ContrastAPI

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• domain_report

  Query DNS, WHOIS, SSL, subdomains, and threat intel for a domain in one call. By default dns.txt is filtered to security-relevant entries (SPF, DMARC, DKIM, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT) and dns.total_txt_records reports the honest pre-filter count; pass include_all_txt=true for the raw TXT list. Use as a starting point for domain investigations; use audit_domain for live headers + tech stack. Response carries next_calls — chain with subdomain_enum (always emitted), ssl_check + tech_fingerprint (when an A r

• audit_domain

  Perform comprehensive domain audit: combines domain_report + live HTTP security headers + technology fingerprinting. By default report.dns.txt is filtered to security-relevant entries (SPF, DMARC, DKIM, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT) and report.dns.total_txt_records reports the honest pre-filter count; pass include_all_txt=true for the raw TXT list. Use when you need the full picture (recon + active checks); use domain_report for passive-only assessment. Response carries next_calls — chain with subdomain_enu

• contrast_scan

  Active website security scan: runs the ContrastScan C engine (11 modules — HTTP security headers, SSL/TLS, DNS, redirect chain, information disclosure, cookie flags, DNSSEC, HTTP methods, CORS, HTML hygiene, deep CSP analysis) against the live site and enriches the raw result with severity-ranked vulnerability findings and a letter grade. Use for a hands-on misconfiguration scan; use audit_domain for passive recon (DNS/WHOIS/SSL/threat intel) and scan_headers for headers only. Active outbound fe

• tech_stack_cve_audit

  Composite tech-stack + CVE audit (MCP-only, no REST endpoint). Detects technologies on the target domain, queries CVE database for known vulnerabilities per product, enriches top-10 CVE candidates with CISA KEV federal patch deadlines, and checks public exploit / PoC availability. Identical for every tier — all data is sourced from local DB mirrors (no Shodan/AbuseIPDB), so there is no tier gating. CVE candidate batch: 50. Cost: 10 tokens per call — Free 30/hr ≈ 3 audits, Pro 500/hr ≈ 50 audits.

• threat_report

  Query comprehensive threat profile for an IP: Shodan host data, AbuseIPDB reputation, ASN/geolocation, and open ports. Use for IP investigation and SOC alert triage; for domain data use domain_report. Note: nested asn block always returns at most 50 IPv4/IPv6 prefixes — call asn_lookup with include_full_prefixes=True for the full announced-prefixes list. enrichment.vulns is severity-aware list[VulnInfo] (cve_id + severity + cvss_v3) — Phase 2 v1.16.0 BREAKING; pre-1.16 it was list[str] of CVE ID

• dns_lookup

  Query all DNS record types (A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CNAME, SOA) for a domain. Use for mail routing inspection, nameserver verification, or SPF/DMARC checks; for full overview use domain_report. TXT records are returned raw (no filter) — `total_txt_records` always carries the honest count (use domain_report for the security-only filtered TXT view). Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {domain, records: {a, aaaa, mx, ns, txt, total_txt_records, cname, soa}, summary}.

• whois_lookup

  Retrieve WHOIS registration data: registrar, creation/expiry dates, nameservers, status. Use to verify domain ownership, age, expiration; for full audit use domain_report. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {domain, whois: {registrar, creation_date, expiry_date, updated_date, name_servers, status, raw_length, error}, summary}.

• ssl_check

  Analyze SSL/TLS certificate: grade (A/B/C/D/F), protocol version, cipher suite, chain, expiry, Subject Alternative Names, and structured validation findings. Invalid certs (expired, self-signed, hostname mismatch, untrusted root) are reported as findings via valid=false + validation_errors[] rather than as endpoint failures, so an unreachable cert still returns useful intel. Grade D = cert readable but invalid; F = expired, legacy TLS, or probe failure. Use to audit certificate validity and dete

• subdomain_enum

  Discover subdomains using passive methods: Certificate Transparency logs + DNS brute-force (no active probing). Use to map organization's attack surface; non-intrusive. Response carries next_calls — capped at 5 ssl_check hints (one per first-five subdomain) so triage scales to large enumerations without token bloat; pull tail entries by name when needed. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {domain, count, subdomains, sources, found_via_wordlist, found_via_crtsh, wildcard_status, crtsh_status, warn

• tech_fingerprint

  Detect website technology stack: CMS, frameworks, CDN, analytics tools, web servers, languages (via HTTP headers + HTML analysis). Use for passive reconnaissance; for full audit use audit_domain. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {technologies: [{name, category, confidence%, version}]}.

