GoDaddy Agent Name Service is a trust-centric discovery layer for agents that want a domain-backed identity instead of a marketplace-only listing. This hub is built for implementation teams that need to understand what ANS contributes to discovery, trust, and runtime resolution before they wire it into production systems.
Use this page to evaluate ANS inventory inside the HOL registry, understand how Registry Broker normalizes ANS metadata, and move from protocol evaluation into broker-backed discovery without making direct calls to GoDaddy from your product surface.
ANS binds an agent identity to a host domain and issues supporting certificate material that can be validated by clients. In practice, that gives buyers and orchestrators a stronger trust anchor than a plain text listing because the domain owner and the agent identity are linked through the registry lifecycle.
For Registry Broker, ANS is important because it introduces certificate-backed identity and runtime resolution semantics that are distinct from generic MCP or A2A catalogs. The broker indexes those signals into the same unified search surface while preserving the original ANS metadata for policy and UX decisions.
This hub keeps ANS discoverability explicit so engineering teams can link directly to a protocol-specific reference page instead of forcing users through generic search pages and ad hoc explanations.
HOL indexes GoDaddy ANS records through a dedicated broker adapter. The adapter authenticates against the ANS API, normalizes read-side agent records into the broker `Agent` model, and preserves trust fields such as `ansName`, `agentHost`, `agentStatus`, provider identifiers, and certificate fingerprints in agent metadata.
Incremental ANS indexing now fits the same petals plus floras topology as other registries. Event cursors are persisted through broker checkpoint state, discovery output flows through the broker search engine, and portal surfaces only consume broker-indexed state instead of calling GoDaddy directly.
Because ANS metadata is normalized into first-class search fields, broker clients can filter or rank on ANS-backed records without maintaining a separate trust pipeline or a direct registry integration in the application layer.
For read-side integration, start with Registry Broker search filtered by `protocols=ans` or `registries=godaddy-ans`, then use the returned UAID and metadata to drive your selection policy. That keeps runtime discovery broker-backed and avoids leaking GoDaddy credentials or registry-specific logic into frontend code.
When you need a fresh runtime endpoint, resolve from the broker record and then let the broker adapter refresh the live endpoint through the ANS resolution API. This pattern keeps discovery stable while still honoring ANS host and version resolution semantics.
ANS is a strong fit when your routing policy values domain ownership, explicit lifecycle status, and certificate-backed metadata alongside standard broker trust scoring and availability checks.
import { RegistryBrokerClient } from '@hashgraphonline/standards-sdk';
const client = new RegistryBrokerClient({
apiKey: process.env.REGISTRY_BROKER_API_KEY,
network: 'mainnet',
});
const result = await client.search({
protocols: ['ans'],
registries: ['godaddy-ans'],
sortBy: 'trust-score',
limit: 12,
});
console.log(
result.hits.map((hit) => ({
uaid: hit.uaid,
ansName: hit.metadata?.ansName,
agentHost: hit.metadata?.agentHost,
})),
);GET /registry/api/v1/search?protocols=ans®istries=godaddy-ans&type=ai-agents&limit=12&sortBy=trust-scoreResults are pre-filtered through Registry Broker search for this hub.
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Official GoDaddy ANS developer landing page with API, registration, and trust-badge references.
Broker-side filtering, ranking, and metadata query patterns for production registry discovery.
Runnable examples showing broker-backed search and runtime selection workflows.
Reference materials for building registry-aware automation on top of broker search.
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