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Use for attack-surface inventory or to find a forgotten staging host.","inputs":[{"name":"target","type":"string","required":true,"description":"Registrable domain to enumerate, e.g. \"pipeworx.io\" (not a subdomain)."}],"outputs":[],"hasOutputSchema":false,"hasExamples":false,"tokenEstimate":109},{"name":"find_shared_dns","title":null,"description":"\"What else uses this nameserver\" / \"domains sharing DNS with [X]\" — shared-nameserver search via HackerTarget, listing other domains served by the same DNS server. Use to map the infrastructure footprint of an operator, or to see who else would be affected if a nameserver went down.","inputs":[{"name":"target","type":"string","required":true,"description":"Nameserver hostname or a domain whose nameservers to pivot on, e.g. \"ns1.example.com\"."}],"outputs":[],"hasOutputSchema":false,"hasExamples":false,"tokenEstimate":99},{"name":"geoip","title":null,"description":"\"Where is [IP] located\" / \"what country is this address in\" / \"geolocate an IP\" — IP geolocation via HackerTarget, returning country, state/region, city and coordinates for an address. City-level accuracy is approximate and a VPN or CDN address reports its datacenter, not its user. Use for coarse traffic attribution, never to locate a person.","inputs":[{"name":"target","type":"string","required":true,"description":"IPv4 or IPv6 address, e.g. \"104.18.0.1\"."}],"outputs":[],"hasOutputSchema":false,"hasExamples":false,"tokenEstimate":112},{"name":"reverse_ip","title":null,"description":"\"What else is hosted on [IP]\" / \"other sites on the same server\" / \"reverse IP lookup\" — reverse IP lookup via HackerTarget, listing hostnames known to resolve to one address. Use to spot shared hosting or to find sibling properties of an operator. 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