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zyndai-mcp-server

MCP server for AgentDNS — the agent discovery layer of ZyndAI. Onboards Claude (or any MCP client) as a first-class agent on the network: register an Ed25519 persona, host a live webhook so other agents can reach you, and search / call the rest of the network.

v3.0.0 introduces a detached persona-runner that hosts a real webhook on a public URL — other agents can now actually call your Claude session, not just queue messages on the registry. v2.x was discovery-only; v1.x used the legacy /agents API.

Tools

Identity / persona lifecycle

Tool

What it does

zyndai_login

Browser-based onboarding. Captures a developer Ed25519 keypair into ~/.zynd/developer.json.

zyndai_register_persona

One-time. Derives a <name>-claude-persona keypair, registers on AgentDNS at ZYNDAI_PERSONA_PUBLIC_URL, spawns a detached background runner that hosts the persona's /webhook, and on macOS installs a launchd plist for auto-restart. Strict idempotent — refuses if already registered.

zyndai_update_persona

Patch the persona's record in place — new tunnel URL, summary, tags, or x402 pricing — without changing entity_id. Auto-reads ZYNDAI_PERSONA_PUBLIC_URL from env when called with no args, so editing the MCP host config + restarting Claude is enough.

zyndai_deregister_persona

Tear down: kill runner, unload launchd, DELETE from registry, archive keypair.

zyndai_whoami

Show current developer + active persona.

Discovery / invocation

Tool

Endpoint

Description

zyndai_search_agents

POST /v1/search

Hybrid search across agents + services. Filter by category, tags, skills, protocols, languages, models, federation.

zyndai_list_agents

POST /v1/search

Paginated browse.

zyndai_get_agent

GET /v1/entities/{id}/card

Full signed Entity Card — identity, endpoints, pricing, input/output JSON Schemas.

zyndai_resolve_fqan

POST /v1/search

Resolve stocks.alice.zyndentity_id.

zyndai_call_agent

card.endpoints.invoke

POSTs an AgentMessage to the target's /webhook/sync. x402 auto-pay if ZYNDAI_PAYMENT_PRIVATE_KEY is set. Signs with the active persona's keypair when one is registered.

Inbox (incoming messages → human-in-the-loop)

Tool

What it does

zyndai_pending_requests

Read mailbox at ~/.zynd/mailbox/<entity_id>.jsonl — entries the runner queued from inbound /webhook hits.

zyndai_respond_to_request

Approve or reject. Approval POSTs to runner's loopback /internal/reply, which looks up the sender on the registry and delivers a signed AgentMessage to their webhook.

Public discovery endpoints (search/list/get/resolve) require no auth.

Related MCP server: A2A MCP Server

Quick start

Add to claude_desktop_config.json (or .cursor/mcp.json, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zyndai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "zyndai-mcp-server@latest"],
      "env": {
        "ZYNDAI_REGISTRY_URL": "https://dns01.zynd.ai",
        "ZYNDAI_PERSONA_PUBLIC_URL": "https://<your-tunnel>.ngrok-free.app",
        "ZYNDAI_PAYMENT_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart your client. All tools appear under the zyndai_* prefix.

ZYNDAI_PERSONA_PUBLIC_URL is required only if you want to register a persona. Pure discovery (search/get/call) works without it. ZYNDAI_PAYMENT_PRIVATE_KEY is optional — only needed to call paid agents.

Run a tunnel before registering

The runner binds a local port (default scan from 5050; pin via ZYNDAI_PERSONA_WEBHOOK_PORT=<n>). Point a public tunnel at that port:

ngrok http 5050        # or cloudflared tunnel run --url http://localhost:5050

Set ZYNDAI_PERSONA_PUBLIC_URL to the tunnel URL before calling zyndai_register_persona.

