@hasna/domains

Domain portfolio, registrar, marketplace, and DNS management for AI agents — CLI + MCP server with SQLite. Core registrar/DNS commands load by default; heavier integrations are optional command groups.

Features

• Domain portfolio management — track registrar, expiry, SSL, nameservers, pricing, lifecycle status, and notes
• Registrar sync and purchase flows — direct Route 53 and Namecheap registration plus GoDaddy and Brandsight provider surfaces through a shared provider registry
• Nameserver delegation — Route 53 and Namecheap adapters can update registrar nameservers when the provider API supports it
• DNS provider management — create or reuse Cloudflare or Route 53 zones and manage DNS records through the DNS provider layer
• DNS record CRUD — A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV records
• DNS desired state — plan/diff/apply provider DNS records from JSON with explicit delete opt-in and post-apply verification
• Sedo marketplace tools — optional search, portfolio/listing management, blacklist checks, and recorded Sedo purchases
• AWS diagnostics — sync Route 53 registered domains and hosted zones without printing secret values
• Credential diagnostics — redacted checks for Route 53, Cloudflare, Namecheap, GoDaddy, Brandsight, and Sedo
• Expiry alerts — set alerts for domain expiry and SSL certificate expiry
• WHOIS lookup — query and store registrar/expiry info from WHOIS
• SSL certificate check — verify SSL issuer and expiry
• DNS propagation check — query Google, Cloudflare, Quad9, OpenDNS
• Zone file export/import — BIND-format zone files
• Subdomain discovery — via crt.sh certificate transparency logs
• DNS validation — detect CNAME conflicts, missing MX, and more
• Portfolio export — CSV or JSON with all domain data
• Brand monitoring — optional typosquat/threat detection via Brandsight API
• MCP server — Model Context Protocol support for AI agents
• MCP safe mode — expose read-only tools only with DOMAINS_MCP_SAFE_MODE=1
• Interactive TUI — optional portfolio browser in the terminal with domains interactive

Installation

npm install -g @hasna/domains

Data is stored in the local domains data directory ($XDG_DATA_HOME/open-domains or ~/.local/share/open-domains for new installs; existing legacy installs continue using their current directory). Override with DOMAINS_DB_PATH, DOMAINS_DIR, or the legacy HASNA_DOMAINS_DB_PATH / HASNA_DOMAINS_DIR names.

Optional Command Groups

The default CLI keeps core portfolio, registrar, DNS, provider, Route 53, doctor, MCP, and server commands loaded. Optional groups are enabled per invocation:

domains extras
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=marketplace,storage domains --help
DOMAINS_ENABLE_EXTRAS=1 domains --help

Available groups: brandsight, events, history, interactive, marketplace, outreach, owner, provision, research, storage, wallet.

Quick Start

# Set defaults used by availability, buy, setup, DNS, and doctor commands
domains config set default-registrar route53
domains config set default-dns cloudflare
domains config set purchase-aws-profile production-domains

# Add registrant contact defaults used by registrar purchase APIs
domains config set contact.first_name Jane
domains config set contact.last_name Example
domains config set contact.email [email protected]
domains config set contact.phone +1.5555555555
domains config set contact.address_line_1 "1 Main St"
domains config set contact.city "New York"
domains config set contact.state NY
domains config set contact.country_code US
domains config set contact.zip_code 10001

# Check local health without printing secrets
domains doctor

Provider Matrix

| Provider | Type | Availability | Buy/Register | Renew | Nameservers/DNS | Notes | |----------|------|--------------|--------------|-------|-----------------|-------| | route53 | registrar + DNS | yes | yes | no | nameservers + Route 53 hosted zones | Primary self-serve registration path. Use AWS_PROFILE or AWS keys. | | namecheap | registrar + DNS | yes | yes | yes | nameservers + Namecheap DNS records | Requires Namecheap API access and whitelisted client IP. | | godaddy | registrar + DNS | gated | no direct CLI purchase | gated | DNS records when API access qualifies | Availability remains threshold-gated; DNS/domain management is available for qualifying accounts. | | brandsight | registrar + DNS | yes | gated by contract | yes when contract allows | nameservers + DNS records | GoDaddy Corporate Domains / Brandsight v2 API; enterprise-contract-only. | | cloudflare | DNS + inventory | no | no | no | DNS zones and records | Preferred DNS provider; zone inventory syncs domains but does not prove registrar ownership. | | sedo | marketplace | marketplace search/status | recorded purchase only | no | no | Sedo is marketplace/listing/portfolio, not registrar DNS in this CLI. |

