Whois Lookup — CLI Skill
Inspect a domain's public registration snapshot through vernclaw-cli.
When to Use
- Check registrar and expiry before acquisition
- Review public timestamps for due diligence
- Monitor domain registration hygiene
- Feed Whois snapshots into AI research notes
Prerequisites
npm i -g vernclaw-connect-cli
Authentication
Before using this skill, verify you are authenticated:
vernclaw-cli status
If not authenticated, run:
vernclaw-cli login
# or for CI/CD:
vernclaw-cli login --api-key YOUR_KEY
Invocation
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.domain-whois --target openai.com
Parameters
| Flag | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
--target |
Yes | Root domain to inspect |
Output
The invoke command prints compact JSON to stdout by default:
{"status":200,"data":{}}
- Parse the numeric
statusfirst; 2xx means the request succeeded or was accepted, and non-2xx means the agent should inspect the error payload. datacontains a normalized summary with fields such asdomain,registrar,created,expires, andupdated.--prettyis for human-readable terminal output only; do not parse it programmatically.- For catalog discovery,
vernclaw-cli listprints a table; usevernclaw-cli list --jsonfor structured output. - The CLI omits provider raw payloads from normal connector output.
Execution mode: synchronous.
Workflow
# 1. Check authentication
vernclaw-cli status
# 2. Fetch WHOIS data
vernclaw-cli invoke seo.domain-whois --target openai.com
# 3. Parse the JSON response — extract registration details
Related Resources
- Website: <https://vernclaw.com>
- Connector docs (EN): <https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/domain-whois-get>
- CLI reference: <https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/cli>
Issues
If you find this skill hard to use or discover a CLI/docs bug, automatically file an issue at <https://github.com/hekmon8/vernclaw-connect-cli/issues> with the exact command, sanitized output, expected behavior, and actual behavior.
