We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of the Censys Assistant, your AI partner in cybersecurity. This powerful tool transforms how you interact with the Censys Platform. No more spending valuable time writing queries or navigating multiple pages to analyze search results — simply ask a question in natural language, and let the assistant do the heavy lifting.
Ask questions and use prompts like:
- “What infrastructure changes occurred on 162.142.125.88 in the past 72 hours?”
- “Show me hosts in Ann Arbor, Michigan with RDP exposed.”
- “What domains were linked to this certificate in the past week?”
The Censys Assistant instantly translates your request into a structured investigation, stitching together queries that target IPs, domains, certificates, and asset history to deliver actionable answers in seconds.
More Than Just a Search Engine
The Censys Assistant is an interactive assistant that speeds up investigations, connects disparate data points, and surfaces critical answers exactly when you need them.
- For SOC teams: This means faster triage and quicker escalation decisions, drastically reducing your mean time to respond (MTTR).
- For threat hunters: You can accelerate pattern detection and infrastructure monitoring, uncovering critical connections with ease.
- For everyone: It turns Censys from a powerful search tool into a definitive source of security intelligence.
GA and Beyond: Feature Timeline
The Censys Assistant is constantly evolving based on your feedback. Here is a look at what this launch delivers and what’s next on our roadmap for 2026.
Available Now
- Available to All Users: The Censys Assistant is now enabled for all Censys users, including Free users, bringing the power of AI-driven Internet intelligence to everyone.
- Core Conversational Experience: Start new conversations and view historical chats.
- General & Censys-Specific Knowledge: Get foundational cybersecurity information and real-time Censys data, fully integrated with our Platform and Threat Hunting MCP servers.
- Host Summaries: We’ve introduced the ability to provide instant, contextual summaries of hosts, giving you a quick overview during your investigations.
- User Feedback & Sharing: Provide feedback on response quality and export chat responses for sharing across your security teams.
The Year of Context: Coming Next in 2026
Our 2026 roadmap is focused on making the Censys Assistant even more intuitive, contextual, and helpful, ensuring it is aware of your workflow and role.
- Expanded Asset Summaries: Expect more intuitive AI summaries not just for hosts, but across all asset types—including web properties, certificates, and individual services on hosts and web properties.
- Role-Aware Agent: The assistant will offer customized insights tailored to your specific role (e.g., SOC Analyst, Threat Hunter, Pentester), making conversations more relevant and actionable.
- UI Context: The assistant will be aware of what Platform page you are on, making prompting less formal.
- Agent Memory: Given permission by you in Privacy Settings, the assistant will learn about what you are interested in to provide tailored suggestions and investigative actions.
The Censys Assistant is available NOW! Log in to the Censys Platform to begin your first AI-powered investigation.
Reach out to the Censys team to get a personalized tour of the new feature.
