censys_host_search

Pack: censys · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/censys/mcp

Search Censys hosts for — finds internet-facing hosts matching a Censys query (CenQL), e.g. software, port, product, or ASN. Returns ip, matched services (port/service/transport), location, and autonomous system per host. Example: censys_host_search({ q: “services.service_name: HTTP and location.country: Germany”, per_page: 25, _apiKey: “your-censys-token” })

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
qstringyesCensys query (CenQL), e.g. “services.port: 22”, “services.software.product: nginx”, “autonomous_system.asn: 15169”
per_pageintegernoMax hosts to return (default 25, max 50)
_apiKeystringyesCensys Platform Personal Access Token. Optionally ”:”.

Example call

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/censys/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"censys_host_search","arguments":{}}}'

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "censys": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/censys/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

Regenerated from source · build July 4, 2026