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sats4ai-mcp

The permissionless communication supercharger for AI agents. 40+ tools paid with Bitcoin Lightning. No signup, no API keys, no KYC.

A remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives AI agents access to AI phone calls in any language, voice in 602 languages, translation across 119, fax, SMS, transcription, audiobooks, image generation, music, document extraction, and more — all paid per-use with Lightning Network micropayments.

Quick Setup

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sats4ai": {
      "url": "https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add sats4ai --transport http https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp

Verify the connection: ask the agent "list the first 3 Sats4AI models" — it should call list_models and return results. For agents that pay invoices autonomously, also add a Lightning wallet MCP (see Payment via Agent Wallets).

Cursor

Settings → MCP → Edit Config, then add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sats4ai": {
      "url": "https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Restart Cursor. In a new chat, ask "what Sats4AI tools are available?" to confirm tool discovery. For autonomous payments, pair with a Lightning wallet MCP (see Payment via Agent Wallets).

Windsurf

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json (create it if missing). Important: Windsurf uses serverUrl (not url) for remote HTTP MCP servers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sats4ai": {
      "serverUrl": "https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Restart Windsurf. Sats4AI tools appear in the Cascade tool list. Cascade has a 100-tool cap across all MCPs, so keep the active set lean. For autonomous payments, pair with a Lightning wallet MCP (see Payment via Agent Wallets).

stdio proxy (legacy MCP clients)

For clients that don't support remote HTTP servers, use the bundled stdio proxy:

npx sats4ai-mcp

Or in your config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sats4ai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["sats4ai-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Any MCP Client

The server URL is:

https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp

This is a remote HTTP server — no local process, no dependencies, no installation needed.

What Can It Do?

Once connected, just ask your agent. These prompts exercise the full flow — discover, pay the Lightning invoice, get the result:

  • "Translate this paragraph to Spanish with Sats4AI — create the payment, pay the invoice with my lightning wallet, then run the translation."
  • "Check what an SMS to +33612345678 costs, then send it: 'Your appointment is confirmed for 3pm tomorrow.'"
  • "Generate an image of a lighthouse in a thunderstorm — pay the invoice and show me the result."
  • "Send an AI voice agent to call +14155551234 and reschedule my dentist appointment, then give me the transcript."
  • "Turn this EPUB into an audiobook — create the payment, then poll check_job_status until it's done."
  • "Remove the background from this image."
  • "Transcribe this audio file, then translate the transcript to English."
  • "Get a quote for faxing this 3-page PDF to +4930123456, then send it."

Available Tools

AI Generation

ToolDescriptionPrice
imageGenerate images from text prompts100-200 sats
videoGenerate videos from text prompts~250-400 sats/sec by resolution (768p 250 / 2K 400)
video_from_imageAnimate a still image into video~250-400 sats/sec by resolution (768p 250 / 2K 400)
textChat with AI language models (Kimi K3, 1M context, vision)~1 sat/10 chars (best) · ~1 sat/1000 (standard)
translate_textTranslate text across 119 languagesfrom 1 sat/1000 chars
translate_rare_languageTranslate into 452 languages frontier models don't serve — Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Manipuri, Quechua, Shan… each with a measured quality scorefrom 50 sats
musicGenerate songs with AI vocals, or an instrumental (structure tags, no words)5 sats/sec, 15-300s (75-1,500 sats) · written lyrics +25
3dConvert a photo to a 3D GLB model1,600 sats

Translation price varies by language. The target language picks the engine, so a language served by a stronger model costs more than the standard 1 sat/1000 characters. GET /api/languages returns the exact price, the model and its measured chrF score for every language, and the 402 challenge always quotes the real amount before you pay.

Audio & Speech

ToolDescriptionPrice
ttsText to speech (3 tiers, 602+ languages)per-char, from 1 sat
transcriptionSpeech to text (13 languages)10 sats/min
voice_cloneClone a voice from an audio sample7,500 sats
epub_to_audiobookConvert books (EPUB/PDF/TXT) to AI-narrated audiobooks500+ sats
translate_epubTranslate a whole EPUB into another language — EPUB in, EPUB out, markup intact (async; create_payment needs characterCount + targetLanguage)per character on the target language's engine rate, min 50 sats

Image Processing

ToolDescriptionPrice
remove_backgroundRemove background from any image (BiRefNet, SOTA)44 sats
upscale_imageUpscale images 2x/4x with Real-ESRGAN5 sats
restore_faceRestore blurry/damaged faces (CodeFormer)25 sats
colorize_imageColorize B&W photos (DDColor, ICCV 2023)5 sats
deblur_imageRemove camera-shake blur (NAFNet, ECCV 2022)110 sats
render_cardTypographic title card (PNG/JPEG) — deterministic layout, the text you send is the text that appears5 sats
detect_nsfwClassify image safety (normal/suggestive/explicit)2 sats
detect_objectsDetect objects with bounding boxes (Grounding DINO)5 sats
remove_objectRemove objects by description — no mask needed130 sats
image_editEdit images with AI instructionsDynamic (varies by model) — check get_model_pricing

Vision & Documents

ToolDescriptionPrice
visionAnalyze and describe image content21 sats
ocrExtract text from PDFs and images10 sats/page
extract_receiptReceipt to structured JSON25 sats/page
file_convertConvert between 200+ file formats100 sats
pdf_mergeMerge multiple PDFs into one100 sats
convert_html_to_pdfHTML/Markdown to PDF50 sats
e_signatureSign a PDF with a typed or drawn signature1,000 sats
boardingpass_walletAirline boarding pass (PDF/screenshot) to a Google Wallet pass100 sats/pass

