# @powforge/captcha-mcp

> Replace MCP 429 errors with PoW challenges or Lightning micropayments. Drop-in rate control for MCP servers — no accounts, free fallback, self-hosted. Three tools: challenge, verify, status. Stdio + HTTP transports, stdlib only.

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

## Declared
- publisher: zekebuilds
- homepage: https://powforge.dev/captcha
- repository: git+https://github.com/zekebuilds-lab/captcha-mcp.git
- version: 0.2.5
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, modelcontextprotocol, claude, ai, agent, agent-auth, captcha, proof-of-work, lightning, l402, rate-limiting, rate-limit-replacement, 429, 429-replacement, 402-mcp, backoff, anti-bot, powforge
- endpoints:
  - package_npm: npm:@powforge/captcha-mcp

### Description (declared)

Replace MCP 429 errors with PoW challenges or Lightning micropayments. Drop-in rate control for MCP servers — no accounts, free fallback, self-hosted. Three tools: challenge, verify, status. Stdio + HTTP transports, stdlib only.

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (0.6, derived)

## Provenance
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@powforge/captcha-mcp (first seen 2026-09-05T15:21:14.225Z)

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