--- title: "Censys Platform MCP server for AI agents - actionlake" description: "Give Claude 106 Censys Platform actions through one MCP server: collections, attack surfaces. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free." canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/censys-platform updated: 2026-10-23 --- Connectors · Identity & security # Censys Platform MCP server for AI agents. actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Censys Platform and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 106 Censys Platform actions (74 reads, 19 writes and 13 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Censys Platform credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Censys Platform's limits and records every call. [Connect Censys Platform free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) 100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you. `claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` the first call ``` do { action: "censys_platform.tags.list", intent: "check which Censys Platform account is connected" } # List tags · read · 1 upstream call ``` - 106 actions in one signed file - 74 read look, never change - 19 write create and update - 13 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first Set up ## Connect Censys Platform in three steps. 1. 01 ### Add actionlake to Claude. Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us. `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` 2. 02 ### Connect Censys Platform. Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key. - `access_token` Censys Platform personal access token: accounts.censys.io > Account Settings > Personal Access Tokens - `organization_id` Your Censys Platform organization id ``` account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "censys_platform" } # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you ``` 3. 03 ### Make the first call. Check before a write. Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free. ``` do { action: "censys_platform.tags.list" } # list tags · read · 1 upstream call check { action: "censys_platform.tags.create", input: { … } } # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent ``` Censys Platform at a glance **Sign-in** Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. **You provide** `access_token` **Setup fields** `organization_id` **Limits we pace to** 25 calls a second, at most 1 at a time, per connection **API covered** Censys Platform API 1.0.154 (OpenAPI 3.1.0)`api.platform.censys.io` **Built from** Censys Platform's documentation, read 23 October 2026[api.platform.censys.io](https://api.platform.censys.io/openapi.json) [docs.censys.com](https://docs.censys.com/reference) **Service file** Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519) **Cached reads** 74 of 74 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects **Shared entities** 3, so ask can line Censys Platform up with your other systems **Data** Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet Capabilities ## What an AI agent can do in Censys Platform. 106 actions in 42 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest. - **74** read look, never change - **19** write create and update - **13** destructive wait for a confirmation 1. ### Collections 7 4 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Create a collection · List collections · Run a search query within a collection · Get a collection 2. ### Attack surfaces 6 4 read · 1 write · 1 destructive List attack surfaces · Search attack surface assets · Get an attack surface · Aggregate attack surface assets 3. ### Certificates 5 5 read · 0 write · 0 destructive Get a certificate · Retrieve multiple certificates · Retrieve multiple certificates · Retrieve multiple certificates in PEM format 4. ### Hosts 5 5 read · 0 write · 0 destructive Get a host · Retrieve multiple hosts · Retrieve multiple hosts · Get host enrichment 5. ### Tag assignments 5 1 read · 2 write · 2 destructive Bulk create tag assignments · Create a tag assignment · List tag assignments · Bulk delete tag assignments 6. ### Tags 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive List tags · Create a tag · Update a tag · Get a tag 7. ### Censeye jobs 4 3 read · 1 write · 0 destructive CensEye: Create a pivot analysis job · CensEye: List jobs · CensEye: Get job results · CensEye: Get job status 8. ### Comments 4 1 read · 2 write · 1 destructive List comments · Create a comment · Update a comment · Delete a comment **34 more areas · 65 actions** - DNS resolutions **4** - Organization members **4** - Supply chain suppliers **4** - Supply chains **4** - Web properties **4** - Attack surface assets **3** - Attack surface exclusions **3** - Global search **3** - Investigation jobs **3** - Tag operations **3** - Organization credits **2** - Organization member modules **2** - Scans **2** - Supply chain risk instances **2** - Threat hunting scans **2** - User credits **2** - Attack surface risk events **1** - Audit log events **1** - Certificate host observations **1** - Collection events **1** - Host endpoint observations **1** - Host fingerprint observations **1** - Host services **1** - Host threat observations **1** - Investigation files **1** - Investigation usage **1** - Organization invitations **1** - Organizations **1** - Suppliers **1** - Supply chain risk events **1** - Supply chain risks **1** - Threat hunting **1** - Threats **1** - Web property threat observations **1** Top actions ## The Censys Platform API, shaped for agents. The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 14 of Censys Platform's 14 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once. | Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `censys_platform.tags.list` List tags | List