Agentpay runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 43 installs a week from npm.
Spending controls for AI agents: per-agent budgets, vendor allowlists, full audit trail.
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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 mcp add agentpay -e 'AGENTPAY_API_KEY=<AGENTPAY_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @agentpay-run/mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"agentpay": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@agentpay-run/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"AGENTPAY_API_KEY": "<AGENTPAY_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.agentpay]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@agentpay-run/mcp-server"]
env = { AGENTPAY_API_KEY = "<AGENTPAY_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"agentpay": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@agentpay-run/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"AGENTPAY_API_KEY": "<AGENTPAY_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"agentpay": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@agentpay-run/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"AGENTPAY_API_KEY": "<AGENTPAY_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<AGENTPAY_API_KEY> (AgentPay wallet API key (ap_test_... or ap_live_...). Generate at https://agentpay.run/dashboard).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
AGENTPAY_BASE_URL (Override for self-hosted or local dev. Defaults to https://agentpay.run).
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