• threat_intel

  Check domain against abuse.ch URLhaus for known malware-distribution URLs (single source — for multi-feed correlation use ioc_lookup which adds ThreatFox and, for IPs, Feodo Tracker). Use for fast domain-level threat assessment; use phishing_check for specific URLs. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {malware_urls, threat_tags, threat_status, summary}.

• wayback_lookup

  Retrieve Wayback Machine snapshots for a domain: first capture, latest, total count, snapshot list. Use to investigate domain history and age; for full audit use domain_report. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. status='ok' means the count is authoritative (even when 0 → confirmed no archives). status='unavailable' means CDX timed out/rate-limited/5xx — total_snapshots is OMITTED (unknown, NOT zero) and the agent should NOT report "no snapshots"; the warnings[] array carries the cdx_* error code (cdx_tim

• scan_headers

  Perform live HTTP GET and analyze security headers: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Permissions-Policy, Referrer-Policy. Use to audit live website headers; use check_headers to validate headers you already have. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. By default header values are truncated to 500 chars (CSP can exceed 4 KB on large sites); pass include='full' for the full raw value. Returns {headers_present, headers_missing, findings, total_score}.

• email_mx

  Analyze email security: MX records, SPF policy, DMARC policy, DKIM probe across common+date-based selectors, mail provider, grade. Use to verify email-auth setup and phishing risk; for full audit use domain_report. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. email_security.dkim_status reports honest evidence: 'verified' iff at least one selector responded, else 'unverifiable' (custom selectors cannot be discovered without prior knowledge). Grade: when DKIM verified, A=SPF+DMARC+DKIM/B=2of3/C=1of3; when DKIM unver

• email_security_posture

  Analyze domain email authentication posture: SPF, DMARC, DKIM with numeric score and findings. Dual-use: red-team (spoofing feasibility) + blue-team (posture audit). Score 0-100, grades A+-F. DKIM probing tests common selectors + recent dates; custom selectors must be supplied. Passive DNS-only; no SMTP probe. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr.

• email_disposable

  Check if email address uses a known disposable/temporary provider (Guerrilla Mail, Temp Mail, Mailinator, etc.). Use for input validation to detect throwaway signups; for domain reputation use threat_intel. Companion email-investigation tools: email_mx (deliverability + MX trust), domain_report on the email's domain (full recon), threat_intel (malware-distribution signal on the domain). Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {disposable, domain, provider}.

• email_verify

  One-call email validation combining syntax + MX records + disposable check + role-address detection (admin@/info@/...) + free-provider classification (gmail/outlook/yahoo/...). Use BEFORE adding an email to a contact list, sending an outbound message, or auditing a lead-list dump — replaces 2-3 tool calls (email_mx + email_disposable + manual role parse) with one structured response. Deliberately does NOT do SMTP `RCPT TO` deliverability probing — Hunter.io / NeverBounce-style mailbox enumeratio

• robots_txt

  Fetch + parse the target domain's robots.txt — sitemaps, per-User-agent allow/disallow rules, crawl-delay, Host directive. Use BEFORE crawling/scraping a target site (seo_audit, brand_assets, redirect_chain) to honour the site's published rules. status_code=404 means no robots.txt exists = implicit allow-all per RFC 9309 §2.4. ContrastAPI fetches with `User-agent: ContrastAPI/<version> (+https://contrastcyber.com/bot)` so site operators can identify + opt out via robots.txt; we honour `Disallow:

