Methodology
DNS-AID agent records
ia.dns-aid · 1.14
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MAY
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Why it matters
DNS-AID publishes agent discovery pointers under the _agents DNS names. This checkpoint detects SVCB or HTTPS answers and accepts an index TXT fallback; it does not verify the advertised service.
How to fix it
Publish an SVCB record for your agent index under _index._agents.
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Add an SVCB record at _index._agents.<zone> that points to your agent index.
_index._agents.example.com. 3600 IN SVCB 1 agents.example.com. alpn=h2 -
Add _mcp._agents and _a2a._agents records only for protocols that you serve.
Verify
curl -sf -H 'accept: application/dns-json' 'https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=_index._agents.{domain}&type=SVCB' | jq -e '.Answer | length > 0'
Expected: exit code 0
Run a new scan for this checkpoint:
isagentready results {domain} --checkpoint ia.dns-aid
Details Mapping, lifecycle and references
- AR mapping
- No AR practice
- Evidence source
- draft-mozleywilliams-dnsop-dnsaid: DNS for AI Discovery
- Score role
- Bonus
- Introduced
- 2026-08-25
- Methodology version
- 2026-10-22