PipRail

io.github.piprail/mcp

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
1 secret
★ 9 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-09-09
Health score 64

About PipRail

PipRail is an MCP server published by the GitHub account piprail. Budget-bound x402 payment wallet for AI agents — pays HTTP 402 URLs, capped locally. No backend.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package @piprail/mcp at version 0.10.0.

It asks for one secret: PIPRAIL_PRIVATE_KEY. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 0.10.0 was published on 9 September 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`PIPRAIL_PRIVATE_KEY`	No	Yes	Your wallet's private key/seed for the chosen chain. Optional: omit it to run read-only (discover/quote/register/budget/guide); set it to let the agent pay. Stays on your machine; the spend policy caps every payment.
`PIPRAIL_CHAIN`	No	No	Chain to pay on (default: base).
`PIPRAIL_CHAINS`	No	No	Pay across several chains (instead of PIPRAIL_CHAIN): a comma-separated list, e.g. base,polygon,solana. Give each its own PIPRAIL_<CHAIN>_KEY (+ optional PIPRAIL_<CHAIN>_RPC_URL). The agent pays whichever chain a 402 asks for — the first listed that can settle — under one shared budget.
`PIPRAIL_MAX_AMOUNT`	No	No	Max spend per single payment, in token units (default: 0.10).
`PIPRAIL_MAX_TOTAL`	No	No	Lifetime spend cap per token, in token units (default: 10.00).
`PIPRAIL_MAX_TOTAL_DENOM`	No	No	Cross-token GRAND TOTAL: one spend cap per denomination across every stablecoin and chain, e.g. USD:20.00,EUR:5.00. Not a price oracle — sums tokens of the same unit, each counted 1:1. Native coins are excluded.
`PIPRAIL_MAX_PAYMENTS`	No	No	Lifetime cap on the NUMBER of payments, across every chain + token (e.g. 100).
`PIPRAIL_MAX_PAYMENTS_PER_WINDOW`	No	No	Cap on the number of payments within PIPRAIL_WINDOW_SECONDS (a rolling rate limit; set PIPRAIL_WINDOW_SECONDS too).
`PIPRAIL_WARN_AT_FRACTION`	No	No	Emit an early-warning event when spend crosses this fraction of any cap, e.g. 0.8 (80%). Needs PIPRAIL_EVENT_LOG to be visible.
`PIPRAIL_SPEND_LOG`	No	No	Path to a local append-only spend log. When set, the budget (lifetime, grand total, counts) SURVIVES a restart — hydrated from this file. No backend; you own the file.
`PIPRAIL_EVENT_LOG`	No	No	Mirror payment events (settled / declined / budget-threshold) as one-line JSON to 'stderr' or a file path — the operator's notification stream. Default: off.
`PIPRAIL_TOKENS`	No	No	Comma-separated allowed token symbols, plus the alias 'native' for the chain's coin (default: USDC).
`PIPRAIL_SCHEMES`	No	No	Comma-separated payment schemes to settle (default: onchain-proof). Add 'exact' (onchain-proof,exact) to also pay standard x402 servers GASLESS on EVM + Solana (method auto-selected). Add 'upto' to also pay metered x402 servers on EVM (Permit2): sign a MAX, the server settles the actual <= max.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/piprail/piprail
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 1 secret: PIPRAIL_PRIVATE_KEY
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account piprail
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	@piprail/mcp@0.10.0 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 8 files in @piprail/mcp@0.10.0: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 8 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 64 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity13 / 40

9 GitHub stars, 176 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity21 / 25

Last push 2026-09-10, last release 2026-09-10, 46 commits in 90 days.

Issue health9 / 15

8 closed of 13 issues.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

3 forks, 112 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.piprail/mcp`
Publisher	GitHub account piprail
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account piprail. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `@piprail/mcp` 0.10.0 (stdio)
Version	0.10.0
Published	2026-09-09
Last updated	2026-09-09
Source repository	https://github.com/piprail/piprail
Website	https://piprail.com/mcp
Category	Finance & payments (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@piprail/mcp@0.10.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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For people and their AI

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