# DNS A Record Change Watch via Cloudflare

> DNS A Record Change Watch via Cloudflare is a paid API for AI agents from dns.intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-01).

Monitors DNS A record changes for a domain via Cloudflare DNS and returns the current answer along with a changed flag and before/after diff since the last check.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://dns.intel.rallylive.ca/watch/dns/a/via/cloudflare?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/dns-a-record-change-watch-via-cloudflare-888f3cf0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Vtx8m6hljvqTvX9NZ7phg

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability dns-a-record-change-watch-via-cloudflare-888f3cf0
```

Example prompt: Keep an eye on the DNS A record for example.com via Cloudflare and tell me if it's changed since the last time you checked — show me what it was before and what it is now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to detect changes in DNS A records specifically as resolved by Cloudflare (1.1.1.1), and you want a stateful diff against the previous result rather than just a raw lookup. It is ideal for scheduled monitoring workflows where you want to be alerted when an IP address changes, DNS hijacking detection, or verifying DNS propagation after a server migration. Prefer it over raw DNS lookup endpoints when change detection with before/after comparison is the goal.

## Known failure modes

- Domain not found or NXDOMAIN — returns an error response code with no A records
- No previous result stored — first call returns current answer with changed=false or null baseline
- Cloudflare DNS unreachable — may return a timeout or upstream error
- Invalid domain input — returns a validation error
- Domain has no A records — returns empty record set with appropriate response code

## How this service works

Change watch for dns a via cloudflare: runs the check, compares it with the result from your previous call for the same domain (kept 90 days) and returns the current answer, changed true/false, the fields that changed with before/after values, and when it was last seen. Schedule it to be alerted when this changes. $0.02 per check.

## Output

Returns the current DNS A record answer from Cloudflare, a boolean 'changed' flag indicating whether the result differs from the previous call for the same domain (stored up to 90 days), a list of fields that changed with before/after values, and a timestamp of when the record was last seen.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/dns-a-record-change-watch-via-cloudflare-888f3cf0/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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