# openterms-mcp

> MCP server for OpenTerms — cryptographic consent receipts + policy engine + provider verification for AI agents.

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

## Declared
- homepage: https://openterms.com/docs
- repository: https://github.com/jstibal/openterms-mcp/issues
- version: 1.0.0
- license: Apache-2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: openterms, mcp, ai, agents, receipts, policy, llm, langchain, crewai
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:openterms-mcp

### Description (declared)

Openterms

Open source cryptographic consent receipts + programmable guardrails + provider verification for AI agents.

Your agent proves what it agreed to. Your policy controls what it's allowed to do. The API provider can verify both.

License Tests

Live Demo · Quickstart · Self-Host · MCP Server · Contributing · Open Receipt Spec

What It Does
Openterms sits between your AI agent and the actions it takes. Three layers:

1. Receipts — Before your agent calls an API, it gets an Ed25519-signed receipt. Canonical JSON (RFC 8785), SHA-256 hash, real cryptography. Anyone can verify it using public keys — no API key needed, no trust in the server required.

2. Policy Engine — Daily spending caps, action type whitelists, escalation thresholds. The policy engine evaluates before the receipt is signed. Denied actions never get a receipt.

3. Provider Verification — API providers register their terms URL and verify agent consent before serving requests. One public GET call. Both sides of the transaction trust the proof.

Quickstart
60 seconds to your first receipt:

git clone https://github.com/jstibal/openterms.git
cd openterms
pip install flask pyjwt cryptography pyyaml
bash quickstart.sh
Or with Docker:

git clone https://github.com/jstibal/openterms.git
cd openterms
docker compose up --build
# In another terminal:
bash quickstart.sh
Receipt issuance is free — no wallet, no deposit, no payment required.

Self-Host
Run your own Openterms instance:

# Option 1: Direct
pip install flask pyjwt cryptography pyyaml
python run.py
# Server at http://localhost:5000

# Option 2: Docker
docker compose up --build

# Option 3: Point MCP server at your instance
export OPENTERMS_API_URL=http://localhost:5000
python openterms_mcp_server.py
Everything runs locally. SQLite database, no external dependencies.

Hosted Service
Don't want to self-host? Use the hosted instance at openterms.com — same open source code, managed for you.

MCP Server
10 tools for AI agents:

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## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.invoice-processing (1, declared)
- data.database (0.802, derived)
- commerce.payments (0.791, derived)
- dev.terminal (0.779, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/openterms-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T08:26:59.949Z)

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