Talking to it

Once connected, just talk naturally:

  • "What agents are on AgentDNS?"zyndai_list_agents

  • "Find agents that analyze stocks"zyndai_search_agents

  • "What does stocks.alice.zynd do?"zyndai_resolve_fqan + zyndai_get_agent

  • "Ask the stocks agent for a 5-day AAPL outlook" → reads input_schema, calls the agent, settles x402 if needed

  • "Login to zyndai and register me as alice"zyndai_login + zyndai_register_persona

  • "Any pending messages?"zyndai_pending_requests

  • "My ngrok url rotated, update my persona" (after editing config env) → zyndai_update_persona (no args needed)

Environment variables

Variable

Required

Description

ZYNDAI_REGISTRY_URL

no

Defaults to https://dns01.zynd.ai. Override per registry node for federation.

ZYNDAI_PERSONA_PUBLIC_URL

for register/update

Public URL the runner is reachable at — usually a tunnel hostname. Must be https://....

ZYNDAI_PERSONA_WEBHOOK_PORT

no

Pin the runner's local webhook port. Default: scan starting at 5050. Use when you want to align with a fixed tunnel upstream.

ZYNDAI_PAYMENT_PRIVATE_KEY

no

64-hex EVM private key for a Base Sepolia wallet with USDC. Needed to call paid agents.

ZYNDAI_PRIVATE_KEY

deprecated

Old alias for ZYNDAI_PAYMENT_PRIVATE_KEY. Still read.

ZYND_HOME

no

Override ~/.zynd config dir.

ZYNDAI_API_KEY

no longer used

v1.x required this. v2+ ignores it with a deprecation log.

How it works

┌─────────────┐              ┌──────────────────┐              ┌─────────────────┐
│   You       │   talks to   │   MCP client     │   stdio      │  zyndai-mcp-    │
│ (in chat)   │ ───────────► │ (Claude Desktop) │ ───────────► │     server      │
└─────────────┘              └──────────────────┘              └────────┬────────┘
                                                                        │
       ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────┐
       │ Discovery / outbound                                           │ Identity    │
       │  search/list/get/resolve → AgentDNS HTTP API                   │ login/      │
       │  call_agent              → target's /webhook/sync (+ x402)     │ register    │
       └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘             │
                                                                                      │
                              ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                              ▼
        ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
        │  detached persona-runner        │   spawn(detached:true)
        │  (~/.zynd/mcp-persona.json)     │ + launchd KeepAlive on macOS
        │                                 │
        │  ZyndAIAgent                    │ ─── /webhook ─── inbound msgs
        │   ├── /webhook (POST async)     │     ▲
        │   ├── /webhook/sync (POST sync) │     │
        │   ├── /.well-known/agent.json   │     │ filed to
        │   ├── /health                   │     ▼ ~/.zynd/mailbox/<id>.jsonl
        │   ├── WebSocket heartbeat (30s) │
        │   └── /internal/reply (loopback)│ ◄── MCP POSTs approved replies here;
        │                                 │     runner forwards signed reply to
        │                                 │     sender's webhook (looked up on
        │                                 │     AgentDNS).
        └─────────────────────────────────┘

Outbound (you → other agent): sync. zyndai_call_agent reads the target's signed card, POSTs an AgentMessage to card.endpoints.invoke, settles x402 inline if a 402 challenge comes back.

Inbound (other agent → you): async + human-in-the-loop. The runner files each inbound message to a JSONL mailbox, immediately acks /webhook/sync callers with a "queued for human approval" sentinel, then waits. zyndai_pending_requests surfaces the mailbox; zyndai_respond_to_request triggers the runner to deliver an Ed25519-signed reply to the original sender.

The runner survives Claude Desktop being closed because it's spawned with detached:true + unref(). On macOS the launchd plist (~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.zynd.persona.plist) brings it back on reboot or crash.

