Alby MCP Server – Payments for Your AI Agent
Bringing Payments to Your AI agent
The Alby MCP server enables seamless bitcoin payments directly within AI chat interfaces, bridging the gap between AI agents and financial transactions. By leveraging NWC, it ensures seamless and secure wallet access.
AI tools like Claude, Cursor, Cline, Goose, and n8n are now able send, and receive payments or query transactions autonomously.
Despite its technical name our new NWC MCP server is built for anybody using AI tools today and particularly interesting for building payment-enabled chatbots, automating payment workflows, or integrating bitcoin payments into AI-native apps.
Ease of use makes it stand out
What really sets the Alby NWC MCP server apart is how easy it makes bitcoin payment integration for AI tools. Instead of dealing with local servers or complex setups, you can just drag and drop your wallet in any MCP enabled AI agent (e.g. N8N).
On top of that, wallet connections are handled via NWC, so you don’t need to worry about managing wallet access. It works best with Alby Hub where you can configure agent-specific permissions for more control and security. It’s a lightweight, plug-and-play solution that makes bitcoin-native AI agents a reality in one minute, not hours.
How to use it
Find instructions for Claude Desktop, Goose, N8N and Cline here.
Real-world Use-case Ideas
- Accounting & Reconciliation: An AI agent that tracks incoming and outgoing payments and helps with bookkeeping.
- Invoice workflow: A chatbot that sends invoices denominated in bitcoin. Perfect for coaches, consultants, or digital creators.
- Agent wallet: An agent that automatically sends a payment to unlock premium content, services, or tools (e.g.pay-per-use APIs, reports, or file downloads).
- Smarter gift card commerce: An AI agent that compares bitcoin gift card providers, finds the best cashback and automatically purchases the best option.
With payment capabilities baked in, AI agents become powerful tools for automating tasks and transactions. How would you like to use it?
Part of the Bigger Picture
Think of the Alby NWC MCP server as the way AI agents can speak bitcoin. Just like the Alby Browser Extension connects users to bitcoin apps online, this server connects AI agents and chat interfaces to lightning wallets in a simple, user-friendly way. It fits naturally into Alby’s product lineup—alongside tools like Alby Go, which brings bitcoin to the real world for mobile in-person payments, and the Alby JS SDK, which helps developers build seamless in-app payment experiences. Together, these tools make it easy to use bitcoin wherever you are and plug it into whatever you're building—on the web, in apps, in physical stores, or even inside AI-powered workflows and conversations.
Give it a try and let us know if we can help with your project.