Payman MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides seamless integration with Payman AI's payment APIs, allowing AI assistants to create payees

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What is the Payman MCP MCP server?

If you already use Payman MCP, the payman mcp mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides seamless integration with Payman AI's payment APIs, allowing AI assistants to create payees, search for existing payees, send payments, and check balances through natural language.

What the server does

This MCP server exposes Payman AI's payment functionality as tools that can be used by LLM applications such as Claude. It enables AI assistants to perform the following operations:

  • Secure API Authentication — Manage API keys securely within the session
  • Multiple Payee Types —
  • TEST_RAILS payees for testing
  • US_ACH payees for US bank transfers
  • CRYPTO_ADDRESS payees for cryptocurrency transactions
  • Payment Operations —

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • Parameters — - apiKey (string): The Payman API key

Installation

@smithery/cli on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Credentials and setup notes

Where it fits

Plenty of payments and commerce servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Payman MCP's toolset — Parameters — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by hrishi0102; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Worth knowing first

  • 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.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Parameters- apiKey (string): The Payman API key

How to install the Payman MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "payman": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

Example prompts to try

  • Use Payman MCP to Parameters.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Payman MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Parameters) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Payman MCP directly.