recon

name	recon
description	Use this skill when the user wants to perform network reconnaissance, HTTP requests, TLS/DNS inspection, WHOIS lookups, or run Rhai protocol scripts.

recon Plugin

A versatile network reconnaissance CLI written in Rust. Covers HTTP(S), TLS certificate inspection, DNS, WHOIS, ping, traceroute, multi-protocol probes, file conversion, compression, hashing, encoding, and a Rhai script engine.

Commands

HTTP requests

• recon http request <url> — Make a curl-style HTTP(S) request
• recon http request https://api.example.com/items -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name":"thing"}'

TLS inspection

• recon cert inspect <host> — Inspect TLS certificate chain
• recon cert inspect https://example.com

DNS queries

• recon dns query <host> — Query DNS records
• recon dns query example.com --dns A,AAAA,MX,TXT

Email protection

• recon email check <domain> — Run SPF, DMARC, DKIM, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, BIMI sweep
• recon email check example.com

Scripting

• recon script run <script.rhai> — Run a Rhai script with protocol probe bindings
• recon script run script/dns.rhai example.com A,MX

Utilities

• recon self version — Print recon version
• recon _ _ — Passthrough to recon CLI with full argument access

Usage Examples

• "recon http request https://api.example.com/v1/items -i"
• "recon cert inspect https://example.com"
• "recon dns query example.com --dns A,MX,TXT"
• "recon email check example.com"
• "recon --examples"
• "recon --help tls"

Installation

cargo install recon-cli

Or with Homebrew:

brew tap codedeviate/cli
brew install recon

Examples

Make a verbose HTTP request

recon http request https://api.example.com/v1/items -i

Inspect TLS certificate

recon cert inspect https://example.com

DNS lookup

recon dns query example.com --dns A,AAAA,MX,TXT

Key Features

• CLI-only, no auth required
• 40+ URL schemes (HTTP, FTP, SSH, IMAP, SMTP, MQTT, Redis, etc.)
• TLS certificate inspection with CRL checking
• DNS, WHOIS, ping, traceroute
• Multi-protocol probes
• Hash, encode/decode, compress, archive tools
• Markdown/HTML/PDF conversion
• Rhai script engine for automation
• Curl-compatible flags