FaultKey · CausalLayer MCP Server

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Deterministic fault math for multi-party AI incidents. When an AI causes harm and three parties argue over who pays, FaultKey returns a signed, Bitcoin-anchored certificate of fault allocation in under 200 ms — no LLM, no probabilistic scoring, no vendor cooperation needed for a third party to verify.

This is the official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the CausalLayer engine, packaged as a Cloudflare Worker. It lets AI agents (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Continue, Windsurf) call the four core liability-attribution tools without writing a single line of integration code.

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Live demo

🎮 Try the Interactive Demo — No setup required. Pick a scenario, click "Run Analysis", see real-time liability attribution.

The public Worker is deployed on Cloudflare's global edge network and is fully functional in standalone demo mode (deterministic responses, watermarked, rate-limited 5 calls / IP / day):

• Endpoint: https://mcp.faultkey.com/mcp (live, custom domain)
• Mirror: https://causallayer-mcp-demo.zykm9qkk7j.workers.dev/mcp
• Healthcheck: /healthz
• Demand telemetry: /stats (public, aggregated, no PII)

Quick start

Claude Desktop

Add this to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faultkey": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "causallayer-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude. Type "List the FaultKey tools."

Cursor

Settings → MCP Servers → Add new:

• Name: faultkey
• Command: npx -y causallayer-mcp

Cline / Continue / Windsurf

{
  "name": "faultkey",
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "causallayer-mcp"]
}

Direct HTTP (no CLI)

curl -X POST https://causallayer-mcp-demo.zykm9qkk7j.workers.dev/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"test","version":"0"}}}'

The response includes a Mcp-Session-Id header that you reuse for subsequent calls.

Tools

Tool	Description	Demo limit	Paid cost
submit_incident	Submit an AI incident for deterministic liability attribution. Returns a signed CausalCertificateV1 with per-agent fault allocation, evidence-chain completeness, and Bitcoin-anchored proof.	5 / IP / day	50 credits
verify_certificate	Independently verify a certificate (signature, Merkle integrity, issuer status) without calling FaultKey.	50 / IP / day	1 credit
get_anchor_status	Return the index of all Tessera anchor batches or one batch's full JSON (signed Merkle root, OpenTimestamps proof reference).	Unlimited	Free
query_issuer_registry	List all trusted CausalLayer issuer public-key fingerprints, status, and validity windows.	Unlimited	Free

Why deterministic?

Insurers, banks, and APRA-regulated entities cannot accept LLM-based fault attribution because the same prompt produces different answers on different days. FaultKey uses a closed-form causal scoring algorithm (graph-theoretic, version-pinned, byte-identical reproducible across runs) so two adversarial parties get the same number — that's the whole point.

The math is published as an Australian Standards-aligned paper. The signed certificate, issuer registry, and Merkle anchor log are all independently verifiable by a third party using only Node's built-in crypto and the causallayer-verifier tool — no network calls back to the vendor.

Guardrails (enforced at the Cloudflare edge)

1. NO-PII — Payloads are regex-scanned for emails, Tax File Numbers, Medicare numbers, SSNs, and credit cards. Rejected unless the caller sets pii_acknowledged: true (which is logged in the certificate as a compliance acknowledgement).
2. DETERMINISTIC-ONLY — The engine rejects any request lacking deterministic_only: true. This is the agent's binding acknowledgement that FaultKey output is closed-form, not probabilistic.
3. EVIDENCE-REQ — At least one identified agent and one timestamped event with description must be supplied or the request is rejected with 400 evidence_insufficient.

Self-hosting

You can deploy your own copy to your own Cloudflare account if you want to enforce a corporate firewall, custom rate limits, or bring your own KV namespace:

git clone https://github.com/smq9sn5jck-coder/causallayer-mcp.git
cd causallayer-mcp
pnpm install
pnpm wrangler kv namespace create LEDGER
# paste the returned id into wrangler.jsonc
pnpm wrangler deploy

The CausalLayer engine itself (the closed-form fault math) runs upstream and is available via API key. For self-hosted demos without an upstream, set STANDALONE_DEMO=true in wrangler.jsonc to short-circuit upstream calls and return deterministic, watermarked responses.

Architecture

[Claude/Cursor/Cline]  ←→  [npx causallayer-mcp]  ←→  [Cloudflare Worker]  ←→  [CausalLayer engine]
                              (mcp-remote proxy)         (this repo)            (Fly.io Sydney)
                                                              ↓
                                                    [KV: credit ledger]
                                                    [DO: per-session state]
                                                    [KV: telemetry buffer]

• Transport: Streamable HTTP (per the 2024-11-05 MCP spec — SSE is deprecated)
• Session state: Cloudflare Durable Object (CausalLayerMCP), SQLite-backed
• Billing: Cloudflare KV ledger, Stripe Checkout webhook, optional x402 USDC fallback
• Demo: Per-IP daily counter in KV, deterministic fixture responses with [DEMO] watermark
• Latency: p50 ≈ 60 ms (cold), 25 ms (warm) on Cloudflare's 300+ POPs

Pricing

Tier	Credits	$AUD	Notes
Demo	5 incidents / IP / day	Free	Watermarked responses
Starter	1,000	$99	Stripe Checkout, no SLA
Growth	10,000	$749	+ 50 verify, 99.5% SLA
Enterprise	Unmetered	Contact	+ dedicated namespace, 99.95% SLA, audit log access

For enterprise tenants email sales@faultkey.com (or open a GitHub issue with subject "enterprise inquiry").

Free AI Liability Risk Assessment

Not sure where your AI liability exposure sits? Take the free FaultKey AI Liability Risk Assessment — 2 minutes, no sales call, instant preliminary risk score. Covers EU AI Act, APRA CPS 230, and NIST AI RMF.

License

Apache 2.0. See LICENSE.

Support the Project

If FaultKey helped you understand AI liability, saved you research time, or you just think deterministic fault attribution should exist:

• Star this repo — github.com/smq9sn5jck-coder/causallayer-mcp
• Share it — post on LinkedIn, X, or your team Slack
• Try the demo — Interactive Demo
• Take the free assessment — AI Liability Risk Assessment

Built in Brisbane

FaultKey is built in Brisbane, Australia, with data residency in Sydney for APRA-regulated buyers. The team can be reached at hello@faultkey.com.