tags. | read | `crm.tag.list` 65 connectors | | `censys_platform.organization_members.list` List organization users | List organization users. | read | `identity.user.list` 474 connectors | | `censys_platform.supply_chain_suppliers.list` List suppliers | List suppliers. | read | `asset.supplier.list` 41 connectors | | `censys_platform.tags.create` Create a tag | Create a tag. | write | `crm.tag.create` 49 connectors | | `censys_platform.tags.update` Update a tag | Update a tag. | write | `crm.tag.update` 40 connectors | | `censys_platform.tags.delete` Delete a tag | Delete a tag. | destructive | `crm.tag.delete` 44 connectors | | `censys_platform.supply_chain_suppliers.get` Get supplier | Get supplier. | read | `asset.supplier.get` 34 connectors | | `censys_platform.global_search.search` Run a search query | Run a search query. | read | `platform.search_result.search` 18 connectors | | `censys_platform.audit_log_events.list` List audit log events | List audit log events. | read | `platform.activity_entry.list` 43 connectors | | `censys_platform.collections.list` List collections | List collections. | read | this connector | | `censys_platform.collections.create` Create a collection | Create a collection. | write | this connector | | `censys_platform.supply_chains.list` List supply chains | List supply chains. | read | this connector | Try it ## Prompts to paste into Claude. Each one names the Censys Platform actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it. 1. Read read Who has access in Censys Platform? List every user and their role. calls `censys_platform.organization_members.list` 2. Write write Create a tag in Censys Platform. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it. calls `censys_platform.tags.create` Governance for Censys Platform ## Destructive actions wait for a yes. 13 Censys Platform actions are destructive. These are all of them: - Delete a tag `censys_platform.tags.delete` - Delete a collection `censys_platform.collections.delete` - Delete an attack surface `censys_platform.attack_surfaces.delete` - Delete a tag assignment `censys_platform.tag_assignments.delete` - Remove user from organization `censys_platform.organization_members.remove` - Bulk delete tag assignments `censys_platform.tag_assignments.bulk_delete` - Remove an asset from an attack surface `censys_platform.attack_surface_assets.remove` - Remove a supplier from your supply chain `censys_platform.supply_chain_suppliers.remove` - Remove an exclusion from an attack surface `censys_platform.attack_surface_exclusions.remove` - Remove a user's module access `censys_platform.organization_member_modules.remove` - Set a user's module role `censys_platform.organization_member_modules.set_role` - Cancel a tag operation `censys_platform.tag_operations.cancel` - Delete a comment `censys_platform.comments.delete` A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after. do censys_platform.tags.delete confirm_policy: **human** Delete a tag? **intent:** the user asked me to delete a tag run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _censys-platform-agent_ cannot confirm itself In the console, or from an emailed signed link. a key for this connector ``` account { op: "keys.create", name: "censys-platform-agent", allowed_actions: ["censys_platform.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "censys_platform.tags.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "censys_platform.collections.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "censys_platform.attack_surfaces.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" } ] } ``` Illustrative. Scoped to Censys Platform only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person. Cost ## What Censys Platform costs on actionlake. Every Censys Platform action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Censys Platform refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. - 1 upstream call per action all 106 Censys Platform actions - 106 actions page each page of a long list is one call - 74 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing - 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000 [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Action index ## Every Censys Platform action. 106 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect. **Collections 7** - `censys_platform.collections.aggregate` Aggregate results for a search query within a collection read - `censys_platform.collections.create` Create a collection write - `censys_platform.collections.delete` Delete a collection destructive - `censys_platform.collections.get` Get a collection read - `censys_platform.collections.list` List collections read - `censys_platform.collections.search` Run a search query within a collection read - `censys_platform.collections.update` Update a collection write **Attack surfaces 6** - `censys_platform.attack_surfaces.aggregate_assets` Aggregate attack surface assets read - `censys_platform.attack_surfaces.create` Create an attack surface write - `censys_platform.attack_surfaces.delete` Delete an attack surface destructive - `censys_platform.attack_surfaces.get` Get an attack surface read - `censys_platform.attack_surfaces.list` List attack surfaces read - `censys_platform.attack_surfaces.search_assets` Search attack surface assets read **Certificates 5** - `censys_platform.certificates.get` Get a certificate read - `censys_platform.certificates.get_many` Retrieve multiple certificates read - `censys_platform.certificates.get_many_by_post` Retrieve multiple certificates read - `censys_platform.certificates.get_many_raw` Retrieve multiple certificates in PEM format read - `censys_platform.certificates.get_many_raw_by_post` Retrieve multiple certificates in PEM format read **Hosts 5** - `censys_platform.hosts.get` Get