Alby MCP
Official Alby MCP connecting Bitcoin Lightning wallets to agents via Nostr Wallet Connect.
- Sato Score64
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Alby MCP is an open-source MCP server by Alby on Bitcoin, with last code activity on 2026-10-02 (Active). Latest release on 2026-10-02. Sato Score 64/100 (how open, active and verifiable it is, not a safety grade), as of 2026-10-15. How the score works →
See how to install Alby MCP →Last commit Oct 2, 2026 · Last release Oct 2, 2026 (v1.1.2) · ★ 66
Listed from getalby.com on 2026-07-13. Install: not attempted. Evidence →
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Alby's official MCP server lets agents make Bitcoin Lightning payments by connecting to a user's Lightning wallet over Nostr Wallet Connect, without exposing private keys, and implements NWC, LNURL, and L402 protocol support via the Alby SDK. Available as Alby's hosted server (mcp.getalby.com/mcp) or run locally via npx, and integrates with Claude Desktop, Goose, Cline, n8n, and Windsurf. Plugs into an agent that needs to send or receive Lightning payments.
Sato Score
64/100· MediumHow open, active & verifiable — not a safety or returns grade.
- Maintenance & liveness
- 35/35
- Code transparency
- 18/20
- Interface verifiability
- 0/10
- Docs & demo
- 0/10
- Listing transparency & provenance
- 11/15
- Independent verification
- 0/10
Sato Check
v1.1.2 · as of 2026-10-02- Does it take your key?
- No key read found
- Does your key leave?
- Not yet run
- Can it move funds on its own?
- Unknown
A profile describes what we read and ran, with dates. It is not a safety rating, an audit or an endorsement, and "not found" is not "not there".
Evidence — listed vs checked · what the words mean
Listed from getalby.com on 2026-07-13. Install: not attempted.
| Claim | Value | Evidence | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chains supported | Bitcoin | self-reported | getalby.com | as of 2026-10-15 |
| Verification status | Self-Reported — not independently reviewed | self-reported | getalby.com | as of 2026-10-15 |
| Recent activity | last release 2026-10-02 · last commit 2026-10-02 | observed | github.com/getAlby/mcp | 2026-10-15 |
| Install works | documented by the project, not run by Sato Hubnot attempted: no falsifiable install+entry probe from deploy_spec | self-reported | github.com/getAlby/mcp | as of 2026-09-14 |
| MCP endpoint answers | answered, but declined an anonymous probe | observed | mcp.getalby.com | 2026-10-15 |
| Daily check record | 0 of 44 daily checks since 2026-09-01 succeededa success rate of our checks, not uptime; the source is this listing's own history | observed | — | 2026-10-14 |
| Takes your key | no private-key read found in what we read | traced | satohub.ai | 2026-10-02 |
| Key leaves the machine | not yet run with planted test keysthe sandbox lane has not run on this version | observed | satohub.ai | not dated |
| Moves funds on its own | unknown — could not read what it exposes | traced | satohub.ai | 2026-10-02 |
| Deploys as | Hosted API, npmconfidence 0.85 | self-reported | github.com/getAlby/mcp | as of 2026-07-14 |
| Works with | Claude Web, Claude Desktop, Goose Desktopconfidence 0.85 | self-reported | github.com/getAlby/mcp | as of 2026-07-14 |
| Sato Score | 64/100 (Medium)how open, active and verifiable — not a safety or quality grade | computed | satohub.ai | 2026-10-15 |
Self-reported rows are the project’s own words, dated when we recorded them — not a check. Only reproduced and reviewed rows carry a mark. None of these rows is a safety or quality rating.
Install — not run by us — no falsifiable install+entry probe from deploy_spec
Runtime: remote
Add custom connector in Claude with endpoint https://mcp.getalby.com/mcp?nwc=ENCODED_NWC_URL (or Bearer auth with the raw NWC secret) https://mcp.getalby.com/mcp
You supply: Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) connection secret from an Alby Lightning wallet
claude mcp add --transport http satohub-alby-mcp https://mcp.getalby.com/mcp
A remote server: your client connects to the project's endpoint. Installing runs third-party software under your own credentials. Sato Hub publishes the documented invocation and, where the harness reproduced it, the date it did — neither is a safety review.
