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NS1 Connect MCP by usefulapi

io.usefulapi/ns1

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Read NS1 zones, records, monitors, data feeds and usage; create or update one DNS record.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

usefulapi.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

18

Token cost

About 3,578 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http ns1 https://ns1.usefulapi.io/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.ns1]
url = "https://ns1.usefulapi.io/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"ns1":{"httpUrl":"https://ns1.usefulapi.io/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"ns1":{"url":"https://ns1.usefulapi.io/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"ns1":{"type":"http","url":"https://ns1.usefulapi.io/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add ns1 https://ns1.usefulapi.io/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"ns1","server_url":"https://ns1.usefulapi.io/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"ns1","server_url":"https://ns1.usefulapi.io/mcp"}

Tools

• ns1_create_record ~437 tokens
  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 exist
• ns1_get_account_summary ~89 tokens
  The account's subscription, resources and utilization (queries, records, filter chains, monitors, ... against the plan limits). GET /v1/account/summary.
• ns1_get_billing_queries ~133 tokens
  Billable DNS query usage between two Unix timestamps. GET /billing-usage/v1/queries?from=&to=.
• ns1_get_billing_records ~80 tokens
  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 ~142 tokens
  One data feed of a source by id. GET /v1/data/feeds/{source_id}/{feed_id}.
• ns1_get_data_source ~126 tokens
  One data source by id with its feeds. Connection settings and credentials are redacted. GET /v1/data/sources/{id}.
• ns1_get_monitoring_job ~137 tokens
  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 ~197 tokens
  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 ~215 tokens
  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 ~420 tokens
  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 /v
• ns1_get_zone ~277 tokens
  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 ~129 tokens
  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 ~110 tokens
  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 ~117 tokens
  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 ~111 tokens
  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 ~222 tokens
  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 ~216 tokens
  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.
• ns1_update_record ~420 tokens
  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 giv

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