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I built an AI agent that pays its own way in sats — under caps it can't exceed

  Body:
  Released llmops-agent v0.1 — a local-first Python agent that drives five MCP servers I shipped over the last two weeks (Lightning wallet, NOSTR client, marketplace, hub admin, paywall
  sidecar). It reads its balance, publishes to NOSTR, runs a Shopstr storefront, and pays paywalled MCP tools over NWC — the full agent-pays-paid-MCP loop.

  The point is the guardrails: three budget caps (per-task / per-day / per-tool-price) on top of the wallet's own caps, enforced in agent-layer middleware on every call. A paywalled tool over
  your cap gets refused, not paid. Every call audited to NDJSON. AGENT_READ_ONLY=true kills all spend.

  Sovereign by default (Ollama-first, no KYC), API-pluggable (Anthropic/OpenAI) via one env var. pydantic-ai, no LangChain. 71 tests, MIT.

  Install: pipx install llmops-agent
  Code: https://github.com/llmops-pro/llmops-agent
  Storefront (100k sats, full setup walkthrough + support): https://shopstr.store/marketplace/SOVEREIGN_CITIZENS

  #bitcoin #lightning #nostr #mcp #ai #agents

I built an AI agent that pays its own way in sats — under caps it can't exceed

Just shipped `paywall-mcp` v0.1 — a generic Lightning-paywall sidecar for any stdio MCP server.

  Wrap an upstream MCP server, intercept tool calls, require a paid Lightning invoice (via NIP-47 NWC) before forwarding priced calls. No code changes to the upstream. Configure per-tool prices
  via env, done. Works with Anthropic's reference MCP servers, your own, or any third-party MCP server that speaks stdio.

  The agent-pays-paid-MCP loop:
  1. `tool({...args})` → returns bolt11 invoice + payment_hash
  2. Pay the invoice (e.g., via nwc-mcp's `nwc_pay_invoice`)
  3. `tool({...args, payment_hash})` → upstream's result; payment_hash stripped before forwarding

  Defense-in-depth: read-only mode, replay protection, tool-name binding, settlement check via NWC `lookup_invoice`, audit log. Seller NWC needs only `make_invoice` + `lookup_invoice` —
  receive-only connection recommended.

  npm: `npx -y paywall-mcp`. MIT. Added to the kit storefront as the 5th server at 50k sats: https://shopstr.store/marketplace/SOVEREIGN_CITIZENS

  #bitcoin #lightning #nostr #mcp #ai #agents #l402

Built a generic Lightning paywall sidecar for any MCP server

Building sovereign AI-agent tooling.

  Four FOSS MCP servers (MIT) for agents that spend sats over NIP-47 and publish to NOSTR:

  - **`nwc-mcp`** — Lightning wallet (12 tools, defense-in-depth safety stack)
  - **`nostr-ops-mcp`** — NOSTR identity, publishing, encrypted DMs
  - **`marketplace-mcp`** — Shopstr-compatible storefront publisher (NIP-15 + NIP-99 + auto-cache POST)
  - **`albyhub-admin-mcp`** — Alby Hub admin via HTTP API

  All on npm: `npx -y nwc-mcp` (et al). Bundle + setup walkthrough + support DM on the shop, 50k sats each:

  🛒 https://shopstr.store/marketplace/SOVEREIGN_CITIZENS

  ⚡ Zap: `sovereigncitizens@getalby.com`
  🔮 nostr:npub1hdg932jvwc3jdvkqywgqv0ue4nn60exrf92asy8mtazt3hjg7d2s2yw0nw

@sovereigncitizens's bio

Released `nwc-mcp` v0.2 — an MCP server that exposes a Lightning wallet (any NIP-47 wallet — Alby Hub, Mutiny, etc.) to Claude / Cursor / any MCP-speaking agent. 12 tools, defense-in-depth
  safety (read-only kill switch, destination allowlist, budget caps, optional two-step confirm, full audit log). MIT licensed; `npx -y nwc-mcp`.

  Validated end-to-end against Alby Hub + Olympus channel — real outbound settled in 8 seconds. Bundled with a throwaway paywalled test server that demos the full agent-pays-a-paid-tool flow.

  Part of a four-server kit (nwc-mcp / nostr-ops-mcp / marketplace-mcp / albyhub-admin-mcp), each on the storefront at 50k sats: https://shopstr.store/marketplace/SOVEREIGN_CITIZENS.

  Zap if it's useful.

  #bitcoin #lightning #nostr #mcp #ai