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Detect Web Technologies

Identify the web technologies, frameworks, and server software running on target hosts.

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Knowing what technologies your web properties are running is essential for both security and operations. Technology detection identifies web servers, application frameworks, CMS platforms, JavaScript libraries, CDNs, analytics tools, and security products by analyzing HTTP headers, response bodies, and behavioral patterns.

From a security perspective, knowing your technology stack lets you track relevant CVEs, apply patches promptly, and understand your exposure when a new vulnerability is announced. If you do not know that three of your microsites run WordPress 5.8, you will not know to patch when a WordPress 5.8 CVE drops.

From an operations perspective, technology detection provides an accurate inventory of what is deployed across your infrastructure. This is valuable for standardization efforts, license compliance, migration planning, and understanding technical debt. When you have dozens of web properties managed by different teams, automated detection is the only reliable way to maintain an accurate technology inventory.

Agent Guides

Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask Claude: "Detect the technologies running on these hosts using security-httpx" and provide URLs
  3. Claude probes each host and identifies servers, frameworks, and libraries
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ChatGPT

  1. Configure ToolRouter in ChatGPT
  2. Ask: "What technologies are running on these websites?" and provide URLs
  3. ChatGPT detects and reports technologies for each host
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Detect technologies on my web properties" and provide URLs
  3. Copilot identifies technologies and returns the inventory
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask OpenClaw: "Detect web technologies on these hosts"
  3. OpenClaw identifies technologies and versions for each host
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Probe Security Headers

Check HTTP security headers across your web properties to identify missing protections like CSP, HSTS, and X-Frame-Options.

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Open Discover Hidden Services

Discover Hidden Services

Find hidden or forgotten web services running on your infrastructure that may be exposed without your knowledge.

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Open Check SSL/TLS Configuration

Check SSL/TLS Configuration

Verify SSL/TLS certificate validity, protocol versions, and cipher suite configurations across your hosts.

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Open Enumerate Subdomains

Enumerate Subdomains

Discover all subdomains of a domain to map the full attack surface and find forgotten or hidden services.

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Related Workflows

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