• redirect_chain

  Walk an HTTP redirect chain hop-by-hop, returning per-hop {url, status_code, location, latency_ms}. Use to deobfuscate URL shorteners (bit.ly / t.co / lnkd.in), audit suspicious links from phishing investigations, or trace marketing tracking redirects. SSRF-guarded: each redirect target's resolved IP is re-validated before connecting (private IPs and non-HTTP schemes rejected). Up to 10 hops; loop_detected=true if a hop would revisit a previously-seen URL (we abort before the duplicate fetch); t

• brand_assets

  Scrape a domain's homepage `<head>` for public brand assets — favicon, og:image, theme-color, og:site_name, JSON-LD `Organization.logo`. Use to enrich CRM records, build company-card UIs, or correlate a lead's site to their visual identity (no manual screenshot required). Strictly homepage-only (path `/`); we do NOT crawl. Ethical floor: target's robots.txt is honoured — `Disallow: /` for ContrastAPI OR `*` returns 403 `error.code = robots_txt_disallow` and we DO NOT fetch. `Cache-Control: no-st

• seo_audit

  One-shot SEO audit of a domain's homepage with a 0-100 composite score + a `missing_signals` list of concrete fixes. Use BEFORE pitching SEO work to a prospect, when triaging a lead's marketing maturity, or as a structured pre-flight before deeper auditing tools (Lighthouse / SEMrush). 10 audit rules each worth 10 pts: title present, title length 30-60 chars (Google SERP truncation window), meta description present, meta description length 50-160, exactly one H1, canonical link, >=3 OG tags, JSO

• geo_audit

  Deterministic GEO / AI-visibility readiness audit of a domain's homepage with a 0-100 score + a `missing_signals` fix list. Answers "can AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI) discover, crawl, and recommend this site?" using STRUCTURAL signals ONLY — no LLM is queried, fully deterministic. 7 weighted rules: llms.txt present (15), AI-crawler robots.txt access — 9 crawlers incl. GPTBot/ClaudeBot/PerplexityBot/Google-Extended/CCBot (25 — the dominant signal; blocking = invisible to

• phone_lookup

  Validate and analyze phone number: country, region, carrier, line type (mobile/landline/VoIP), timezone, formatted versions. Use to verify phone legitimacy and detect fraud risks. Requires E.164 format (+1234567890). Companion OSINT identity-investigation tools: username_lookup (social-platform handle correlation), email_disposable (throwaway-mail signal on associated email). Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {valid, country, region, carrier, carrier_status, line_type, timezone, formats}. carrie

• ip_lookup

  Query comprehensive IP intelligence: reverse DNS, ASN + holder name + country inline (RIPE Stat, Phase 1), open ports, hostnames, vulnerabilities (Shodan InternetDB enriched with severity + cvss_v3 from local cve.db — Phase 2 v1.16.0 BREAKING; vulns is now list[VulnInfo] {cve_id, severity, cvss_v3} dicts, pre-1.16 it was list[str] of CVE IDs; unknown CVEs emit severity='UNKNOWN' / cvss_v3=null — do NOT infer benign), cloud provider, Tor exit status, and reputation. cloud_provider uses two-tier d

• asn_lookup

  Look up Autonomous System Number (ASN) for a domain or IP: AS number, organization, IPv4/IPv6 prefixes. Use to identify network operator and IP range ownership. Default returns first 50 prefixes per family — set include_full_prefixes=True for full list. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {asn, asn_name, ipv4_prefixes, ipv6_prefixes, ipv4_count, ipv6_count}.

