generate_security_headers
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Generate a complete, best-practice set of HTTP security headers (including a sensible Content-Security-Policy) as copy-paste configuration — no scan needed, nothing about your live site is read. Pick a preset: 'recommended' is a safe baseline that works for most sites, 'strict' is hardened with a nonce-based CSP for higher security, and 'report-only' puts the CSP in report-only mode so you can roll it out and watch for breakage before enforcing it. Advanced users can instead pass a full config object to fine-tune every header; if you pass neither, it defaults to 'recommended'. Returns the resulting headers as name/value pairs, plus ready-to-paste output for nginx, Apache, Caddy, Cloudflare, a Netlify/Cloudflare-Pages _headers file, and raw headers, along with any warnings. Use this to set up headers on a new or unscanned site; use analyze_security_headers first when you want to see what an existing site is already missing.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| preset | string | no | Built-in baseline: 'recommended' (safe default), 'strict' (hardened, nonce-based CSP), or 'report-only' (CSP in report-only mode for safe rollout) |
| config | object | no | Advanced: a full SecurityHeadersConfig object to fine-tune every header. Overrides preset when provided. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"preset": {
"description": "Built-in baseline: 'recommended' (safe default), 'strict' (hardened, nonce-based CSP), or 'report-only' (CSP in report-only mode for safe rollout)",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"recommended",
"strict",
"report-only"
]
},
"config": {
"description": "Advanced: a full SecurityHeadersConfig object to fine-tune every header. Overrides preset when provided.",
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string"
},
"additionalProperties": {}
}
}
}