bolthub

ai.bolthub/mcp

7/8 checks passed
Runs locally
5 secrets
★ 0 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-07-25
Health score 40

About bolthub

bolthub is an MCP server published by bolthub.ai. The bolthub API marketplace, L402 gateways, and your other MCP servers, on one Lightning budget.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package @bolthub/mcp at version 0.7.2.

It asks for 5 secrets: LND_MACAROON, NWC_URI, LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY, PHOENIXD_PASSWORD and BOLTHUB_ACCOUNT_TOKEN. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 0.7.2 was published on 25 July 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 1 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`LND_REST_HOST`	No	No	LND REST API URL (recommended wallet; pair with LND_MACAROON). A wallet is optional — without one, free tools and marketplace search still work; paid calls return their payment challenge.
`LND_MACAROON`	No	Yes	Hex-encoded macaroon for LND (use a pay-scoped macaroon in production). Required with LND_REST_HOST.
`NWC_URI`	No	Yes	Nostr Wallet Connect string — easiest setup, works with CoinOS, Alby Hub, Zeus, and more. Alternative to LND.
`LNBITS_URL`	No	No	LNbits instance URL (pair with LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY). Alternative wallet.
`LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY`	No	Yes	Admin API key for LNbits. Required with LNBITS_URL.
`PHOENIXD_URL`	No	No	Phoenixd HTTP API URL (pair with PHOENIXD_PASSWORD). Alternative wallet.
`PHOENIXD_PASSWORD`	No	Yes	HTTP password for Phoenixd. Required with PHOENIXD_URL.
`BUDGET_SATS`	No	No	Maximum sats the server may spend per session (process lifetime), across ALL sources. Unset = unlimited; 0 = free tools only. The config file's budget.sat takes precedence.
`BOLTHUB_ACCOUNT_TOKEN`	No	Yes	Account token for tools that act on YOUR bolthub account (workspace, listing, audit, earnings, and node tools). Optional even for those: the connect_account tool pairs via the browser instead. Never needed to discover, call, or pay for APIs — buying is account-less.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/signaltech-org/bolthub-sdk
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Warn	Asks for 5 secrets: LND_MACAROON, NWC_URI, LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY, PHOENIXD_PASSWORD, BOLTHUB_ACCOUNT_TOKEN
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via domain bolthub.ai
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	@bolthub/mcp@0.7.2 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 3 files in @bolthub/mcp@0.7.2: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 3 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 40 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity9 / 40

0 GitHub stars, 186 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity8 / 25

Last push 2026-07-25, last release 2026-06-20, 0 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

1 closed of 2 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

1 forks, 0 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

No Hacker News threads link to its source code.

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Facts

Registry name	`ai.bolthub/mcp`
Publisher	Domain bolthub.ai
How the name is verified	Name verified via domain bolthub.ai. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `@bolthub/mcp` 0.7.2 (stdio)
Version	0.7.2
Published	2026-07-25
Last updated	2026-07-25
Source repository	https://github.com/signaltech-org/bolthub-sdk
Website	https://docs.bolthub.ai/docs/sdks/mcp
Category	Search & web (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@bolthub/mcp@0.7.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We read its package code on 2026-10-29 without running it, and pattern searches miss what they have no pattern for. Tool descriptions built at run time were not seen. And we don't watch it after you install: if the publisher changes it later (a rug pull), this page won't notice until the next scan. Treat a pass as "nothing found", not as "safe".

For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/ai-bolthub-mcp.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.