• cve_lookup

  Retrieve detailed CVE data by ID: description, CVSS v3.1 + vector, CVSS v2 (always emitted), EPSS score + percentile, CISA KEV status (expanded: due_date, required_action, ransomware flag, vendor_project, product, vulnerability_name, short_description, notes, cwes, date_removed when in_kev=true), NVD vulnerability_status (Analyzed/Modified/Awaiting Analysis/Deferred/Rejected/Withdrawn), cve_tags ('disputed' triggers [DISPUTED] summary prefix), affected products (CPE), references, patch availabil

• calculate_risk_score

  Composite CVE risk score (0-100) — fuses CVSS, EPSS, KEV, and PoC into a single agent-ready triage signal. Formula: CVSS*0.20 + EPSS*0.35 + KEV*0.30 + PoC*0.15 (each component rescaled to 0-100 before weighting). Multiplicative boosters applied in order: KEV+PoC combo (*1.15), critical-severity-with-high-EPSS (CVSS>=9 AND EPSS>0.7, *1.10), recently published (within last 7 days, *1.05). Final score clamped to [0, 100]. Label bands: CRITICAL>=90, HIGH>=70, MEDIUM>=40, LOW<40. Urgency text encodes

• get_cvss_details

  Parse a CVSS v3.x vector string into a per-metric breakdown plus a recomputed base score. Returns the canonicalized vector, version (3.0 or 3.1), base_score, base_severity (NONE/LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH/CRITICAL), and the eight base metrics: attack_vector (NETWORK/ADJACENT_NETWORK/LOCAL/PHYSICAL), attack_complexity (LOW/HIGH), privileges_required (NONE/LOW/HIGH), user_interaction (NONE/REQUIRED), scope (UNCHANGED/CHANGED), and the three impact metrics confidentiality_impact / integrity_impact / availabil

• cve_search

  Search CVE database with filters: product/vendor, severity, published date range, EPSS score, CWE, CVSS range, CISA KEV status. Default response is SLIM per-result (cve_id, summary, severity, cvss_v3, cwe_id, epss, kev, total_products, published, modified, sources) — pass include='full' for description, cvss_breakdown, affected_products, references, first_seen_*. Verdict (sources_queried, falsifiable_fields, completeness, data_age) is at the response root — applies to the whole batch, not per-ro

• cve_leading

  List CVEs indexed from MITRE/GHSA BEFORE NVD publication (early-warning, freshest data). By default each result is slim (no description, no cvss_breakdown, no affected_products list, no references) — pass include='full' for the same payload shape as cve_lookup; for drill-down on a single CVE prefer cve_lookup. Use for threat intelligence on emerging CVEs; use cve_search for published NVD data. Verdict (sources_queried, falsifiable_fields, completeness, data_age) is at the response root — applies

• exploit_lookup

  Search public exploits/PoC for a specific CVE across three sources: (1) GitHub Advisory Database (sources.github.advisories[]), (2) Shodan CVEDB references (sources.shodan_refs.results[] — packetstorm/seclists/vendor URLs cited by Shodan; results capped at SHODAN_REFS_LIMIT default 200, truncated=true when capped, count is the honest upstream total), (3) ExploitDB CSV mirror (exploits[] array, with edb_id + author + verified flag — these are the actual ExploitDB entries). Use to assess if a vuln

• bulk_cve_lookup

  Batch query multiple CVEs (up to 50 per call, same for Free and Pro): retrieve full CVE details for all in 1 request instead of N. By default each CVE's affected_products is truncated to the first 20 entries (total_products reports honest count) and references to the first 10 (total_references reports honest count); pass include_affected_products=true / include_full_references=true to return full lists. Pass include_reference_tags=true to receive references_full=[{url, tags, source}] per CVE in

• kev_detail

  Look up CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities) full record for a CVE. Returns federal patch deadline (due_date), CISA-specified required_action remediation, known ransomware association, vendor/product, the CISA-given common name (e.g. 'Log4Shell'), CISA-reported CWE list, plus lifecycle metadata: date_updated (when CISA last revised the entry), date_removed (set when CISA removed the CVE from the catalog — null while still active), and updated_at (our DB sync freshness). Returns 404 when th

• cwe_lookup

  Look up MITRE CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) catalog record from research view 1000. Default response is SLIM (first 3 mitigations, first 3 examples; extended_description is null) — pass include='full' for the verbose record (full mitigations + examples lists, populated extended_description). Returns description, abstract type (Pillar/Class/Base/Variant/Compound), status (Stable/Draft/Incomplete/Deprecated), exploit likelihood, recommended mitigations, observed example CVEs, parent_cwe (walk

