About Lumen Agent Utilities
Lumen Agent Utilities is a remote MCP server offering agents transaction and payment decoding alongside web and public-data lookups. Its tools cover EVM data, domain records, research search, weather, and more, with a limited free tier and x402 pay-per-call access.
Key features
- 01Decode x402 payment messages
- 02Decode EIP-712 and calldata
- 03Look up EVM addresses and domains
- 04Extract web pages as Markdown
- 05Search PubMed, arXiv, and SEC filings
- 06Retrieve weather and market data
Use cases
- 01Review a transaction before signing
- 02Inspect an x402 payment response
- 03Extract readable content from a web page
- 04Find research papers or SEC filings
MCP support
The remote MCP endpoint exposes tools for payment checks, transaction decoding, web extraction, address and domain lookup, and public-data queries. Calls have a free hourly allowance; subsequent calls return x402 payment requirements.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://lumenworks-x402-decoder.onrender.com/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http dansgit2b-lumenworks-decoder https://lumenworks-x402-decoder.onrender.com/mcp{"mcpServers":{"dansgit2b-lumenworks-decoder":{"type":"http","url":"https://lumenworks-x402-decoder.onrender.com/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"dansgit2b-lumenworks-decoder":{"type":"http","url":"https://lumenworks-x402-decoder.onrender.com/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"dansgit2b-lumenworks-decoder":{"type":"http","url":"https://lumenworks-x402-decoder.onrender.com/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"dansgit2b-lumenworks-decoder":{"serverUrl":"https://lumenworks-x402-decoder.onrender.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.
Tools
Details
From the project READMELumen Works Agent API (x402)
Two listings on one origin:
- Lumen Pre-Sign Check:
POST /v1/tx/explain($0.002). Use before signing any EVM transaction or EIP-712 message; returns{summary[], flags[], verdict}withlooks_ok | review | do_not_sign_unless_intended. Agent policy: abort ondo_not_sign_unless_intended, escalatereview. Informational, not a security guarantee; looks_ok does not mean safe; no simulation. Accuracy set and known limits: ACCURACY.md. MCP:/mcp/presign. - Lumen Agent Utilities: every other route below. MCP:
/mcp.
Trust terms: no signup; free tier 20 calls/hour/IP under /v1/free/...; GET/HEAD on any paid path returns the 402 quote (it never settles); not charged when a call errors, because the x402 middleware settles only after the handler returns a status below 400. Input schemas and real example outputs (examples.json, captured live by test/capture-examples.mjs) are in each route's Bazaar extension and in /openapi.json, validated with node test/validate-bazaar.mjs <base>.
Stats: /v1/stats has anonymous aggregates only (UA family, daily unique counts from salted daily-rotating IP hashes, 30-day retention). They persist across deploys when STATS_GIST_ID + STATS_GIST_TOKEN (a gist-only token) are set; otherwise they are kept in memory.
Pay-per-call agent utilities, 0.001–0.002 USDC per call on Base mainnet via x402 (exact scheme, PayAI public facilitator). Author: Dan (Dansgit2b). Early-stage, unaudited.
| Endpoint (POST JSON) | What |
|---|---|
/v1/x402/lint {header} | decode + lint x402 PAYMENT-REQUIRED/SIGNATURE/RESPONSE |
/v1/eip712/decode {typedData} | domain separator, digest, risk notes |
/v1/calldata/decode {data, signature?} | selector, openchain/4byte lookup, decoded args |
/v1/web/markdown {url, fullPage?, maxChars?} — $0.001 | public page → clean Markdown (Readability) + metadata. No JS rendering. |
/v1/web/unfurl {url} — $0.001 | final URL, status, title, description, OG image, canonical, favicon |
/v1/evm/address {address} (0x or ENS) — $0.002 | Ethereum+Base: ENS + records, EOA/contract/7702, balances, USDC/USDT, ERC-20 info (public RPC) |
/v1/domain/lookup {domain} — $0.002 | DNS (DoH) A/AAAA/MX/NS/TXT/CAA, SPF/DMARC, RDAP registrar/created/expiry, age |
Free tier: same paths under /v1/free/... (20/hour/IP). Discovery: /, /.well-known/x402, /openapi.json, /llms.txt.
payTo: 0xee9790cB3960952F585379F831a89b4e00B4029A.
End-to-end proof (local run, 2026-10-10): paid call settled on Base, tx 0xff4af45df7caeef958b77700e96ba94e5ed37d3bac6e8cf40d6528a9497d77d4.
Deploy: Render (render.yaml, free plan) or any Docker host (Dockerfile). Set PUBLIC_BASE to the public origin. No secrets needed (server only receives payments). License MIT.
MCP server
Remote MCP (streamable HTTP, stateless JSON): https://lumenworks-x402-decoder.onrender.com/mcp, with tools x402_lint, eip712_decode, calldata_decode, web_markdown, url_unfurl, evm_address_lookup and domain_lookup. Free tier: 20 tool calls/hour/IP. After that the tool returns the x402 payment requirements for the matching paid HTTP endpoint (0.001–0.002 USD).
Celo
When X402_CELO_API_KEY (from the x402.celo.org dashboard) is set, every paid route also accepts USA₮ and USDC on Celo (eip155:42220), settled through Celo's hosted facilitator at api.x402.celo.org.
Free x402 payment safety check
POST /v1/x402/safety-check (MCP tool x402_payment_safety_check) — deterministic pre-payment check. Body: {url?, method?, payment_required?, expected_pay_to?, expected_network?, max_price_usdc?, listed_price_usdc?, facilitator_url?, client_config?}. We fetch the unpaid 402 (SSRF-guarded) and return ok | review | do_not_pay with checks: HTTPS/health/latency, payTo validity/checksum/mismatch, unknown asset/network, price vs your cap and the listed price, timeout/replay window, multiple payTo, unknown facilitator, missing spend caps / idempotency in your client config. Nothing is stored; inputs that look like private keys are rejected. 30/hour/IP.
Planned (not built): continuous monitoring with alerts on price/payTo/asset changes. Free waitlist: POST /v1/monitoring/waitlist {endpoint_url, contact?} (5/hour/IP). No date promised; stored in memory/logs only on a free host, so it may be lost on restart.
Stats
GET /v1/stats — anonymous in-memory counters since last restart: calls per endpoint, unpaid 402s vs paid settlements (conversion), coarse user-agent buckets. No IPs or bodies stored.
v1.3: explain-before-you-sign + public-data tools
| Endpoint (POST) | Price | MCP tool | Upstream (free, no key) |
|---|---|---|---|
/v1/tx/explain | 0.002 | explain_before_sign | calldata (openchain/4byte) + EIP-712, risk flags |
/v1/pubmed/search | 0.001 | pubmed_search | NCBI E-utilities |
/v1/arxiv/search | 0.001 | arxiv_search | arXiv API |
/v1/sec/filings | 0.001 | sec_filings | SEC EDGAR (set SEC_USER_AGENT with a contact email per SEC policy) |
/v1/weather/forecast | 0.001 | weather_forecast | Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) |
/v1/polymarket/markets | 0.001 | polymarket_markets | Polymarket Gamma (read-only data) |
Free tier: /v1/free/<path> or MCP, 20 calls/hour/IP.
Facilitators
If CDP_API_KEY_ID and CDP_API_KEY_SECRET are set, Coinbase's CDP facilitator is used first. Settlements through it are what get the service indexed in the x402 Bazaar. The PayAI facilitator stays registered as the fallback. Without CDP keys, PayAI handles everything, as before.
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