CLI Usage

# Portfolio management
domains domain add --name example.com --registrar Namecheap --expires-at 2027-01-01
domains domain list
domains domain list --status active --registrar Namecheap
domains domain get example.com
domains domain update <id> --notes "renewed"
domains domain delete <id>
domains domain search example
domains domain stats

# Expiry monitoring
domains domain expiring --days 30
domains ssl expiring --days 30

# WHOIS / SSL checks
domains domain whois example.com
domains ssl check example.com
domains domain check example.com example.net

# Portfolio export
domains domain export --format csv > portfolio.csv
domains domain export --format json

# Provider registry and diagnostics
domains providers
domains provider list
domains provider test route53
domains provider test cloudflare
domains doctor

# Registrar sync
domains sync --provider route53
domains sync --provider cloudflare
domains sync --provider namecheap
domains sync --provider godaddy
domains sync --provider brandsight
domains sync --all

# Availability and renewals
domains check example.com
domains check --provider route53 example.com
domains check --provider namecheap example.com
domains renew example.com --provider namecheap --years 1

# Purchases and setup
domains domain buy example.com --provider route53 --wait
domains domain buy example.com --provider namecheap --wait
domains domain buy premium.example --registrar sedo --price 2500 --expires 2027-01-01
domains domain setup example.com --registrar route53 --dns cloudflare --wait

# DNS record management
domains dns list <domain-id>
domains dns add --domain <id> --type A --name @ --value 1.2.3.4
domains dns update <record-id> --value 5.6.7.8
domains dns remove <record-id>
domains dns check-propagation example.com --record A
domains dns export <domain-id>
domains dns import <domain-id> --file zone.txt
domains dns discover-subdomains example.com
domains dns validate <domain-id>
domains dns pull example.com --provider cloudflare
domains dns push <domain-id> --provider cloudflare

# Desired DNS state against a provider zone
domains dns plan example.com --provider cloudflare --file dns.example.json
domains dns diff example.com --provider cloudflare --file dns.example.json
domains dns apply example.com --provider cloudflare --file dns.example.json --yes
# Delete plans require --allow-delete and may still be refused before writes
# when the provider path cannot guarantee safe convergence.

# Optional Sedo marketplace
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=marketplace domains sedo search example
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=marketplace domains sedo status example.com
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=marketplace domains sedo portfolio --limit 25
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=marketplace domains sedo add example.com --price 2500
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=marketplace domains sedo edit example.com --price 3000
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=marketplace domains sedo remove example.com
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=marketplace domains sedo buy example.com --price 2500 --order-id SEDO-ORDER-ID

# Optional brand monitoring
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=brandsight domains monitor watch mybrand
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=brandsight domains monitor similar example.com
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=brandsight domains monitor threats example.com

# Optional interactive portfolio browser
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=interactive domains interactive
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=interactive domains interactive --status active

Compact Output For Agents

List, search, status, history, discovery, and portfolio commands are compact by default. Human output shows essential fields, caps the first page to 20 rows unless a command already has a smaller explicit limit, truncates long notes/record values, and prints a hint for the next detail path.

Use these flags to disclose more when needed:

domains domain list --limit 50 --offset 50
domains domain list --all
domains domain list --verbose
domains domain get example.com
domains domain list --json

--verbose adds human-readable detail columns such as registrar, notes, owner contact fields, or provider metadata. get, info, and other detail commands show one record at a time. --json remains the machine-readable detail path and preserves full records for existing automation unless a command already documents an explicit API/provider limit.

MCP list-style tools follow the same gradual disclosure model. Defaults return compact JSON with count, total, limit, offset, has_more, next_offset, compact, and hint. Pass limit/offset for paging, all: true for all returned matches, or verbose: true for full records:

{ "name": "list_domains", "arguments": { "limit": 50, "offset": 50 } }
{ "name": "list_domains", "arguments": { "verbose": true, "limit": 5 } }
{ "name": "get_domain", "arguments": { "id": "example.com" } }

MCP provider sync tools return count/error summaries by default; pass verbose: true only when an agent needs provider-specific arrays or full sync diagnostics.

Prefer the domains CLI over raw registrar CLIs for Route 53 availability, registration status, local portfolio updates, and DNS delegation. The CLI applies configured defaults, records outcomes in the local portfolio DB, and keeps behavior consistent across providers.

