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Trigger DNS Record Scan

An MCP tool from the Cloudflare API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Trigger DNS Record Scan Initiates an asynchronous scan for common DNS records on your domain. Note that this **does not**… [POST /zones/{zone_id}/dns_records/scan/trigger]

Name on the gateway: cloudflare_api__dns_records_for_a_zone_trigger_dns_scan · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
zone_id requiredstringzone_id parameter

How to call it

Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "cloudflare_api__dns_records_for_a_zone_trigger_dns_scan",
  "arguments": {
    "zone_id": "…"
  }
}

Or connect the Cloudflare API server directly, which lists 3,127 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http hj-cloudflare-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/cloudflare-api \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Try asking

Use the trigger dns record scan tool with zone_id set to ….

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