nextdns-cli

nextdns-cli is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from tuanductran/nextdns-skills. It costs 76 tokens per session (1,013 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for installing and managing NextDNS CLI, a command-line program that sends device DNS requests through NextDNS over HTTPS. DNS is the service that converts website names into network addresses.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to install NextDNS on computers, routers, servers or containers, manage its background service, configure profiles and routing, and inspect logs or cache statistics.
Why use it?
It gives you platform-specific instructions for setting up the DNS proxy and diagnosing configuration or query problems.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to install NextDNS on computers, routers, servers or containers, manage its background service, configure profiles and routing, and inspect logs or cache statistics.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/tuanductran/nextdns-skills/nextdns-cli
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add tuanductran/nextdns-skills --skill nextdns-cli
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tuanductran/nextdns-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Its marketplace also offers this one on its own, as the plugin NextDNS CLI Specialist/plugin install NextDNS CLI Specialist after adding the marketplace above.

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Per session 76 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,013 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00076 $0.01013
Opus 5 $0.00038 $0.00507
Sonnet 5 $0.00015 $0.00203
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00101

Measured 8d ago against content hash d438dbf6d325, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

nextdns-cli scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

| [installation](rules/installation.md) | install, setup, curl, nextdns install | Install NextDNS CLI on various platforms |
skills/nextdns-cli/SKILL.md · 50 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 50 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

NextDNS CLI skills

Capability rules

Rule Keywords Description
installation install, setup, curl, nextdns install Install NextDNS CLI on various platforms
windows-installation Windows, GUI, CLI, installation, Systray, EXE Windows-specific installation methods
macos-installation macOS, Homebrew, App Store, installer Install and configure NextDNS CLI on macOS
daemon-control start, stop, restart, status, daemon Control NextDNS daemon service
system-configuration activate, deactivate, DNS resolver Configure system DNS settings
profile-configuration config, profile ID, settings Configure NextDNS profile and settings
advanced-features conditional forwarder, MAC address, subnet Advanced routing and filtering
monitoring log, cache-stats, discovered clients Monitor and debug DNS queries
platform-specific router, OpenWrt, pfSense, Synology Platform-specific configurations
ddwrt-installation DD-WRT, JFFS, NTP, router, time sync, dnsmasq DD-WRT router installation and setup
docker-deployment docker, container, DockerHub, host network, port mapping Deploy NextDNS CLI via Docker containers
troubleshooting diagnostic, connection test, DNS leak Troubleshoot DNS issues
cache-configuration cache-size, max-age, ttl, performance, optimization Optimize DNS performance with CLI caching
config-file-format nextdns.conf, automation, paths, structure Manage the nextdns.conf file format
split-horizon internal dns, lan, forwarder, local resolution Resolve internal domains with NextDNS
conditional-profiles cli, profile, conditional, subnet, mac-address Apply different profiles based on clients
linux-advanced linux, arch, alpine, aur, apk Advanced Linux installation methods
nix nix, nixos, declarative, configuration.nix, services.nextdns Install NextDNS on NixOS declaratively
freebsd freebsd, bsd, pkg, ports, rc.conf Install NextDNS on FreeBSD via pkg/ports
raspberry-pi raspberry pi, linux, dhcp, pi-hole alternative, network-wide Deploy NextDNS CLI on Raspberry Pi as LAN DNS server
gl-inet gl.inet, gl-mt3000, gl-axt1800, adguard, travel router Install NextDNS CLI on GL.iNet routers
systemd-advanced systemd-resolved, resolvectl, stub resolver, port 53, linux Integrate NextDNS with systemd-resolved on modern Linux

Read the full file on GitHub · 50 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 50 lines · 76 tokens per session scan A d438dbf6d325

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nextdns-cli is a skill published in the GitHub repository tuanductran/nextdns-skills (4 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 76 tokens to every session and 1,013 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.