Desired DNS state files are JSON:

{
  "domain": "example.com",
  "records": [
    { "type": "A", "name": "@", "value": "192.0.2.10", "ttl": 300 },
    { "type": "MX", "name": "@", "value": "mail.example.com", "ttl": 300, "priority": 10 },
    { "type": "TXT", "name": "@", "value": "v=spf1 -all", "ttl": 300 }
  ]
}

dns apply refuses to run without --yes. If the plan includes deletes, it also requires --allow-delete, then refuses before writing unless the provider path can guarantee delete convergence without partial mutation. Non-delete applies re-read provider records after writing and fail if the live zone still differs from the desired file.

AWS Domain Discovery

# Sync registered domains and hosted zones from specific AWS profiles
AWS_PROFILE=production-domains domains sync --provider route53
AWS_PROFILE=shared-dns domains sync --provider route53

# Check all configured providers and redacted credential status
domains providers --json
domains doctor --json

Route 53 sync imports registered domains when the selected AWS account permits route53domains:ListDomains, and hosted zones when the account permits Route 53 hosted-zone reads. Domain-looking names from unrelated systems such as SSM parameters or Secrets Manager should only be imported after review because they do not prove registrar ownership.

Storage Sync

Set one of these environment variables to sync with a remote PostgreSQL storage database:

export DOMAINS_DATABASE_URL="postgres://..."

DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=storage domains storage status
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=storage domains storage push
DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS=storage domains storage pull

MCP Server

domains-mcp

MCP list/search tools are compact by default for agent context safety; use limit, offset, all, and verbose arguments, or one-record detail tools such as get_domain, when more detail is needed.

Add to your Claude/agent config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "domains": {
      "command": "domains-mcp"
    }
  }
}

HTTP mode

Long-lived Streamable HTTP transport for shared agent sessions (binds 127.0.0.1 only):

domains-mcp --http              # default port 8814
domains-mcp --http --port 8814
MCP_HTTP=1 MCP_HTTP_PORT=8814 domains-mcp

• GET /health returns {"status":"ok","name":"domains"}
• POST /mcp is the Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint

Stdio remains the default transport for gradual rollout.

For read-only agent sessions:

DOMAINS_MCP_SAFE_MODE=1 domains-mcp
DOMAINS_MCP_SAFE_MODE=1 domains-mcp --http

Safe mode registers only read-only/list/check/export tools. Mutating tools such as domain creation, DNS writes, provider sync, Route 53 registration, and storage push/pull are withheld.

Environment Variables

| Variable | Description | |----------|-------------| | DOMAINS_DB_PATH | Override database file path | | HASNA_DOMAINS_DB_PATH | Override database file path | | DOMAINS_CONFIG_PATH | Override config file path | | DOMAINS_CONFIG_DIR | Override config directory | | HASNA_DOMAINS_DIR | Override database directory | | DOMAINS_DIR | Override database directory fallback | | DOMAINS_COMMAND_GROUPS | Comma-separated optional command groups to load, or all | | DOMAINS_ENABLE_EXTRAS | Set to 1 to load all optional command groups | | DOMAINS_MCP_SAFE_MODE | Set to 1 to expose only read-only MCP tools | | DOMAINS_DATABASE_URL | Remote storage PostgreSQL database URL | | HASNA_DOMAINS_DATABASE_URL | Legacy remote storage PostgreSQL database URL fallback | | DOMAINS_STORAGE_MODE | Storage mode: local, remote, or hybrid | | HASNA_DOMAINS_STORAGE_MODE | Legacy storage mode fallback | | AWS_PROFILE | AWS profile for Route 53 Domains and hosted zones | | AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN | AWS credential fallback | | DOMAINS_PURCHASE_AWS_PROFILE | Purchase profile fallback when config has no purchase_aws_profile | | CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN | Cloudflare API token | | CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY, CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL | Cloudflare global key fallback | | CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID | Cloudflare account ID for zone creation | | NAMECHEAP_API_KEY | Namecheap API key | | NAMECHEAP_USERNAME | Namecheap account username | | NAMECHEAP_CLIENT_IP | Namecheap whitelisted IP | | NAMECHEAP_SANDBOX | Use Namecheap sandbox API | | GODADDY_API_KEY, GODADDY_API_SECRET | GoDaddy API credentials | | BRANDSIGHT_API_KEY, BRANDSIGHT_API_SECRET, BRANDSIGHT_CUSTOMER_ID | Brandsight / GoDaddy Corporate Domains credentials | | BRANDSIGHT_DEMO_STUBS, BRANDSIGHT_ALLOW_STUBS | Set either to 1 to allow demo stub responses when the Brandsight API is unreachable | | SEDO_PARTNER_ID, SEDO_API_KEY, SEDO_USERNAME, SEDO_PASSWORD | Sedo marketplace API credentials |

License

Apache-2.0