whois mcp server for VS Code
io.github.cyanheads/whois-mcp-server
Domain registry records and status, DNS records, and IP/ASN resolution over RDAP and DoH.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install whois mcp server in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "mcp-log-level",
"description": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "rdap-timeout-ms",
"description": "RDAP_TIMEOUT_MS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "doh-timeout-ms",
"description": "DOH_TIMEOUT_MS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "rdap-max-retries",
"description": "RDAP_MAX_RETRIES",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "doh-max-retries",
"description": "DOH_MAX_RETRIES",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"whois-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/whois-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "${input:mcp-log-level}",
"RDAP_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:rdap-timeout-ms}",
"DOH_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:doh-timeout-ms}",
"RDAP_MAX_RETRIES": "${input:rdap-max-retries}",
"DOH_MAX_RETRIES": "${input:doh-max-retries}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs