• EXPIRATION
  • METADATA
  • INVENTORY
  • HUMAN

How to audit security certificates with your AI

Connect PiLAB to your AI client once. From there, your agent handles the heavy lifting of scanning and inspecting your certificate landscape.

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Short answer

How can I audit security certificates with my AI?

Your AI uses PiLAB to pull a list of all active certificates and then inspects the specific details of any that are nearing expiration. You get a clear view of your security posture without manual lookups. This breakdown shows you how to run the audit.

Audit outcomes

Where your audit data lands.

The AI organizes its findings into these specific areas.

EXPIRATION

Identify at-risk certs

The AI flags any certificate that is close to its end date. You get a list of what needs immediate attention.

METADATA

Deep technical details

Your agent pulls the issuer, subject, and validity periods. This gives you the exact data needed for compliance reports.

INVENTORY

Complete certificate list

The AI builds a full inventory of what is currently active. This helps you spot shadow IT or forgotten endpoints.

HUMAN

Manual remediation

The AI identifies the problems, but you decide which certificates to renew or replace. It won't touch your live infrastructure.

The workflow

What your AI does when the audit starts.

The AI moves from broad discovery to specific inspection.

  1. Scan the environment

    The agent starts by pulling a full list of all certificates it can see in your environment.

    list_certificates

  2. Check expiration dates

    It looks through the list to find any certificates that are about to expire.

    list_certificates

  3. Pull deep metadata

    For any problematic or specific certificates, the agent grabs the full technical details.

    get_certificate_details

  4. Summarize findings

    The agent presents a clean report of what is valid, what is expiring, and what needs your eyes.

    get_certificate_details

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to kick off your audit.

Starting points

These are basic starting lines. Swap out the specific domain or environment name to match your setup.

PiLAB Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_iVEAhkTURIdQXYKBTK9hoOvL4teobdypKfkwNzpe/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — PiLAB capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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    "pilab-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_iVEAhkTURIdQXYKBTK9hoOvL4teobdypKfkwNzpe/mcp"
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  • List all the TLS certificates you can find in my environment.

  • Which certificates are expiring in the next 30 days?

  • Get the full metadata for the certificate on example.com.

  • Show me a summary of all certificates that have an issuer I don't recognize.

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FAQ

How this task behaves.

  • 01

    Can the AI renew my certificates automatically?

    No. The AI can only read and inspect certificate data. You must handle the actual renewal process yourself.

  • 02

    Will the AI change my server settings?

    No. This MCP is read-only. It can pull information, but it cannot modify your configurations or certificates.

  • 03

    How does the AI know which certificates are expiring?

    It uses the data provided by the tools to compare current dates against the certificate's validity period.

  • 04

    Can I audit certificates on a specific domain?

    Yes. You can ask your agent to look for certificates related to a specific host or domain.

  • 05

    What kind of metadata can my agent retrieve?

    It can pull details like the issuer, subject, validity dates, and other technical attributes found in the certificate.

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