usage/v1/records.
```

### `ns1_get_data_feed`

- The name "ns1_get_data_feed" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One data feed of a source by id. GET /v1/data/feeds/{source_id}/{feed_id}.
```

### `ns1_get_data_source`

- The name "ns1_get_data_source" says "get": a word for reading.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One data source by id with its feeds. Connection settings and credentials are redacted. GET /v1/data/sources/{id}.
```

### `ns1_get_monitoring_job`

- The name "ns1_get_monitoring_job" says "get": a word for reading.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One monitoring job by id with its configuration, rules, regions and status. Header values and credentials are redacted. GET /v1/monitoring/jobs/{id}.
```

### `ns1_get_qps_stats`

- The name "ns1_get_qps_stats" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Current queries per second for the whole account, one zone, or one record (give zone, or zone + domain + type). GET /v1/stats/qps[/{zone}[/{domain}/{type}]].
```

### `ns1_get_record`

- The name "ns1_get_record" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One DNS record by zone, domain and type: TTL, answers (with per-answer metadata), filter chain (traffic steering), linked record and region settings. GET /v1/zones/{zone}/{domain}/{type}.
```

### `ns1_get_usage_stats`

- The name "ns1_get_usage_stats" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
DNS query counts for the whole account, one zone, or one record (give zone, or zone + domain + type). period is 1h, 24h or 30d; aggregate, expand, limit and after apply to the account and zone levels only (a record takes just period). If next_page is not null, call again with its after/limit. GET /v1/stats/usage[/{zone}[/{domain}/{type}]].
```

### `ns1_get_zone`

- The name "ns1_get_zone" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One zone with its settings and its record list (each record: domain, type, TTL, short answers, linked/tier info). Large zones are paged: if next_page is not null, call again with its after/offset to get the next records. TSIG secrets are redacted. GET /v1/zones/{zone}.
```

### `ns1_list_data_feeds`

- The name "ns1_list_data_feeds" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the feeds of one data source (each feed is one monitored item, e.g. one server's health) with id, name and settings. GET /v1/data/feeds/{source_id}.
```

### `ns1_list_data_sources`

- The name "ns1_list_data_sources" says "list": a word for reading.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the data sources (connections to third-party monitoring or custom push sources used for traffic steering): id, name, source type, status and their feeds. Connection settings and credentials are redacted. GET /v1/data/sources.
```

### `ns1_list_monitoring_jobs`

- The name "ns1_list_monitoring_jobs" says "list": a word for reading.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the account's NS1 monitoring jobs (health checks that feed traffic steering): id, name, type, regions, frequency, rules, current status, active flag and notify list id. Request header values and credentials are redacted. GET /v1/monitoring/jobs.
```

### `ns1_list_notify_lists`

- The name "ns1_list_notify_lists" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the notifier lists that monitoring alerts are sent to: id, name and the notifier types and labels (email, Slack, PagerDuty, webhook). Notifier settings (webhook URLs, tokens, service keys, addresses) are redacted. GET /v1/lists.
```

### `ns1_list_zones`

- The name "ns1_list_zones" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the DNS zones in the account: name, id, TTL/SOA settings, primary/secondary setup, linked zones and tags. If next_page is not null, call again with its after/offset to get more. GET /v1/zones.
```

### `ns1_search`

- The name "ns1_search" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the account's zones and records by name (substring match). Returns matching zones and/or records with their answers when expand is true. GET /v1/search.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `ns1`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_list_zones",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_zone",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_record",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_search",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_list_monitoring_jobs",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_monitoring_job",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_list_notify_lists",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_list_data_sources",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_data_source",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_list_data_feeds",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_data_feed",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_account_summary",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_usage_stats",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_qps_stats",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_billing_records",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_get_billing_queries"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_create_record",
      "mcp__ns1__ns1_update_record"
    ]
  }
}
```