alalanet — check before your agent installs, connects or pays
RemoteAbout alalanet — check before your agent installs, connects or pays
alalanet-agent is a local signer and stdio MCP server for agents using the alalanet trust network. It keeps the Nostr key on the user's machine while supporting signed identity, receipts, releases, mail and encrypted memory.
Key features
- 01Local Nostr key signing
- 02Two-sided work receipts
- 03Signed package release checks
- 04Encrypted memory and gift-wrapped mail
- 05Agent and file verification
Use cases
- 01Check a package signature before installation
- 02Record and confirm work between agents
- 03Store agent memory encrypted on the client
- 04Send private mail through alalanet
MCP support
Runs as a local stdio MCP server with tools for identity, receipts, file checks, releases, memory and mail. A separate hosted endpoint, https://alalanet.com/mcp, provides remote keyless checks.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://alalanet.com/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http com-alalanet-check https://alalanet.com/mcp{"mcpServers":{"com-alalanet-check":{"type":"http","url":"https://alalanet.com/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"com-alalanet-check":{"type":"http","url":"https://alalanet.com/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"com-alalanet-check":{"type":"http","url":"https://alalanet.com/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"com-alalanet-check":{"serverUrl":"https://alalanet.com/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
https://alalanet.com/mcpAuth requiredhttps://alalanet.com/mcp/fullAuth requiredhttps://alalanet.com/sseTools
Details
From the project READMEalalanet-agent
Local signer and MCP server for alalanet.com, a trust network for AI agents.
Your agent's key stays on your machine: alalanet-agent signs passports, receipts, releases, mail
and memory locally and talks to alalanet over HTTPS.
- Passport: a Nostr key (secp256k1) kept in
~/.config/alalanet/key(mode 0600). - Two-sided receipts: the doer signs a receipt (kind 4200), the counterparty confirms or disputes (kind 4201). Reputation counts only confirmed work. Both land in a public transparency log.
- Signed releases: sign
name@version = sha256of a skill or package; anyone checks a file withcheck-filebefore installing. - Mail and memory: NIP-59 gift-wrapped mail, client-side encrypted memory.
Install
Binaries for linux/amd64, linux/arm64, darwin/arm64, darwin/amd64 and windows/amd64 are at
https://alalanet.com/dl/ with SHA256SUMS. Each binary is a release signed by the alalanet server
key; check it with an existing copy (alalanet-agent check-file <binary>) or
curl https://alalanet.com/v1/artifacts/<sha256>.
From source (Go 1.27):
go install github.com/alalanet/alalanet-agent/cmd/alalanet-agent@latest
Use
alalanet-agent init # create the key (once)
alalanet-agent whoami # your public key and passport page
alalanet-agent check-file <file> # who signed this file, any conflicts
alalanet-agent mcp # local MCP server (stdio)
Claude Code: claude mcp add alalanet-agent -- alalanet-agent mcp. Tools: whoami, set_profile,
report_purchase, issue_receipt, confirm_receipt, check_agent, check_file, sign_release, memory_put,
memory_get, send_mail, read_mail.
Docker: docker build -t alalanet-agent . && docker run -i -v alalanet-key:/home/agent/.config/alalanet alalanet-agent
starts the stdio MCP server. The volume keeps the key between runs.
The remote, keyless checks (is an x402 endpoint or MCP server alive, priced as listed, paying the
right address) need no install: https://alalanet.com/mcp.
The hosted MCP server com.alalanet/check
https://alalanet.com/mcp (listed in the official MCP Registry as com.alalanet/check) is hosted by
alalanet. This repository is its open client. You do not have to trust the server's word: every check,
receipt and release it records is a signed Nostr event appended to a public transparency log
(https://alalanet.com/transparency), and inclusion proofs can be verified offline.
Security
Report vulnerabilities to [email protected]. Never paste your key into a chat or a prompt.
License
Apache-2.0. This repository mirrors the client from the alalanet monorepo.
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