{"id":"whois-mcp-server","name":"whois-mcp-server","homepage":"https://pypi.org/project/whois-mcp-server/","repo_url":"https://github.com/your-username/whois-mcp-server","category":"infrastructure","subcategories":[],"tags":["whois","mcp","osint","domain-reputation","agent-tools"],"what_it_does":"An MCP server that provides WHOIS lookup capabilities to AI agents (e.g., to query domain registration/registrar and related WHOIS records) via MCP tools.","use_cases":["Domain reconnaissance for security investigations","Checking domain registration/expiration details","Supporting OSINT workflows in automated agents","Enriching datasets with WHOIS-derived fields"],"not_for":["High-volume bulk WHOIS scraping at scale (may violate registrar/WHOIS terms or rate limits)","Use as the sole source of truth for compliance or legal determinations","Applications that require a formal paid/regulated data product with guaranteed accuracy"],"best_when":"You need automated WHOIS lookups integrated into an agent workflow and can tolerate variability/inconsistency in WHOIS responses across TLDs/registries.","avoid_when":"You have strict requirements around data accuracy/consistency, or you need predictable pagination/structured datasets across all WHOIS sources.","alternatives":["Direct WHOIS CLI/API providers (commercial)","DNS + RDAP-based enrichment (where supported)","Third-party domain intelligence APIs (paid)"],"af_score":39.8,"security_score":46.8,"reliability_score":7.5,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["pypi"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:39:12.306793+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["None or upstream MCP host auth (not determinable from provided info)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"No authentication requirements were provided in the input. Many MCP servers do not require auth if self-hosted, but this can’t be confirmed without the repository/manifest details."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Pricing cannot be determined from the provided package name alone."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":39.8,"security_score":46.8,"reliability_score":7.5,"mcp_server_quality":45.0,"documentation_accuracy":30.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":60.0,"rate_limit_clarity":10.0,"tls_enforcement":70.0,"auth_strength":40.0,"scope_granularity":30.0,"dependency_hygiene":45.0,"secret_handling":50.0,"security_notes":"Security posture depends on how the MCP server is implemented and hosted (network exposure, transport security, and whether any upstream WHOIS credentials/API keys are used). No repository details were provided, so scores are necessarily conservative and based on common patterns for self-hosted MCP tool servers.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":0.0,"breaking_changes_history":0.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["WHOIS responses vary widely by TLD/registry and may be incomplete or differently formatted.","Some WHOIS endpoints/rate limits may throttle or block automated queries; agents may need backoff and caching.","WHOIS data can be inconsistent; agents should validate/normalize fields and handle missing values gracefully."]}}