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Lightning Network MCP Server

🌐 Lightning Network MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI models to interact with Lightning Network, allowing them to pay invoices.

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🚀 Features

  • 📝 Pay invoices on Lightning Network

  • 🤖 MCP-compliant API for AI integration

👷‍♂️ TODOs

  • Add support for multiple Lightning Network backends

  • Implement stdin transport mode (configurable via environment variable)

📋 Prerequisites

  • Node.js 18+

🛠️ Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Lightning Network MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @AbdelStark/lightning-mcp --client claude

Manual Installation

  1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/AbdelStark/lightning-mcp cd lightning-mcp
  1. Install dependencies:

npm install
  1. Create a .env file:

💡 You can copy the .env.example file and modify it as needed.

# Bitcoin Lightning Network ## lnbits information BITCOIN_LNBITS_NODE_URL="https://demo.lnbits.com" BITCOIN_LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY="..." BITCOIN_LNBITS_READ_KEY="..."

🚦 Usage

Starting the Server

# Development mode with hot reload npm run dev # Production mode npm start

Available Tools

pay_invoice

Pays an invoice on the Lightning Network.

Example input:

{ "content": "lnbc20n1pneh8papp5x0syxmdqffcltfk8mqp00qc6j4kf5elkmr5pws9gm242mw9n0ejsdqqcqzzsxqyz5vqrzjqvueefmrckfdwyyu39m0lf24sqzcr9vcrmxrvgfn6empxz7phrjxvrttncqq0lcqqyqqqqlgqqqqqqgq2qsp563lg29qthfwgynluv7fvaq5d6y2hfdl383elgc6q68lccfzvpvfs9qxpqysgq2n6yhvs8aeugvrkcx8yjzdrqqmvp237500gxkrk0fe6d6crwpvlp96uvq9z2dfeetv5n23xpjlavgf0fgy4ch980mpv2rcsjasg2hqqpalykyc" }

🔧 Development

Project Structure

lightning-mcp/ ├── src/ │ ├── index.ts # Main server entry point │ ├── lnbits-client.ts # Lightning Network client implementation │ └── types.ts # TypeScript type definitions ├── .env # Environment configuration └── tsconfig.json # TypeScript configuration

Running Tests

npm test

🤝 Contributing

  1. Fork the repository

  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)

  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')

  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)

  5. Open a Pull Request

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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