a host read - `censys_platform.hosts.get_enrichment` Get host enrichment read - `censys_platform.hosts.get_many` Retrieve multiple hosts read - `censys_platform.hosts.get_many_by_post` Retrieve multiple hosts read - `censys_platform.hosts.timeline` Get host event history read **Tag assignments 5** - `censys_platform.tag_assignments.bulk_create` Bulk create tag assignments write - `censys_platform.tag_assignments.bulk_delete` Bulk delete tag assignments destructive - `censys_platform.tag_assignments.create` Create a tag assignment write - `censys_platform.tag_assignments.delete` Delete a tag assignment destructive - `censys_platform.tag_assignments.list` List tag assignments read **Tags 5** - `censys_platform.tags.create` Create a tag write - `censys_platform.tags.delete` Delete a tag destructive - `censys_platform.tags.get` Get a tag read - `censys_platform.tags.list` List tags read - `censys_platform.tags.update` Update a tag write **Censeye jobs 4** - `censys_platform.censeye_jobs.create` CensEye: Create a pivot analysis job write - `censys_platform.censeye_jobs.get` CensEye: Get job status read - `censys_platform.censeye_jobs.list` CensEye: List jobs read - `censys_platform.censeye_jobs.results` CensEye: Get job results read **Comments 4** - `censys_platform.comments.create` Create a comment write - `censys_platform.comments.delete` Delete a comment destructive - `censys_platform.comments.list` List comments read - `censys_platform.comments.update` Update a comment write **DNS resolutions 4** - `censys_platform.dns_resolutions.ip_bounds` Get DNS names that resolved to an IP (aggregated bounds) read - `censys_platform.dns_resolutions.ip_ranges` Get DNS names that resolved to an IP (ranges) read - `censys_platform.dns_resolutions.name_bounds` Get DNS resolution records for a name (aggregated bounds) read - `censys_platform.dns_resolutions.name_ranges` Get DNS resolution records for a name (ranges) read **Organization members 4** - `censys_platform.organization_members.credits_usage` Get organization user credit usage read - `censys_platform.organization_members.list` List organization users read - `censys_platform.organization_members.remove` Remove user from organization destructive - `censys_platform.organization_members.update` Update a user's Platform-wide roles in an organization write **Supply chain suppliers 4** - `censys_platform.supply_chain_suppliers.add` Add suppliers to a supply chain write - `censys_platform.supply_chain_suppliers.get` Get supplier read - `censys_platform.supply_chain_suppliers.list` List suppliers read - `censys_platform.supply_chain_suppliers.remove` Remove a supplier from your supply chain destructive **Supply chains 4** - `censys_platform.supply_chains.aggregate_assets` Aggregate supply chain assets read - `censys_platform.supply_chains.get` Get supply chain read - `censys_platform.supply_chains.list` List supply chains read - `censys_platform.supply_chains.search_assets` Search supply chain assets read **Web properties 4** - `censys_platform.web_properties.get` Get a web property read - `censys_platform.web_properties.get_many` Retrieve multiple web properties read - `censys_platform.web_properties.get_many_by_post` Retrieve multiple web properties read - `censys_platform.web_properties.timeline` Get web property event history read **Attack surface assets 3** - `censys_platform.attack_surface_assets.add` Add assets to an attack surface write - `censys_platform.attack_surface_assets.list` List the assets of an attack surface read - `censys_platform.attack_surface_assets.remove` Remove an asset from an attack surface destructive **Attack surface exclusions 3** - `censys_platform.attack_surface_exclusions.add` Exclude assets from an attack surface write - `censys_platform.attack_surface_exclusions.list` List the exclusions of an attack surface read - `censys_platform.attack_surface_exclusions.remove` Remove an exclusion from an attack surface destructive **Global search 3** - `censys_platform.global_search.aggregate` Aggregate results for a search query read - `censys_platform.global_search.convert_queries` Convert Legacy Search queries to Platform queries read - `censys_platform.global_search.search` Run a search query read **Investigation jobs 3** - `censys_platform.investigation_jobs.create` Investigations: Create job write - `censys_platform.investigation_jobs.get` Investigations: Get job status read - `censys_platform.investigation_jobs.list` Investigations: List jobs read **Tag operations 3** - `censys_platform.tag_operations.cancel` Cancel a tag operation destructive - `censys_platform.tag_operations.get` Get a tag operation read - `censys_platform.tag_operations.list` List tag operations read **Organization credits 2** - `censys_platform.organization_credits.get` Get organization credit balance read - `censys_platform.organization_credits.usage` Get organization credit usage read **Organization member modules 2** - `censys_platform.organization_member_modules.remove` Remove a user's module access destructive - `censys_platform.organization_member_modules.set_role` Set a user's module role destructive **Scans 2** - `censys_platform.scans.get` Get scan status read - `censys_platform.scans.rescan` Live Rescan: Initiate a new rescan write **Supply chain risk instances 2** - `censys_platform.supply_chain_risk_instances.get` Get risk instance read - `censys_platform.supply_chain_risk_instances.list` List risk instances read **Threat hunting scans 2** - `censys_platform.threat_hunting_scans.discovery` Live Discovery: Initiate a new scan write - `censys_platform.threat_hunting_scans.get` Get scan status read **User credits 2** - `censys_platform.user_credits.get` Get Free user credit balance read - `censys_platform.user_credits.usage` Get Free user