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Lightning Tools

Lightning Tools

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This server is deprecated in favor of Alby MCP. Previously enabled Bitcoin Lightning Network payment interactions and lightning address lookups within conversational AI workflows.

Integrates with the Bitcoin Lightning Network to enable cryptocurrency payment capabilities and lightning address interactions for conversational workflows.

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What it does

  • Interact with Lightning Network addresses
  • Process Lightning Network payments
  • Query Lightning Network wallet connections
  • Execute common Lightning Network operations

Best for

Bitcoin developers building Lightning applicationsCryptocurrency payment integration workflowsLightning Network wallet automation
Deprecated - use Alby MCP insteadRequires NWC connection string

About Lightning Tools

Lightning Tools is an official MCP server published by getalby that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Lightning Tools integrates with the Bitcoin Lightning Network for cryptocurrency payments and lightning address workflow It is categorized under finance.

How to install

You can install Lightning Tools in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.

License

Lightning Tools is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.

⚠️ DEPRECATED ⚠️

Please use Alby MCP instead!

This repository has been deprecated in favor of Alby MCP, which includes all the NWC tools along with additional lightning tools.

Lightning Tools MCP Server

Interact with lightning addresses and use other common lightning tools with your LLM. Works well combined with NWC MCP Server

This MCP server uses the official MCP TypeScript SDK

Quick Start

Add to Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lightning-tools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@getalby/lightning-tools-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "NWC_CONNECTION_STRING": "YOUR NWC CONNECTION STRING HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to Cline

Copy the below and paste it into a cline prompt.

Add the following to my MCP servers list:

"lightning-tools": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "@getalby/lightning-tools-mcp-server"],
  "env": {
    "NWC_CONNECTION_STRING": "YOUR NWC CONNECTION STRING HERE"
  },
  "disabled": false,
  "autoApprove": []
}

From Source

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 20+
  • Yarn

Installation

yarn install

Building

yarn build

Inspect the tools (use/test without an LLM)

yarn inspect

Supported Tools

See the tools directory

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