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ProvenPaid runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 653 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 11 Oct 2026.

Check an x402 endpoint before your agent pays it: challenge validity and on-chain payer evidence.

Installs per day peak 556 · avg 21
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653
Installs / week
pypi · provenpaid-mcp
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11 Oct 2026
Last commit
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MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 54 min ago · rules ccca72095570

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.

    env = dict(os.environ if env is None else env)

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

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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 mcp -- uvx provenpaid-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "args": [
        "provenpaid-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["provenpaid-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "args": [
        "provenpaid-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "args": [
        "provenpaid-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: PROVENPAID_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY (Optional. Private key of a dedicated low-balance wallet holding USDC on Base, used only to sign payments after the 10 free checks. Not needed to try it.), PROVENPAID_DAILY_LIMIT (Maximum paid checks per UTC day (default 20).), PROVENPAID_MAX_PRICE_USD (Refuse checks priced above this (default 0.01, hard ceiling 0.10).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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ProvenPaid — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for ProvenPaid?
ProvenPaid 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 provenpaid-mcp was installed 653 times last week.
How do I connect ProvenPaid?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls provenpaid-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use ProvenPaid?
The pypi package provenpaid-mcp was installed 653 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is ProvenPaid open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT 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.