open-payments-mcp
Enables Open Payments operations such as creating incoming payments, quotes, and outgoing payments via the Interledger protocol. Supports wallet address retrieval, grant management, and payment flow automation.
README
Open Payments MCP
Standalone MCP server exposing core Open Payments operations over stdio.
Tools
get_wallet_addressrequest_grantcontinue_grantcreate_incoming_paymentget_incoming_paymentcreate_quoteget_quotecreate_outgoing_paymentget_outgoing_payment
Configuration
Set these environment variables before running:
export OPEN_PAYMENTS_CLIENT_ADDRESS="https://example.com/client"
export OPEN_PAYMENTS_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH="/absolute/path/to/private.key"
export OPEN_PAYMENTS_KEY_ID="your-key-id"
Optional:
export OPEN_PAYMENTS_SESSION_FILE=".data/open-payments-sessions.json"
export OPEN_PAYMENTS_CALLBACK_PORT="3999"
export OPEN_PAYMENTS_MAX_DEBIT_AMOUNT="100000"
You can start from .env.example if you prefer loading env vars with your MCP client or shell.
The private key path, key ID, access tokens, and grant continuation tokens are never accepted as MCP tool inputs and are not returned in MCP tool responses.
Run
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm start
For development:
pnpm dev
Payment Flow
Typical peer-style flow using the core tools:
get_wallet_addressfor receiver and sender.request_grantfor receiverincoming-paymentaccess.create_incoming_payment.request_grantfor senderquoteaccess.create_quote.request_grantfor senderoutgoing-paymentaccess.- User opens
interactRedirectUrland approves in their wallet. continue_grant.create_outgoing_payment.get_outgoing_payment.
Outgoing payment execution requires the finalized grant produced after user approval.
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