urlscan.io
· #212 most-usedScan any URL. Know the threat before anyone clicks.
urlscan.io is a website threat-intelligence scanner that analyses any URL for malware, phishing, and malicious redirects — capturing screenshots, DOM snapshots, network activity, and a verdict score in seconds. Connect it to Actionist and your agents can submit URLs for scanning, retrieve verdict scores, pull IOC lists, and monitor domains on watchlists automatically. Your security team stops manually investigating suspicious links and starts receiving structured threat verdicts in the tools they already use.
Eliminates manual work. Automating urlscan.io eliminates the manual cycle of copying URLs into the browser, waiting for results, interpreting the verdict, and formatting findings into reports — a loop that security analysts repeat dozens of times per day.
What your urlscan.io agent runs on autopilot
A week of scheduled jobs your Actionist agent will execute on your behalf.
urlscan.io × every other app you use
End-to-end automations that span multiple apps — each one a real business outcome.
Phishing link triage, under 2 minutes
When a support email arrives containing a suspicious URL, your agent extracts the link, submits it to urlscan.io as a private scan, and waits for the verdict — then posts a threat summary with screenshot, IOCs, and recommended action directly into the support ticket. Malicious links are escalated to the security team in Slack within 90 seconds; clean links close the alert automatically. Analysts stop clicking unknown URLs and start reading structured verdicts instead.
Time saved for your team — every week, on autopilot
Savings
What your team gets back — two angles: what you stop doing manually, and what that's worth.
What you do manually today
What your agent runs for you
- Sales18 min / weekProspect domain manual check
Sales reps Google prospect domains before outreach to verify they're legitimate businesses and not flagged for fraud — taking 3–4 minutes per prospect with no consistent method.
Sales Agent0 minAgent scans prospect domains automaticallyThe agent submits every new prospect domain to urlscan.io and logs the verdict before outreach begins — bad domains quarantined, clean ones approved in under 60 seconds.
- Marketing13 min / weekCampaign link safety review
Before each email campaign send, marketers manually click every link to confirm it resolves correctly and doesn't redirect through flagged domains — slow, inconsistent, and not documented.
Marketing Agent0 minAgent pre-screens every campaign URLThe agent submits all campaign links to urlscan.io before send, blocks any scoring above the risk threshold, and logs the sweep result to the audit trail — zero manual clicking.
- Customer Support18 min / weekSuspicious link triage
When customers report suspicious links, support analysts manually browse to the URL or forward it to the security team — exposing systems to risk and adding 20–40 minutes to resolution time.
Customer Support Agent0 minAgent scans and verdicts in under 2 minutesThe agent extracts the URL from the ticket, submits it as a private urlscan.io scan, and posts verdict and IOCs back into the ticket — analysts never click the link.
- Human Resources7 min / weekJob-board link verification
HR manually verifies links sent by candidates or posted in job listings to avoid phishing or fraudulent recruiter sites — done sporadically with no consistent tooling.
Human Resources Agent0 minAgent scans candidate-submitted URLsWhen a candidate submits a portfolio or profile link, the agent scans it against urlscan.io and flags any with malicious verdicts before HR clicks — keeping the recruiting team safe.
- Finance13 min / weekPayment-portal phishing check
Finance manually verifies that vendor payment portals and invoice links haven't been spoofed before initiating transfers — a high-stakes step that happens informally and inconsistently.
Finance Agent0 minAgent validates vendor payment URLsBefore any invoice payment is processed, the agent scans the payment portal link against urlscan.io and blocks the transaction if the verdict is malicious — zero manual verification steps.
- Operations25 min / weekVendor site integrity audits
Operations runs periodic manual checks of vendor-facing portals to verify they're still legitimate and haven't been compromised — typically quarterly and undocumented.
Operations Agent0 minAgent monitors vendor domains continuouslyThe agent scans the full vendor registry weekly, updates risk scores in the vendor management system, and escalates any domain flagged as malicious — audit coverage goes from quarterly to always-on.
- Legal6 min / weekTakedown evidence gathering
Legal manually browses to impersonating domains to capture screenshots and document evidence before filing takedown requests — risky, time-consuming, and done in an ad-hoc browser session.
Legal Agent0 minAgent captures and archives scan evidenceThe agent submits the reported domain to urlscan.io, retrieves the screenshot and IOCs, and packages them into the evidence file — legal never visits the malicious URL.
Calculate what your team saves
Based on urlscan.io's typical team usage — the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~2.5 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.
How to plug urlscan.io into Actionist
Pick the connection method that suits your environment.
The fastest path to urlscan.io's scanning capabilities. Install the urlscan.io MCP server in one click and your agents can submit URLs, retrieve verdicts, and pull IOCs through a permissioned connection — no token rotation or raw API calls to manage.
Find urlscan.io in the Apps library and click Connect. MCP is selected by default.
When prompted, enter the API key from your urlscan.io account under Settings & API > API Keys. The MCP server uses this key to authenticate all agent requests on your behalf.
Actionist runs a read-only call to verify the handshake. You're ready.
15 action your agent can call
Read and write operations available to your Actionist agent.
7 event your agent can react to
Events your agent watches for, and the actions it kicks off in response.
Skills that pair with urlscan.io
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