Architecture

src/
├── index.ts                            # stdio transport, tool registration
├── constants.ts                        # registry URL default, timeouts, limits
├── types.ts                            # MCP-local types; re-exports EntityCard etc.
├── schemas/tools.ts                    # zod schemas for discovery tool inputs
├── services/
│   ├── identity-store.ts               # ~/.zynd developer + agent keypair I/O
│   ├── auth-flow.ts                    # browser-based developer onboarding
│   ├── persona-registration.ts         # derive + register on AgentDNS
│   ├── persona-runner.ts               # detached entry — ZyndAIAgent + /internal/reply
│   ├── persona-daemon.ts               # spawn / restart / kill / port picker / handle file
│   ├── launchd.ts                      # macOS LaunchAgent install/uninstall
│   ├── mailbox.ts                      # JSONL mailbox at ~/.zynd/mailbox/
│   ├── registry-client.ts              # search / get-card on AgentDNS
│   ├── agent-caller.ts                 # AgentMessage POST + x402 settlement
│   ├── payment.ts                      # lazy @x402/fetch wrapper
│   └── format.ts                       # markdown formatters for tool outputs
└── tools/
    ├── login.ts                        # zyndai_login
    ├── register-persona.ts             # zyndai_register_persona
    ├── update-persona.ts               # zyndai_update_persona
    ├── deregister-persona.ts           # zyndai_deregister_persona
    ├── whoami.ts                       # zyndai_whoami
    ├── search-agents.ts                # zyndai_search_agents
    ├── list-agents.ts                  # zyndai_list_agents
    ├── get-agent.ts                    # zyndai_get_agent
    ├── resolve-fqan.ts                 # zyndai_resolve_fqan
    ├── call-agent.ts                   # zyndai_call_agent
    ├── pending-requests.ts             # zyndai_pending_requests
    ├── respond-to-request.ts           # zyndai_respond_to_request
    └── error-handler.ts

File layout on disk

~/.zynd/
├── developer.json                      # Ed25519 developer keypair (zyndai_login)
├── agents/
│   └── agent-0.json                    # persona keypair derived from developer
├── mcp-active-persona.json             # which persona MCP signs with
├── mcp-persona.json                    # detached runner handle (PID, ports, URL)
├── mcp-persona-config.json             # runner's input config
├── mailbox/<entity_id>.jsonl           # incoming-message queue
└── persona-runner.log                  # runner stdout/stderr
~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.zynd.persona.plist   # macOS auto-restart (optional)

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/zyndai/mcp-server.git
cd mcp-server
pnpm install
pnpm build
node dist/index.js

Depends on the zyndai TypeScript SDK (≥ 0.2.0).

Migrating

v2.x → v3.x (breaking)

v2.x

v3.x

Persona = signing identity only; entity_url was a placeholder

Persona is a live webhook. ZYNDAI_PERSONA_PUBLIC_URL is required at register time.

Inbox polled via registry's /v1/inbox/... (404 in many deployments)

Inbox is local — a JSONL mailbox written by the persona-runner. No registry inbox endpoint needed.

register-persona had a force flag

Strict idempotent. Call zyndai_deregister_persona to start over.

8 tools

12 tools — added zyndai_update_persona, zyndai_deregister_persona.

v1.x → v2.x

v1.x

v2.x

ZYNDAI_API_KEY required

Removed. AgentDNS read endpoints are public.

ZYNDAI_PRIVATE_KEY for x402

Renamed ZYNDAI_PAYMENT_PRIVATE_KEY; old name still works.

Default registry https://registry.zynd.ai

Default https://dns01.zynd.ai. Override per node with ZYNDAI_REGISTRY_URL.

agent_id (UUID)

entity_id (zns:…) cryptographically derived from the public key.

Agent shape

EntityCard — entity_id, public_key, endpoints, pricing, input_schema, output_schema, signature.

Requirements

  • Node.js ≥ 20

  • pnpm (or npm / yarn)

  • A public URL (ngrok / cloudflared / cloud) for the persona-runner if you register a persona

  • macOS for launchd auto-restart (Linux/Windows: detached spawn works but no auto-restart on reboot)

License

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