credit usage read **Attack surface risk events 1** - `censys_platform.attack_surface_risk_events.list` List attack surface risk events read **Audit log events 1** - `censys_platform.audit_log_events.list` List audit log events read **Certificate host observations 1** - `censys_platform.certificate_host_observations.list` Get host history for a certificate read **Collection events 1** - `censys_platform.collection_events.list` Get a collection's events read **Host endpoint observations 1** - `censys_platform.host_endpoint_observations.list` Get endpoint observation history for a host read **Host fingerprint observations 1** - `censys_platform.host_fingerprint_observations.list` Get fingerprint observation history for a host read **Host services 1** - `censys_platform.host_services.list` Get service history for a host read **Host threat observations 1** - `censys_platform.host_threat_observations.list` Get threat history for a host read **Investigation files 1** - `censys_platform.investigation_files.create` Investigations: Create file upload write **Investigation usage 1** - `censys_platform.investigation_usage.get` Investigations: Get usage read **Organization invitations 1** - `censys_platform.organization_invitations.create` Invite user to organization write **Organizations 1** - `censys_platform.organizations.get` Get organization details read **Suppliers 1** - `censys_platform.suppliers.search` Search suppliers read **Supply chain risk events 1** - `censys_platform.supply_chain_risk_events.list` List risk events read **Supply chain risks 1** - `censys_platform.supply_chain_risks.list` List risks read **Threat hunting 1** - `censys_platform.threat_hunting.value_counts` CensEye: Retrieve value counts to discover pivots read **Threats 1** - `censys_platform.threats.list` List active threats read **Web property threat observations 1** - `censys_platform.web_property_threat_observations.list` Get threat history for a web property read Questions ## The Censys Platform MCP server, answered. **Is there a Censys Platform MCP server for Claude?** Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 106 Censys Platform actions across collections, attack surfaces, certificates and hosts, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Censys Platform. **What do I need to connect Censys Platform?** Censys Platform personal access token: accounts.censys.io > Account Settings > Personal Access Tokens. Plus your organization id. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "censys_platform" } lists exactly what to paste. **Can an AI agent delete or change things in Censys Platform?** Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 13 Censys Platform actions are destructive, including delete a tag, delete a collection and delete an attack surface. Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it. **Will an AI agent use up my Censys Platform API limit?** actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Censys Platform service file: 25 calls a second, at most 1 at a time per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (74 Censys Platform actions can be), which never reaches Censys Platform. **What does a Censys Platform action cost?** One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (106 Censys Platform actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Censys Platform refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. **Which Censys Platform API does it cover?** The Censys Platform API 1.0.154 (OpenAPI 3.1.0) at api.platform.censys.io. It is built from Censys Platform's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 106 actions in 42 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0). **Does actionlake keep my Censys Platform data, and where?** actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to 5 minutes, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Censys Platform credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models. **Which AI clients can use it?** Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names. ## More connectors like Censys Platform Shares the most action names with - [StrangeBee TheHive 5](https://actionlake.com/connectors/strangebee-thehive) - [SecurityScorecard 4](https://actionlake.com/connectors/securityscorecard) - [Drata 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/drata) - [Doppler 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/doppler) - [Rubrik Security Cloud 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/rubrik-security-cloud) - [ConductorOne 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/conductorone) Joins with, on shared entities - [Samsara 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/samsara) - [Zomentum 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zomentum) - [Odoo 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/odoo) - [ERPNext (Frappe) 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/erpnext-frappe) - [NICE CXone Mpower 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/nice-cxone-mpower) - [ServiceTitan 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/servicetitan) Browse - [All Identity & security connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/identity-and-security) - [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors) - [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare) actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Censys Platform; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Censys Platform service file, version 1.0.0. ## Give your agent Censys Platform today. [Connect Censys Platform free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free. --- Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/censys-platform More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt