---
title: "Run a DNS examination"
method: POST
path: "/agent/dns/zones/{id}/examine"
tags: ["DNS"]
---

# Run a DNS examination

`POST /agent/dns/zones/{id}/examine`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://edge.network`
- URL: `https://edge.network/agent/dns/zones/{id}/examine`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

AI-powered zone audit: email deliverability (SPF/DKIM/DMARC), security (CAA), nameservers, web records, and best practices. Returns a health score and actionable fixes. Takes up to 30 seconds.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Success.

- TellUserEnvelope: Standard success envelope. Endpoint-specific fields ride alongside tell_user.
  - `tell_user` string, required: Human-readable summary of what happened, for the agent to relay to its operator.

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation error — the response body explains what to fix.
- `401`: Missing or invalid agent access code. The body includes self-signup pointers.
- `429`: Rate limited. Honour Retry-After and the RateLimit-* headers before retrying.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/edge/apis/edge-network-agent-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/edge/apis/edge-network-agent-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/edge/apis/edge-network-agent-api/revisions/49b5f2adf020?raw)