DNSFilter
Your managed service clients ask about blocked domains, network configurations, and billing details. Your AI agent retrieves it all from DNSFilter in real-time, so support staff stop toggling between dashboards. Policy questions answered in seconds, not support tickets.
Your AI agent taps into DNSFilter's network, category, and billing APIs to answer client questions without anyone logging into the admin console.
DNSFilter
Real scenarios where MSPs and IT teams use AI agents to handle DNSFilter questions from clients and technicians faster than any dashboard lookup.
An MSP client messages asking why a website is blocked for their employees. Your AI Agent queries DNSFilter's category API, identifies the domain falls under 'Adult Content' filtering, and explains the active policy. The client understands the block reason instantly. Your technician avoids a 10-minute dashboard dive to answer a 30-second question.
During a quarterly review, your account manager needs a list of all networks protected by DNSFilter for a client. Your AI Agent pulls the complete network inventory, including names, IP ranges, and assigned policies. The manager pastes the summary into their report. No one had to log into the DNSFilter console or export a CSV.
A client reports that their employees are receiving phishing emails linking to a suspicious domain. Your AI Agent takes the domain, submits it to DNSFilter's threat suggestion API for analysis, and confirms the submission to the client. The threat gets flagged for the entire DNSFilter network. Your security team contributed to threat intelligence without filing a separate report.
DNSFilter
FAQs
The agent can retrieve filtering categories, application categories, network configurations, IP address details, MAC address lists, block page settings, organization info, and billing data. It uses DNSFilter's REST API with your API key, so access is limited to what your key's permissions allow. No DNS query logs or raw traffic data are accessed.
Currently, the integration focuses on read operations: listing categories, networks, IPs, and billing info. The agent can also create new IP addresses in DNSFilter and submit domain threat suggestions. It does not modify filtering policies directly, which keeps your security configurations safe from accidental changes during conversations.
Log into your DNSFilter dashboard, navigate to your account settings, and generate an API token. Copy this token and paste it into the Tars tool configuration when adding DNSFilter. The key authenticates all API requests. You can rotate or revoke the key from DNSFilter's dashboard at any time without affecting other integrations.
No. Tars queries DNSFilter's API in real-time during conversations. Network configurations, IP addresses, and billing details are fetched live and used only to answer the current question. No copies of your DNSFilter data are stored in Tars. Each query is a fresh API call.
Yes. If your API key has access to multiple organizations (common for MSPs managing several clients), the agent can list and query across organizations. It retrieves organization-level data including billing and network details for whichever organization the conversation context requires.
The dashboard requires logging in, navigating menus, and knowing where to find information. The AI agent answers questions in plain language during a conversation. A client asks 'Why is example.com blocked?' and gets an answer in seconds, without anyone needing dashboard credentials or training on the DNSFilter interface.
The agent handles rate limiting gracefully. If a request is throttled, the agent informs the user that the data is temporarily unavailable and suggests trying again shortly. For most use cases, normal conversation volumes stay well within DNSFilter's API rate limits.
Absolutely. The agent translates DNSFilter's technical category names into business-friendly language. Instead of returning 'category ID 47', it explains that the domain is blocked because it falls under gambling content according to the active filtering policy. Context is adapted to whoever is asking.
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Privacy & Security
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