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MCP L402 Gate MCP Server

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MCP L402 Gate runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 48 installs a week from npm. Last commit 10 May 2026.

L402 Lightning paywall + DoI score gate for MCP tools: challenge, verify, score.

Installs per day peak 14 · avg 7 · +68% w/w
a month agotoday
48
Installs / week
npm · @powforge/mcp-l402-gate
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Stars
0 open issues
10 May 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
License
JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 18 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] bin/demo.js:1
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет

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-l402-gate -- npx -y @powforge/mcp-l402-gate
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-l402-gate": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@powforge/mcp-l402-gate"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-l402-gate]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@powforge/mcp-l402-gate"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-l402-gate": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@powforge/mcp-l402-gate"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-l402-gate": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@powforge/mcp-l402-gate"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: POW_GATE_URL (PowForge L402 gate base URL. Defaults to public production endpoint when running via npx; override for self-hosted or local dev.), ORACLE_URL (PowForge Depth-of-Identity oracle base URL. Used by l402_gate_score for pubkey lookups. Defaults to public production endpoint.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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MCP L402 Gate — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP L402 Gate?
MCP L402 Gate 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 @powforge/mcp-l402-gate was installed 48 times last week.
How do I connect MCP L402 Gate?
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 @powforge/mcp-l402-gate straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MCP L402 Gate?
The npm package @powforge/mcp-l402-gate was installed 48 times in the last week. Week over week that is +68%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MCP L402 Gate open source?
We cannot say either way: written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.