Communication

ToolDescriptionPrice
send_emailSend email to any address200 sats
send_smsSend SMS worldwideDynamic (varies by destination) — create_payment returns the exact quote
place_callPlace automated phone callsDynamic (varies by destination) — create_payment returns the exact quote
ai_callSend an AI voice agent to make a two-way callVaries by destination and duration — create_payment returns the exact quote
send_faxSend a fax worldwide (PDF URL or typed text)500 sats (≤10 pages), +50 sats/page after
receive_faxOpen a 24h window to receive a fax, delivered to email500 sats (+200 OCR add-on)

Helper Tools

ToolDescription
list_modelsBrowse available AI models and pricing
get_model_pricingGet pricing for a specific model
create_paymentCreate a Lightning invoice for a service
check_payment_statusCheck if payment was received
check_job_statusPoll async jobs (video, 3D, audiobook, EPUB translation)
get_job_resultGet completed job results
request_refundRequest a refund for a failed service
vote_on_serviceUpvote or downvote a planned service
list_planned_servicesSee upcoming services and vote

How It Works

  1. Agent calls list_models to discover available models and pricing
  2. Agent calls create_payment — gets a Lightning invoice
  3. Payment is made via the agent's Lightning wallet (e.g., lightning-wallet-mcp)
  4. Agent calls the tool (e.g., image, text) with the paymentId
  5. Result is returned — base64 image, text, URL, etc.

No API keys. No accounts. No rate limits tied to identity. Just Bitcoin and AI.

Error Handling & Refunds

When a paid tool fails after payment, the JSON-RPC error response includes refund information:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "error": {
    "code": -32603,
    "message": "Image generation failed",
    "data": {
      "refund": {
        "charge_id": 12345,
        "refund_amount": 200,
        "lnurl_withdraw": "lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Claim the refund using any LNURL-compatible wallet or the claim_lnurl_withdraw tool from lightning-wallet.

Errors also carry an error_code plus a recovery suggestion, an example, and — when the code is retryable — retry_after_seconds, in error.data. The same fields appear on a tool result with isError: true and on every FAILED final from await_result, so one vocabulary covers every path: branch on error_code, never on the error text. Payment-lifecycle codes: PAYMENT_NOT_FOUND (wrong paymentId), PAYMENT_PENDING (invoice not paid yet), PAYMENT_ALREADY_USED (each payment covers one call); a refunded failure reads L402_REFUND_ISSUED with the refund attached. Full catalog: GET https://sats4ai.com/api/error-codes.

Payment via Agent Wallets

Pair with a Lightning wallet MCP server so your agent can pay autonomously:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sats4ai": {
      "url": "https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp"
    },
    "lightning-wallet": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["lightning-wallet-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

The agent uses lightning-wallet to pay invoices from sats4ai, enabling fully autonomous AI tool usage.

Block Buzz

Running Block Buzz, the open-source workspace where AI agents are first-class teammates? A Buzz agent is a Goose / Codex / Claude Code subprocess, and Buzz spawns it inheriting its MCP config — so this server works inside a Buzz workspace with no Buzz-specific setup.

The one-step path is the Sats4AI persona pack: it adds an @sats4ai teammate wired to this server plus a Lightning wallet, so it can look up a price, pay the invoice, and return the result in-channel.

git clone https://github.com/cnghockey/sats4ai-buzz-pack
buzz pack validate ./sats4ai-buzz-pack

Wiring it by hand instead? Add sats4ai (and a wallet MCP) to whichever agent Buzz runs — its config carries straight over. Note that Buzz's .mcp.json is stdio-only, so use the npx sats4ai-mcp proxy form (shown above), not the remote url form.

L402 API

For direct HTTP integration without MCP, use the L402 API:

# Step 1: Request -> get 402 + Lightning invoice
curl -X POST https://sats4ai.com/api/l402/generate-image \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input": {"prompt": "a cat in space"}}' -i

# Step 2: Pay the invoice with any Lightning wallet

# Step 3: Re-send with proof
curl -X POST https://sats4ai.com/api/l402/generate-image \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: L402 <macaroon>:<preimage>" \
  -d '{"input": {"prompt": "a cat in space"}}'

Or skip the manual steps entirely: our L402 endpoints speak the standard L402 protocol, so lnget — Lightning Labs' own L402 client — pays them automatically. Point it at your Lightning node and call the endpoint:

lnget -X POST -d '{"text": "Hello", "targetLanguage": "Spanish"}' \
  --content-type application/json --max-cost 50 \
  https://sats4ai.com/api/l402/translate-text
# Fetches the 402, pays the invoice, retries, prints the result.

Full L402 docs: sats4ai.com/l402 | Code examples: sats4ai-l402-examples

Service Discovery

Machine-readable endpoints for agent discovery:

# Full service catalog with pricing, quality benchmarks, and performance metadata
GET https://sats4ai.com/.well-known/l402-services

# MCP tool catalog with latency (p50/p95), reliability, and failure modes
GET https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp/discovery

# Semantic search — find tools by capability
GET https://sats4ai.com/api/discover?q=translate

# Per-service metadata with enums and input schemas
GET https://sats4ai.com/api/l402/{service}

Every paid tool includes performance metadata (latency p50/p95, reliability rating, known failure modes) so agents can make informed decisions about which tools to call and how long to wait.

Programmatic Usage

const { SERVER_URL, TOOLS, getClaudeConfig } = require("sats4ai-mcp");

console.log(SERVER_URL);       // "https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp"
console.log(TOOLS);            // ["image", "video", "text", ...]
console.log(getClaudeConfig()) // { mcpServers: { sats4ai: { url: "..." } } }

Security

Found a vulnerability? Do not open a public issue. Email sats4ai@gmail.com. See SECURITY.md for full disclosure policy and scope.

Links

License

MIT