PayStage MCP Server

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PayStage runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Umbrella MCP: payment preflight, auth watch, HIP-3 trade preflight, velocity checks

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npm · @paystage/mcp

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2 Nov 2026

Last commit

5 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check PayStage every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp -- npx -y @paystage/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@paystage/mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@paystage/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: PAYSTAGE_POLICY_PATH (Path to policy.json spending rules), PAYSTAGE_RPC_URL (Base RPC URL override).

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PayStage — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for PayStage?

PayStage 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 npm package @paystage/mcp.

How do I connect PayStage?

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 @paystage/mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

Is PayStage open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 3 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.