Ligthning Network MCP server.
Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. 🌐 Lightning Network MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. Ligthning Network MCP server.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI models to interact with Lightning Network, allowing them to pay invoices.
The server publishes 1 tool. What each one is for:
pay_invoice — The pay_invoice tool exposed by this serverThe server ships on npm as @smithery/cli, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Configuration is passed through the environment: BITCOIN_LNBITS_NODE_URL, BITCOIN_LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY, BITCOIN_LNBITS_READ_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. 🌐 Lightning Network's toolset — pay_invoice — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by AbdelStark; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| pay_invoice | The pay_invoice tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"lightning": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"BITCOIN_LNBITS_NODE_URL": "your-value",
"BITCOIN_LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY": "your-value",
"BITCOIN_LNBITS_READ_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| BITCOIN_LNBITS_NODE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| BITCOIN_LNBITS_ADMIN_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| BITCOIN_LNBITS_READ_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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