Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools MCP Server

The permissionless communication supercharger for AI agents. 40+ tools paid with Bitcoin Lightning. No signup, no API keys, no KYC.

People who work with image, translate and video and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in JavaScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-10 · ★ 2 · #129 OF 318 MAINTAINED FINANCE · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · JavaScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add cnghockey-sats4ai-mcp-server --transport http https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cnghockey-sats4ai-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-17

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · remote - your agent's requests go to sats4ai.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package sats4ai-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.cnghockey is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can generate images from text prompts, generate videos from text prompts, generate songs with AI vocals, or an instrumental (structure tags, no words), and convert books (EPUB/PDF/TXT) to AI-narrated audiobooks.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools lets an agent do.

Image

6 tools - e.g. Generate images from text prompts; Animate a still image into video; Upscale images 2x/4x with Real-ESRGAN

image · video_from_image · upscale_image · colorize_image · deblur_image · image_edit

Translate

3 tools - e.g. Translate text across 119 languages; Translate into 452 languages frontier models don't serve - Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Manipuri, Quechua, Shan… each with a measured quality score; Translate a whole…

translate_text · translate_rare_language · translate_epub

run & execute

3 tools - e.g. Send email to any address; Send SMS worldwide; Send a fax worldwide (PDF URL or typed text)

send_email · send_sms · send_fax

delete

2 tools - e.g. Remove background from any image (BiRefNet, SOTA); Remove objects by description - no mask needed

remove_background · remove_object

Detect

2 tools - e.g. Classify image safety (normal/suggestive/explicit); Detect objects with bounding boxes (Grounding DINO)

detect_nsfw · detect_objects

read & search

2 tools - e.g. Browse available AI models and pricing; Get pricing for a specific model

list_models · get_model_pricing

Video

1 tool - e.g. Generate videos from text prompts

video

Text

1 tool - e.g. Chat with AI language models (Kimi K3, 1M context, vision)

text

Latest releases

v1.0.0 · 2026-03-13

Bitcoin-powered AI tools via MCP + Lightning Network micropayments. · 19 tools: image, video, music, speech, text generation, OCR, 3D models, file conversion, SMS, phone calls · Lightning Network payments via L402 · No…

04 · Who maintains Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools

Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools is maintained by cnghockey. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.

05 · Facts

category
finance - ranked #129 of 318 actively-maintained finance servers as of 2026-09-18.
registry
io.github.cnghockey/sats4ai (active, first published 2026-03-24 · 5 versions)
packages
npm:sats4ai-mcp

06 · Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools FAQ

Is Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-10. We re-verify nightly.

What can Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools do?

With this server connected, an agent can generate images from text prompts, generate videos from text prompts, generate songs with AI vocals, or an instrumental (structure tags, no words), and convert books (EPUB/PDF/TXT) to AI-narrated audiobooks.

How do I install Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools?

Run `npx -y sats4ai-mcp`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Sats4AI - Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-17; you can connect without credentials.

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