Manage your DNS records by chatting with an AI assistant

Ask a chat assistant to look up or update your DNS records and it makes the change through your Cloudflare account.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5)

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsAI Chatbots & AssistantsDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
CloudflareOpenAI

The problem it solves

Every small DNS change means someone on your team has to log in and click through settings carefully, hoping not to break anything. For a non-technical owner, even checking a record means waiting on IT.

Who it fits

A business owner or IT lead who manages their own domain and DNS settings through Cloudflare.

How it works

  1. You type a request into a chat window, like checking or updating a DNS record
  2. An AI assistant understands the request and figures out the right action
  3. It calls the Cloudflare API to look up or change the record
  4. It confirms back to you in the chat what was found or changed
What you get

DNS changes made without opening a dashboard

You get to check or update your DNS records just by asking your assistant, without ever opening the Cloudflare dashboard.

What you get

A confirmed DNS lookup or update, done through a plain-English chat request.

What you need

A Cloudflare account and an OpenAI API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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