# conduit-btc-mcp

> MCP server exposing your self-hosted, non-custodial Conduit Lightning instance to any MCP-compatible AI agent

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/conduit-btc-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.9.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:conduit-btc-mcp

### Description (declared)

# conduit-btc-mcp

Model Context Protocol server that exposes Conduit Lightning payments as tools
to any MCP-compatible AI agent (Claude Desktop, Cursor, custom agents).

> Installs as the PyPI package **`conduit-btc-mcp`**; the console command it
> provides is **`conduit-mcp`** (that's what you put in `claude_desktop_config.json`).

Conduit is **self-hosted and non-custodial**. This MCP server connects to **your
own** Conduit instance — the one you run against **your own** LND node, with
**your own** keys. It is *not* a hosted Conduit service and never touches your
funds. You point it at your deployment with two environment variables:

- `CONDUIT_API_KEY` — an API key you minted on **your** Conduit instance.
- `CONDUIT_API_URL` — the base URL of **your** instance (e.g.
  `https://conduit.your-domain.com`). Optional; if unset it defaults to the
  hosted demo at `https://api.conduit.energy`. Set it to your own URL in
  production.

Your node, your keys, your rules.

## Install

```bash
pip install conduit-btc-mcp
```

## Configure (Claude Desktop)

Add to `claude_desktop_config.json`, pointing `CONDUIT_API_URL` at **your**
self-hosted Conduit instance:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "conduit": {
      "command": "conduit-mcp",
      "env": {
        "CONDUIT_API_KEY": "ck_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx",
        "CONDUIT_API_URL": "https://conduit.your-domain.com"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Tools exposed

Each tool requires a particular API-key **scope**. Conduit enforces these scopes
server-side: a key with an insufficient scope is rejected. Mint a key with the
right scope on your instance (`read` < `write` < `admin`; higher scopes include
lower ones).

| Tool | Purpose | Required scope |
| ---- | ------- | -------------- |
| `conduit_create_wallet` | Create an agent wallet with a daily limit (sats) | `admin` |
| `conduit_credit`        | Fund an agent wallet from operator node liquidity (sats) | `admin` |
| `conduit_attach_policy` | Set spending controls: per-tx, hourly, da…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- commerce.payments (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/conduit-btc-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T13:20:15.623Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/conduit-btc-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/conduit-btc-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:conduit-btc-mcp