@pipeworx/hackertarget

HackerTarget MCP — keyless DNS/recon utilities. Free tier 100 queries/day per source IP.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.

Responses are line-oriented plain text from upstream; this pack parses them into structured JSON when reasonable.

Tools

dns_lookup(target) — A records (line-per-result)
reverse_dns(target) — reverse DNS for an IP
mtr(target) — mtr (network path)
nping(target) — ping
dns_host_search(target) — passive DNS host search
find_shared_dns(target) — domains sharing the same DNS server
geoip(target) — IP geolocation
reverse_ip(target) — hosts on the same IP
as_lookup(target) — AS lookup
whois(target) — whois
http_headers(target) — fetch HTTP headers
traceroute(target) — traceroute
subnet_lookup(target) — subnet info
page_links(target) — links extracted from a page (URL)

Notes

Pipeworx-side rate limit is the outer envelope; HackerTarget's own daily 100/IP cap applies per gateway egress IP.

Data source

https://api.hackertarget.com

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

config.json

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

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hackertarget/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:

config.json

{
  "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.

Using with ask_pipeworx

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:

Code

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Hackertarget data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

License

MIT

Hackertarget README