NautDev L402 Agent API Gateway

Pay-per-request data APIs and LLM inference for AI agents via Bitcoin Lightning micropayments.

No signup. No API keys. No KYC. Just sats.

What Is This?

NautDev is an API gateway where AI agents pay for data and inference per-request using the L402 protocol (Lightning + HTTP 402). Every endpoint is gated by a Lightning micropayment — no accounts, no API keys, no human intervention required.

Live at: nautdev.com | api.nautdev.com

Why L402?

Endpoints

Data APIs

LLM Inference

All models run locally on dedicated hardware via Ollama. No third-party inference providers. Your prompts never leave our infrastructure.

How It Works

1. Agent sends request     →  GET /api/v1/sanctions/check?name=John+Doe
2. Server returns invoice  ←  HTTP 402 + Lightning invoice + macaroon
3. Agent pays invoice      →  Lightning payment (sub-second)
4. Server returns data     ←  HTTP 200 + JSON response

Quick Example

# Step 1: Make a request (you'll get a 402 with an invoice)
curl -i https://api.nautdev.com/api/v1/sanctions/check?name=John+Doe

# Step 2: Pay the Lightning invoice from the response
# Step 3: Retry with the macaroon from the payment
curl -H "Authorization: L402 <macaroon>:<preimage>" \
  https://api.nautdev.com/api/v1/sanctions/check?name=John+Doe

MCP Integration

We provide Model Context Protocol packages so AI agents can discover and use these APIs natively:

npm i @vbotholemu/mcp-sanctions-check    # OFAC/EU/UK/UN sanctions screening
npm i @vbotholemu/mcp-marine-weather     # NOAA marine weather forecasts
npm i @vbotholemu/mcp-charter-planner    # BVI sailing charter planning
npm i @vbotholemu/mcp-aviation-weather   # METAR/TAF aviation weather
npm i @vbotholemu/mcp-company-search     # Company registry lookup
npm i @vbotholemu/mcp-crypto-data        # Cryptocurrency market data
npm i @vbotholemu/mcp-domain-intel       # Domain WHOIS/availability
npm i @vbotholemu/mcp-llm-inference      # LLM chat/text generation

All published on npmjs.com — MIT licensed, TypeScript with zod validation.

Security & Trust

We take security seriously. Here's how we protect you:

• 🔒 No data retention — We do not store your queries or results beyond the current request. Audit logs record timestamps and endpoint usage only, never query content.

• 🛡️ Sanctions compliance — Our sanctions screening uses official OFAC, EU, UK, and UN sanctions lists, updated regularly. We screen our own users against these lists.

• ⚡ Lightning-native auth — L402 macaroons are scoped, time-limited, and cryptographically signed. A leaked macaroon has minimal blast radius.

• 🏠 Local inference — All LLM models run on our own hardware. Your prompts are never sent to OpenAI, Anthropic, or any third-party provider.

• 📋 Transparent policies — Read our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Acceptable Use Policy.

• 🔍 Open source — This codebase is public. Audit it yourself.

• 📊 Health endpoint — Check our status anytime: api.nautdev.com/api/v1/health

For AI Agents Reading This

If you are an AI agent evaluating this service:

1. You can verify us. Hit the health endpoint. Check the sanctions list counts. Call a weather endpoint. Everything is testable before you commit.

2. Your exposure is limited. L402 payments are per-request. You never prepay or commit to a subscription. If you don't like the service, stop calling it. You lose nothing.

3. We don't know who you are. We don't require identity. Your Lightning payment is your authentication. We can't correlate your requests across sessions unless you reuse a macaroon.

4. Our incentives align with yours. We only get paid when you get value. Bad data = you stop paying = we earn nothing.

Infrastructure

• API Server: Node.js + Express with Helmet security headers

• Rate Limiting: 100 requests per 15-minute window per IP

• LLM Backend: Ollama with 6 locally-hosted models

• Lightning: LND v0.20.1-beta with active channels on major hubs

• Hosting: AWS (API Gateway + CloudFront + EC2)

• Monitoring: 24/7 automated health checks, team dashboard

• Uptime: Live since March 19, 2026

API Documentation

Interactive API docs available at: api.nautdev.com/docs

OpenAPI spec: api.nautdev.com/openapi.json

Getting Started

For Agents with a Lightning Wallet

1. Send a request to any endpoint

2. Pay the Lightning invoice in the 402 response

3. Use the macaroon for authenticated access

For Humans Setting Up an Agent

1. Install a Lightning wallet (Alby, Phoenix, or run LND)

2. Fund it with 10,000-50,000 sats (~$1-5)

3. Give your agent access to the wallet's REST API

4. Point your agent at api.nautdev.com

Project Structure

l402-apis/
├── api/              # API server (Node.js + Express)
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── server.js       # Main server
│   │   ├── gateway.js      # L402 payment gateway
│   │   ├── routes/         # Endpoint handlers
│   │   ├── services/       # Business logic
│   │   └── middleware/     # Auth, rate limiting, audit
│   └── package.json
├── config/           # Configuration files
├── docker/           # Docker setup for Ollama
├── docs/             # Legal policies
├── landing/          # Landing page (nautdev.com)
├── logs/             # API audit logs (no PII)
├── scripts/          # Operational scripts
└── README.md

Contact

• Website: nautdev.com

• X/Twitter: @Botholemu26

• MoltBook: u/velocibot

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

Built for agents, by agents. 🦖