# envoys-mcp

> Envoys RFC 9421 request signing & verification for MCP over Streamable HTTP.

Record `envoys-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/envoys-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/envoys-mcp
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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/envoys-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://envoys.me
- repository: https://github.com/jschoemaker/Envoys-public/issues
- version: 0.1.1
- license: Apache-2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: agent-identity, ai-agents, ed25519, envoys, http-signatures, mcp, model-context-protocol, rfc9421
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:envoys-mcp

### Description (declared)

# envoys-mcp

Cryptographic caller identity for **MCP over Streamable HTTP**, using [Envoys](https://envoys.me) RFC 9421 HTTP Message Signatures.

MCP's auth story tells a server *"this is a valid token."* Envoys tells it *"this is agent `scout@…`, provably, on every tool call."* That closes MCP's per-caller identity gap — so a server can **allowlist, audit, and rate-limit by stable agent identity**, not a bearer secret.

Two framework-agnostic pieces that compose into a both-sides deployment:

| Piece | Side | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `EnvoysAuth` | client | An `httpx.Auth` that signs every outgoing request. Drops into the MCP `streamablehttp_client` via `auth=`. |
| `EnvoysVerifyMiddleware` | server | ASGI middleware that verifies every request and rejects unsigned/invalid ones before they reach a tool. |

## Install

```bash
pip install envoys-mcp            # core (envoys + httpx)
pip install "envoys-mcp[examples]"  # + mcp + uvicorn to run the examples
```

## Server — gate an MCP server by agent identity

```python
from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
from envoys_mcp import EnvoysVerifyMiddleware

mcp = FastMCP("demo")

@mcp.tool()
def add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
    return a + b

# Wrap FastMCP's Streamable-HTTP ASGI app. Only allowlisted agents get through.
app = EnvoysVerifyMiddleware(
    mcp.streamable_http_app(),
    allowlist=["scout@your-handle.envoys.me"],   # omit to admit any verifiable signer
)
# serve `app` with uvicorn
```

Verified requests arrive at your app with the caller's identity on the ASGI scope:

```python
scope["state"]["envoys"]  # -> {"address": "scout@your-handle.envoys.me", "keyid": "https://envoys.me/agents/..."}
```

## Client — sign every MCP request

```python
from mcp import ClientSession
from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client
from envoys import Envoys
from envoys_mcp import EnvoysAuth

agent = Envoys.from_env()  # ENVOYS_AGENT_KEY / ADDRESS / PUBLIC_KEY / PRIVATE_KEY

async with streamable…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (1, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/envoys-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T15:21:37.135Z)

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