# DNS Provider Detect Watch

> DNS Provider Detect Watch is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Monitors DNS hosting provider detection for a domain and reports changes with before/after field diffs compared to the previous call.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/watch/dns/ns-provider
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/dns-provider-detect-watch-3d4d812a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8Gkf0n2x_DtRuM_9N1HhJ

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-provider-detect-watch-3d4d812a
```

Example prompt: Keep an eye on example.com and let me know whenever its DNS hosting provider changes — compare it against the last time you checked and show me exactly what changed.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to detect changes in DNS provider/hosting over time rather than just a one-time lookup. It is ideal for scheduled monitoring workflows where you want a diff-style response showing exactly what changed and when, without having to store and compare state yourself. Prefer this over a plain DNS lookup or bulk check when you need persistent comparison history and change notifications for a single domain.

## Known failure modes

- Domain not found or unresolvable — no NS records to analyze
- First call for a domain has no previous result to compare against, so 'changed' may be false/undefined
- Domain uses obscure or unrecognized nameservers — provider may not be identified
- Rate limiting or payment failure — call rejected without result
- Stale previous result if domain was not checked recently within the 90-day window

## How this service works

Change watch for dns provider detect: runs the check and compares it with the result from your previous call for the same domain (kept 90 days), returning the current answer, changed true/false, exactly which fields changed with before/after values, and when it was last seen. Call it on a schedule to be told when dns hosting provider detection changes. $0.01 per check.

## Output

Returns the current detected DNS hosting provider, a boolean 'changed' flag, a list of exactly which fields changed with their before and after values, and the timestamp of when the state was last seen. Previous results are retained for 90 days for comparison.

## 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-provider-detect-watch-3d4d812a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from intel.rallylive.ca](https://www.zero.xyz/host/intel.rallylive.ca/llms.txt)