• atlas_technique_lookup

  Look up a MITRE ATLAS technique — the AI/ML adversarial attack catalog. ATLAS catalogues TTPs targeting machine learning systems: prompt injection, model evasion, training data poisoning, model theft, etc. Roughly 80% of ATLAS techniques are AI/ML-specific (no ATT&CK bridge); 20% mirror an enterprise ATT&CK technique via attack_reference_id — use that to pivot to D3FEND defenses (d3fend_defense_for_attack) and CVE search. Sub-techniques inherit `tactics` from the parent (inherited_tactics=true f

• bulk_atlas_technique_lookup

  Bulk ATLAS technique lookup — retrieve full records for up to 50 techniques in a single request instead of N separate atlas_technique_lookup calls. Designed as the natural follow-up to atlas_case_study_lookup, whose techniques_used array can be passed directly. Each item is the same shape as atlas_technique_lookup, including parent-tactics inheritance for sub-techniques (inherited_tactics=true flag) and per-item next_calls (D3FEND bridge when attack_reference_id present, sibling-technique search

• atlas_technique_search

  Search the MITRE ATLAS catalog of AI/ML attack techniques by keyword, tactic, or maturity. Default response is SLIM (description truncated to 240 chars per row); pass include='full' for the verbose record. Pass exclude_id when chaining from atlas_technique_lookup to skip self in sibling-tactic searches. Use this to discover techniques matching a threat-model question, e.g. 'what techniques target LLM serving infrastructure?'. Drill into atlas_technique_lookup with any returned technique_id for t

• atlas_case_study_lookup

  Look up a MITRE ATLAS case study — a documented real-world AI/ML attack incident. Each case study links a sequence of ATLAS techniques (techniques_used) to the incident. Default response is SLIM (description truncated to 240 chars); pass include='full' for the verbose narrative. Use this after atlas_technique_search to find which incidents have exercised a given technique. Drill into the full techniques_used array via bulk_atlas_technique_lookup in a single call (next_calls emits exactly that hi

• atlas_case_study_search

  Search ATLAS case studies (real-world AI/ML attack incidents) by keyword or referenced technique. Default response is SLIM (description truncated to 240 chars per row); pass include='full' for the verbose summary. Useful when the user has a technique in hand and wants to see incidents that exercised it. Drill via atlas_case_study_lookup for the full procedure list. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {query, total, results [{case_study_id, name, description (truncated by default), techniques_used}

• d3fend_defense_lookup

  Look up a MITRE D3FEND defense technique. D3FEND is the canonical defensive counterpart to ATT&CK — each defense is classified into one of 7 tactics (Model/Harden/Detect/Isolate/Deceive/Evict/Restore) and may target a specific digital artifact (e.g. 'Access Token'). Response includes attack_techniques: the list of ATT&CK T-codes this defense mitigates. Use after d3fend_defense_search for the full record + ATT&CK chain. Returns 404 when the slug is not in the synced D3FEND catalog. Free: 30/hr, P

• d3fend_defense_search

  Search the MITRE D3FEND catalog of defensive techniques by keyword, tactic, or targeted artifact. Default response is SLIM (drops `uri` from each row — saves ~60 chars/row, ~30% on popular drills); pass include='full' for the verbose record. Pass exclude_id when chaining from d3fend_defense_lookup to skip self in sibling-artifact searches. Use to discover defenses applicable to a given threat model — e.g. 'what defenses harden access tokens?' (tactic=Harden + artifact='Access Token'). Drill into

• d3fend_defense_for_attack

  Reverse lookup: given an ATT&CK T-code, return D3FEND defenses that mitigate it. This is the bridge from offensive intelligence (ATT&CK / ATLAS / CVE) to defensive playbook. Pair with cve_lookup or atlas_technique_lookup output — when those carry an ATT&CK id, call this tool to surface the mitigations. `defenses` is capped at `limit` (default 30) for token efficiency; `total` is the honest pre-truncation count and `truncated=true` flags when the cap was hit. `coverage_by_tactic` always aggregate

