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ai.bolthub/mcp

The bolthub API marketplace, L402 gateways, and your other MCP servers, on one Lightning budget.

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Install bolthub in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "lnd-rest-host",
      "description": "LND_REST_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "lnd-macaroon",
      "description": "LND_MACAROON",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "nwc-uri",
      "description": "NWC_URI",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "lnbits-url",
      "description": "LNBITS_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "lnbits-admin-key",
      "description": "LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "phoenixd-url",
      "description": "PHOENIXD_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "phoenixd-password",
      "description": "PHOENIXD_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "budget-sats",
      "description": "BUDGET_SATS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bolthub-account-token",
      "description": "BOLTHUB_ACCOUNT_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@bolthub/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LND_REST_HOST": "${input:lnd-rest-host}",
        "LND_MACAROON": "${input:lnd-macaroon}",
        "NWC_URI": "${input:nwc-uri}",
        "LNBITS_URL": "${input:lnbits-url}",
        "LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY": "${input:lnbits-admin-key}",
        "PHOENIXD_URL": "${input:phoenixd-url}",
        "PHOENIXD_PASSWORD": "${input:phoenixd-password}",
        "BUDGET_SATS": "${input:budget-sats}",
        "BOLTHUB_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": "${input:bolthub-account-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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