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Obolus MCP Server

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Obolus runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 70 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 1 Sep 2026.

Disposable Algorand wallet for AI agents. Pay x402 resources in USDC, no human provisioning.

Installs per day peak 28 · avg 12 · -15% w/w
a month agotoday
70
Installs / week
pypi · obolus
0
Stars
0 open issues
1 Sep 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

CI pipeline leaks secrets outward [пакет] .github/workflows/release.yml:63, .github/workflows/release.yml:63
        run: uv publish --token "${{ secrets.PYPI }}" --check-url https://pypi.org/simple/
Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

    proc = subprocess.Popen(

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Obolus and you get told the day something new turns up.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add obolus -- uvx obolus
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obolus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "obolus"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.obolus]
command = "uvx"
args = ["obolus"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "obolus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "obolus"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "obolus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "obolus"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: OBOLUS_NETWORK (Which chain to use: 'testnet' (the default) or 'mainnet'. Mainnet spends real money), OBOLUS_DATA_DIR (Where the vault key and session ledger live. Defaults to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Obolus on Windows and ~/.obolus elsewhere. Point this at a NEW directory only if you intend a new wallet: the seed here is the only way back to money already on chain).

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Obolus — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Obolus?
Obolus runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package obolus was installed 70 times last week.
How do I connect Obolus?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls obolus straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Obolus?
The pypi package obolus was installed 70 times in the last week. Week over week that is -15%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Obolus open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.