
Connects Claude to RDAP endpoints for looking up domain registration data, IP address allocations, and ASN information using the IANA bootstrap registry. Runs as a hosted service through Pipeworx's gateway, so no local installation needed. You'd use this when you need to query who owns a domain, trace IP ownership, or look up autonomous system details without switching contexts. The server supports plain English queries through ask_pipeworx, which routes your question to the appropriate RDAP lookup automatically. Also available as part of the full Pipeworx gateway if you want access to their complete catalog of data sources alongside RDAP functionality.
RDAP MCP — Registration Data Access Protocol queries for domains, IPs, and ASNs. Successor to WHOIS, returns structured JSON. Keyless (uses IANA bootstrap).
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.
domain(name) — domain registration recordip(address) — IP / netblock allocation recordasn(number) — ASN allocation recordentity(handle, base?) — registry entity by handle (e.g. registrant id)nameserver(host) — nameserver record (where supported)Bootstrapped via IANA RDAP bootstrap files → individual RIR / registry RDAP servers.
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"rdap": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/rdap/mcp"
}
}
}
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/rdap/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Rdap data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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