Cinderwright MCP Server

x402 Discovery Hub. Agent economy search engine. 1450+ services.

Local serverstdio

What is the Cinderwright MCP server?

Cinderwright MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. x402 Discovery Hub. Agent economy search engine. 1450+ services.

What you get

An AI agent with a USDC balance can now call any Lightning-gated (L402) service. We detect the protocol, route the payment, and return the data. The agent never knows which protocol settled.

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: CW_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Setting it up

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at cinderwright on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

Choosing this one

This sits in the search and retrieval group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by cinderwright-ai; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Cinderwright's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the cinderwright mcp server does with a few real requests.

How to install the Cinderwright MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cinderwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cinderwright-mcp-server"],
      "env": { "CW_KEY": "sk_cw_your_key_here" }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
CW_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Frequently asked questions

It connects Cinderwright to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Cinderwright directly.