• d3fend_attack_coverage

  Batch coverage breakdown: given a list of ATT&CK T-codes, return distinct defense counts per D3FEND tactic + identify which techniques have NO D3FEND mapping (undefended_techniques). Use to assess the defensive posture of an entire attack campaign or threat model in one call. defended_techniques is the subset with at least one D3FEND defense; undefended_techniques are gaps worth flagging. Pair with cve_search per gap to identify exploit availability. Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {queried_te

• sigma_rule_lookup

  Look up a single Sigma detection rule by UUID from the SigmaHQ corpus (~3,200 rules, refreshed daily at 02:00 UTC). Returns the full rule with title, description, status (stable/test/experimental/deprecated/unsupported), level (informational/low/medium/high/critical), logsource (product/category/service), detection logic, tags (including attack.t#### ATT&CK technique refs and cve.YYYY-#### CVE refs), author, references, and modification date. Use to fetch a known rule for context (e.g., a SIEM d

• bulk_sigma_rule_lookup

  Bulk Sigma rule lookup — retrieve full records for up to 50 rule UUIDs in a single request instead of N separate sigma_rule_lookup calls. Designed for triage workflows where multiple rule ids are known (e.g., from a SIEM alert batch or a tagged detection bundle). Each item is the same shape as sigma_rule_lookup with status ok/not_found/invalid_format and an error field when applicable. Up to 50 rule ids per call (same cap for Free and Pro). Each rule_id consumes 1 unit of the hourly quota; ids b

• ioc_lookup

  Enrich Indicator of Compromise (IP/domain/URL/hash) by auto-detecting type and querying abuse.ch feeds. Per-type source coverage: hash → ThreatFox only (Feodo and URLhaus do not index hashes); IP → ThreatFox + Feodo Tracker + URLhaus; domain / URL → ThreatFox + URLhaus. verdict.sources_queried lists what actually ran; verdict.sources_unavailable lists what failed (timeout / upstream error). Use as primary IOC triage tool when type unknown; use threat_intel for domain-only, hash_lookup for richer

• hash_lookup

  Query MalwareBazaar for file hash (MD5/SHA1/SHA256): malware family, file type, size, tags, first/last seen, download count. Use to check if file hash is known malware; use ioc_lookup for auto-detection of all IOC types. Companion malware-investigation tools: ioc_lookup (multi-source: ThreatFox + Feodo Tracker + URLhaus), threat_intel (domain-level URLhaus check), exploit_lookup (link a known CVE to PoC code if the hash maps to an exploit binary). Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {found, malwar

• password_check

  Check if SHA-1 hash appears in Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) breach dataset using k-anonymity (5-char prefix only, full hash never leaves tool). Use for password breach audits; read-only, no data stored. Companion OSINT investigation tools: hash_lookup (file-hash malware family lookup, different namespace), email_disposable (throwaway-mail signal on associated accounts), username_lookup (social-platform exposure on associated handles). Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {found, count}.

• phishing_check

  Query URLhaus for a specific URL and its host. is_malicious is True only when there is ACTIVE evidence — exact URL match with url_status='online' (or unknown) OR host has urls_online > 0. URLhaus retains historical records forever, so a host can have url_count > 0 with urls_online == 0; in that case is_malicious=False, is_stale=True, threat_level='low'. Use for URL-level threat assessment; use threat_intel for domain-level checks. Companion threat-investigation tools: ioc_lookup (multi-source IO

• bulk_ioc_lookup

  Batch query multiple IOCs (IP/domain/URL/hash, up to 50 per call, same for Free and Pro) in 1 request: auto-detects type + queries abuse.ch feeds per-indicator. Per-type source coverage matches ioc_lookup: hash → ThreatFox only; IP → ThreatFox + Feodo + URLhaus; domain / URL → ThreatFox + URLhaus. Each result item carries its own verdict.sources_queried / sources_unavailable so partial failures are visible per indicator. Use for SOC alert triage or batch enrichment; use ioc_lookup for single ind

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