Agent skill · software engineering · mvanhorn
pp-dnsmadeeasy
Every DNS Made Easy operation, plus a local record store that makes cross-zone search, drift detection, and 'where is this IP used' instant and offline. Trigger phrases: `where is this IP used in DNS Made Easy`, `export my DNS Made Easy zone`, `what DNS records changed`, `bulk update DNS records across zones`, `audit my DNS zones`, `use dnsmadeeasy`, `run dnsmadeeasy`.
Why this skill is useful
Adds a CLI tool for managing DNS Made Easy with unique commands for drift detection and cross-zone searches that aren't available in public documentation.
What it needs
Requires dnsmadeeasy-pp-cli installed locally. About 10k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,890 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
DNS Made Easy — Printing Press CLI Prerequisites: Install the CLI This skill drives the dnsmadeeasy-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first: 1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows: 2. Verify: dnsmadeeasy-pp-cli --version 3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill. If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer). This installs into $GOPATH/bin (default $HOME/go/bin), so add that directory to $PATH instead: If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds. A single Go binary for the DNS Made Easy V2.0 API: managed and secondary DNS, records, templates, folders, and failover — all with agent-native --json/--select output. Once synced, a local SQLite mirror of your whole account powers commands no incumbent has: where-used across every zone, drift between snapshots, BIND export, and dry-run bulk changes. When to Use This CLI Use this CLI to manage DNS Made Easy zones and records from scripts or agents, and especially to answer account-wide questions the web UI and thin API wrappers can't: where an IP or hostname is used across every zone, what changed since the last sync, and which zones fail DNS hygiene. It is ideal for IP migrations, ACME cleanup, backups, and post-deploy verification. Anti-triggers Do not use this CLI for: Do not use this CLI to register or buy domain names — DNS Made Easy hosts DNS, it is not a registrar. Do not use it to manage DNS at other providers (Cloudflare, Route 53, Namecheap) — it only speaks the DNS Made Easy API. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mvanhorn/dnsmadeeasy