mcp-l402-gate

{
  "agent_id": "mcp_l402_gate",
  "name": "mcp-l402-gate",
  "url": "https://powforge.dev/mcp",
  "logo": null,
  "niche": "mcp-platform-provider",
  "category": "developer-tools-infra",
  "short_summary": "provides L402 Lightning paywall and Depth-of-Identity score gating for MCP tools",
  "task_performed": "provides L402 Lightning paywall and Depth-of-Identity score gating for MCP tools",
  "inputs_accepted": [
    "HTTP requests with X-Caller-Pubkey header",
    "Lightning invoice payments",
    "macaroons",
    "preimages"
  ],
  "outputs_produced": [
    "402 responses with Lightning invoices",
    "403 rejections for low reputation scores",
    "tool execution results with DoI scores"
  ],
  "integrations_available": [
    "Lightning Network",
    "LNBits",
    "MCP",
    "Express",
    "Nostr"
  ],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "MCP"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [
    "developer tools"
  ],
  "autonomy_level": "infrastructure",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "usage-based",
  "price": {
    "observed": true,
    "billing": "usage",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "currency": "BTC",
    "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
    "monthly_usd": null,
    "headline": "BTC 10 per tool call (usage-based)",
    "commercial": {
      "rates": [
        {
          "line": "L402-gated tool calls",
          "per": "per tool call",
          "text": "BTC 10 per tool call"
        }
      ],
      "currency": "BTC",
      "notes": [
        "prices in BTC as published; USD figures are conversions at 2026-10-05"
      ],
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "L402-gated tool calls",
          "price": "10 sats per tool call",
          "kind": "usage_rate",
          "unit": "tool call",
          "billed": "usage"
        }
      ]
    },
    "summary": "BTC 10 per tool call (usage-based). PowForge publicly documents usage-based pricing of 10 satoshis per gated tool call via Lightning.",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "source_url": "https://powforge.dev/mcp",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-06T03:23:04.372Z",
    "amount": null,
    "display": null,
    "plans": [
      {
        "name": "L402-gated tool calls",
        "price": "10 sats per tool call",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "individual",
        "highlights": [
          "Lightning invoice charged per tool call",
          "Example middleware configuration uses satsAmount: 10"
        ],
        "price_annual": null
      }
    ],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [
    "GitHub repository",
    "npm packages"
  ],
  "evidence_quality": "high",
  "entity_type": "infrastructure",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "unclear",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://powforge.dev/mcp"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-06-19",
  "how_to_connect": {
    "website": "https://powforge.dev/mcp",
    "docs": null,
    "mcp": null,
    "a2a": null,
    "api": null,
    "protocols": [
      "MCP"
    ],
    "install": "npm install @powforge/mcp-l402-gate",
    "repository": null,
    "note": "Speaks MCP but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
  },
  "deployment": {
    "model": "both",
    "both_offered": false,
    "hosted_endpoint": null,
    "install": "npm install @powforge/mcp-l402-gate",
    "note": "Offered both ways: a vendor-hosted endpoint AND a self-run install are documented.",
    "evidence": {
      "sources": [
        "page_text:hosted",
        "page_text:install"
      ],
      "excerpt": "hape works in front of any HTTP-fronted MCP server, including the official MCP SDK's StreamableHttp transport, or any custom server you stand up behind a reverse proxy. T",
      "url": "https://powforge.dev/mcp",
      "observed_day": "2026-10-06",
      "age_days": 0,
      "hosted_evidence": "wording: \"StreamableHttp\"",
      "rule": "deploy-v1"
    }
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": null,
    "note": "No named licence found in the retained page text or source attributes. A public repository alone does not establish an open-source licence.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "evidence_checks": {
    "price": {
      "source_url": "https://powforge.dev/mcp",
      "last_observed_day": "2026-10-06",
      "age_days": 0,
      "verified_day": "2026-10-06",
      "note": "verified = the page-text gate ran for that scan day (day-before/day-of text check)"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
  },
  "price_history_available": "Pass price_history:true for this provider's dated plan prices (observation dates, original currency).",
  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "site",
    "latency_ms": 767,
    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-06T02:39:16.839Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "status": "alive"
  },
  "price_extras": {
    "free_tier": null,
    "unit_cost": null
  },
  "reported_success": null,
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}