What is lightning-wallet-mcp?
lightning-wallet-mcp is a MCP server by lightningfaucet that bitcoin Lightning wallet for AI agents with L402/x402 paid API support, operator/agent hierarchy, budget controls and a CLI. It is listed under Finance & commerce and has 10 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | lightningfaucet |
| Repository | lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp |
| Popularity | 10 GitHub stars |
| Category | Finance & commerce |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #1,729 of 4,418 MCP servers; #129 in Finance & commerce |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | TypeScript |
Is lightning-wallet-mcp safe to install?
lightning-wallet-mcp scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service; can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 3 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install lightning-wallet-mcp?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add lightning-wallet-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http lightning-wallet-mcp <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs lightning-wallet-mcp for you:
Add the "lightning-wallet-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.