# osintverse-community/whois

Looks up WHOIS records for a domain, IP address or AS number, picking the right server automatically

## Install and run

```sh
ot install osintverse-community/whois
ot run osintverse-community/whois d:example.com
```

The first `ot run` installs the tool after asking once. New to `ot`? See https://otinstaller.com/docs/getting-started.

From an AI agent, through ot's MCP server (`ot mcp`):

```
run_tool {"tool":"osintverse-community/whois","inputs":{"query":"example.com"}}
```

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | domain | yes |  | A domain, IP address or AS number such as AS13335 |

## Outputs

Finds: organization, email, other.

- `other`: Registrar, dates, name servers and network ranges

## What a run does

- Does not contact the target.
- Collects personal data.
- Does not need an account.
- Does not notify the target.
- Usually takes about 5 seconds.
- Publisher's note: Queries registry and RIR WHOIS servers, not the target. Records can name registrants, though most are redacted today.
- Connects to the internet.

An agent needs the person's consent before running this tool, because it collects personal data. See https://otinstaller.com/docs/agents#consent.

## Trust

- Latest version: 5.6.6
- Signed: yes
- Verified publisher: yes
- Health: unknown
- Installs in the last 30 days: 0
- License: GPL-2.0
- Runtime: Docker image, pinned by digest
- Repository: https://github.com/osintverse-community/whois
- Packaged by the community from a third-party tool

## Links

- Web page: https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/whois
- JSON: https://api.otinstaller.com/v1/tools/osintverse-community/whois
- README: https://github.com/osintverse-community/whois#readme
- Homepage: https://github.com/rfc1036/whois
- Security details: https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/whois/security