What is the Palisade MCP server?

It is a Model Context Protocol server at https://api.palisade.email/mcp, over Streamable HTTP, that gives an AI assistant 14 tools for managing email authentication: adding domains, reading the exact DNS records to publish, verifying them, and working through the authentication issues Palisade finds.

How do I authenticate with the Palisade MCP server?

With your Palisade API key as a bearer token in the Authorization header. Create a key in the app under Settings → API keys — available on any plan, including the free one.

Which AI assistants can connect to it?

Any MCP client that supports remote Streamable HTTP servers, including Claude and Claude Code. Clients that only speak stdio can connect through the published npm bridge package instead.

Do I need a paid plan to use the MCP server?

No. API keys are available on any plan, and the free plan covers one domain up to 1,000 emails a month.

Can the assistant change my DNS by itself?

No. Palisade returns the exact records to publish, but publishing them at your DNS provider is a step you take. That boundary is deliberate: every change to your authentication stays under human review.

Model Context Protocol

Manage DMARC from your AI assistant

The Palisade MCP server gives your assistant 14 tools for email authentication. Ask it to add a domain, and it comes back with the exact SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records to publish — then verifies them and works through whatever Palisade finds.

Get your API key Read the docs

1 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month

Connect in one step

It is a Streamable HTTP server at https://api.palisade.email/mcp, authenticated with your Palisade API key as a bearer token. Create a key in the app under Settings → API keys, on any plan.

Claude Code

Terminal

bash

claude mcp add --transport http palisade https://api.palisade.email/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer <your API key>"

Any remote-MCP client

mcp config

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "palisade": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.palisade.email/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <your API key>" }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and other clients that support remote MCP servers read this shape.

stdio-only clients

mcp config

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "palisade": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@palisadeemail/mcp"],
      "env": { "PALISADE_API_KEY": "<your API key>" }
    }
  }
}

For clients that cannot hold a remote connection, the published @palisadeemail/mcp bridge wraps the same server over stdio.

What your assistant can do

Every tool is scoped to your organization and runs with your API key's permissions.

Domains

list_domains: List every domain in the organization.
get_domain: Fetch one domain and its current state.
add_domain: Add a domain to the organization.
verify_domain: Verify ownership once the records are published.
remove_domain: Remove a domain from the organization.

DNS and policy

get_dns_records: Get the exact records to publish, with per-record verification status.
get_mta_sts: Read the domain's MTA-STS configuration.
enable_mta_sts: Turn on hosted MTA-STS for the domain.

Work queue

list_tasks: List the authentication issues Palisade found, as tasks.
get_task: Read one task in full, including its recommended fix.

Account and billing

get_account: Read the connected account's details.
get_subscription: Read the current subscription.
start_checkout: Begin checkout — payment happens on Stripe's hosted page.
get_billing_portal_url: Get a link to the billing portal.

The workflow, start to finish

1
add_domain
Add the domain you send from.
2
get_dns_records
Get the exact SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records to publish.
3
(your DNS provider)
Publish those records. Palisade never edits external DNS on its own.
4
verify_domain
Verify the records once they resolve.
5
list_tasks
Work through the authentication issues Palisade reports.

Palisade returns the records to publish; publishing them at your DNS provider stays your step. Every change to your authentication stays under human review.

Frequently asked questions

Get your API key Read the docs

1 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month

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