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Cloudflare

Automates DNS record updates, manages firewall blocklists, and monitors zone health to keep your edge network secure without manual dashboard clicks.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Cloudflare integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Cloudflare calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Cloudflare data, across all 20 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Cloudflare access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Cloudflare, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Cloudflare is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Cloudflare.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Cloudflare action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Cloudflare, and when to use it.

Create DNS record
Use this to add a new DNS entry to a specific zone after you have the zone id.
Create WAF List
Use this to start a new empty WAF list for an account to group IPs or countries for blocking.
Create Zone
Use this when adding a new domain to Cloudflare for the first time.
Delete DNS Record
Remove a DNS record from a zone using the record and zone identifiers.
Delete WAF List
Remove a WAF list once you verify no active firewall filters are using it.
Delete Zone
Permanently remove a DNS zone from your account using the zone identifier.
List WAF Lists
Pull all existing WAF lists for a specific account id.
List Account Members
Retrieve a list of all users and members associated with a Cloudflare account.
List Accounts
Enumerate all Cloudflare accounts accessible to the current user for auditing.
List Firewall Rules
Pull and audit all current firewall rules for a specific zone id.
List Monitors
Retrieve a paginated list of all load balancer monitors in the account.
List Pools
Discover load balancer pool ids for a specific account.
List Zones
Search, filter, and list all domains managed as zones in the account.
Update DNS record
Modify specific fields of an existing DNS record within a zone.
Update WAF List
Update the metadata or description of a WAF list.
Update Zone
Change a single property of an existing zone using the zone id.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven uses a secure connection method to interact with the Cloudflare API. You provide the necessary credentials which are encrypted at rest using AES 256. When a workflow runs, the agent retrieves the token to sign the request to the Cloudflare edge. We follow the principle of least privilege, so we recommend creating a limited API token in your Cloudflare dashboard that only has permissions for the specific zones and settings your workflow needs. This ensures that the agent cannot perform actions like changing your billing information or deleting your entire account unless you explicitly grant those permissions via the token scope.
Yes, Cloudflare enforces strict API rate limits that vary by account tier. For most accounts, the limit is 1200 requests per 5 minutes per user. If your Ceven workflow attempts to update thousands of DNS records in a tight loop, Cloudflare will return a 429 Too Many Requests error. To handle this, Ceven implements an exponential backoff strategy that pauses the workflow and retries the request after the cooldown period. For very large scale operations, we recommend batching your changes or scheduling the workflow to run over a longer window to avoid triggering these global rate limits.
No, the domain must first be added as a zone within your Cloudflare account before the agent can manage its DNS records. The workflow typically starts with the Create Zone action, but you must still update the nameservers at your domain registrar to point to Cloudflare. Until the nameservers are updated and Cloudflare verifies the zone is active, any DNS changes made by Ceven will be stored in the Cloudflare dashboard but will not be live on the public internet. Once the registrar update completes, all records pushed by the agent become active immediately.
Based on the current toolset, the agent can create, list, and delete WAF lists, as well as update the description of a list. However, updating the individual IP addresses or entries within a list requires a separate set of endpoints. If you need to add a specific IP to a blocklist, the agent will typically create a new list or manage the list via the available WAF tools. If a specific item update is not available, the agent can recreate the list with the updated membership to achieve the desired security state across your zones.
Yes, the agent can interact with load balancer pools and monitors. You can use the agent to list all current pools to find specific IDs or retrieve a list of monitors to check the health of your origin servers. This allows you to build workflows that automatically shift traffic or alert your team when a monitor reports a failure. By combining this with DNS updates, you can create a self healing infrastructure where Ceven detects a failure through the monitor list and updates a DNS record to point to a backup origin.
Cloudflare uses unique alphanumeric zone identifiers for every domain. Because these are not human readable, the agent first runs a search or list zones action to map your domain name to its internal zone id. Once the id is retrieved, it is passed into subsequent actions like Create DNS record or List Firewall Rules. This means you can use natural language like for example.com in your prompts, and Ceven handles the translation to the required zone id in the background so you do not have to copy and paste long strings from the dashboard.
Absolutely. You can build a recurring workflow that uses the List Firewall Rules and List Account Members actions to generate a weekly security report. The agent can pull the current state of your firewall, identify any overly permissive rules, and list every person who has access to the account. It can then compare this list against your internal employee directory and flag any former employees who still have active Cloudflare access. This turns a manual auditing process into an automated check that ensures your edge security remains tight without requiring a manual review of every zone.
If a DNS update fails due to an invalid record format or a permission error, the agent captures the exact error message from the Cloudflare API and reports it back to the workflow log. Because Ceven operates in a stateful manner, it can be configured to roll back previous changes if a multi step migration fails. For example, if the agent updates three records but the fourth fails, it can automatically revert the first three to their original values to prevent a partial configuration that could leave your site in an unreachable state during a critical update.

Alternatives to Cloudflare

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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