Read from the project’s own docs as of 2026-09-14. What a deploy spec is →
Observed record — 91 daily checks since 2026-07-17
- Succeeded
- 2
- Failed
- 89
- Their error
- 22
- Unattributed
- 67
State changed on 2026-07-19 (responding → unclear), 2026-09-01 (unclear → failing), 2026-09-23 (failing → unreachable from our probe).
This is the share of our daily checks that succeeded — not an availability guarantee. A check can fail because the host was down, because our runner timed out, or because the network in between dropped it, and only the first of those is a fact about this project. Failures are split by what we can attribute; anything we cannot attribute is counted, not hidden. 46 of these checks predate 2026-09-01, when the probe counted a bot-block (HTTP 403) as a failure and recorded no reason for any failure. The rate above leaves those checks out; the counts include them.
Last 30 days — to 2026-10-15, one point per UTC day
A gap is a day we have no attributable observation — never a zero. Thirty points is the whole shape the free layer carries; the daily rows behind it stay in the snapshot series.
Skills that target this — 1, with disclosures
alby-bitcoin-paymentsskills.sh · getalby
299 installsteaches agents how to use @getalby/cli to operate a bitcoin lightning wallet via Nostr Wallet Connect (NIP-47). Use whenever the user wants to send or receive money, pay an invoice, check wallet balance, create invoices, convert between fiat and sats, retry an HTTP request that returned 402 Payment Required, or discover paid API services. Pays HTTP 402 resources across all major payment protocols
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Details
- Chains
- Bitcoin
- Agent types
- Payments, MCP Server
- Open source
- Yes
- Deploys as
- Hosted API, npm
- Works with
- Claude Web, Claude Desktop, Goose Desktop
- Last checked
- 2026-10-15
Marketplace Signals
No marketplace signals recorded for this resource yet.
Verification status reflects evidence reviewed by Sato Hub. Self-reported claims are never presented as verified.
Where Alby MCP fits
Related concepts: How Agents Use Wallets, What Are Onchain Agents?
Recent Activity
All news →Releases and posts from Alby MCP, pulled from its GitHub and X.
Listing History
Recorded changes to Alby MCP's listing — status, verification, Sato Score, and recent releases. Full history is kept in the listing record.
- Oct 2, 2026New release published
- Aug 8, 2026Active again — shipped after a quiet spell
- Jul 20, 2026Edited: mcp endpoint url
- Jul 19, 2026Edited: mcp endpoint url
- Jul 18, 2026Sato Hub began tracking this listing
- Jul 14, 2026Auto-enriched: deployment options, supported integrations
- Jul 13, 2026Listed on Sato Hub
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- Is Alby MCP open source?
- Yes. Alby MCP is open source under the Apache-2.0 license; the repository is https://github.com/getAlby/mcp. Checked as of 2026-10-15.
- Which chains does Alby MCP support?
- Alby MCP lists support for Bitcoin as of 2026-10-15.
- Is Alby MCP still maintained?
- The most recent code activity Sato Hub observed was on 2026-10-02 (last commit 2026-10-02, last release 2026-10-02), which Sato Hub labels "Active". Posts on X are not counted as maintenance. Activity is a recency signal, not a quality judgment.
- How do I install or run Alby MCP?
- remote. Install: Add custom connector in Claude with endpoint https://mcp.getalby.com/mcp?nwc=ENCODED_NWC_URL (or Bearer auth with the raw NWC secret). Entry: https://mcp.getalby.com/mcp. This is taken from the project's own documentation and has not been reproduced by Sato Hub. It runs as an MCP server (https://mcp.getalby.com/mcp).
- Is Alby MCP verified on Sato Hub?
- No independent verification is on record for Alby MCP; its verification status is "Self-Reported" and its Sato Score is 64 of 100. Self-reported is not verified, and the score is not a safety, quality or returns grade.
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