About rustok-wallet
rustok-wallet connects LLM agents to the Rustok self-custody Ethereum wallet through an MCP server. Keys remain in a local Core keystore, while capability-gated tools support wallet access and transaction previews; the maintained console edition requires human approval for fund-moving transactions.
Key features
- 01MCP bridge to Rustok Gateway
- 02Local encrypted key storage
- 03Capability-gated wallet and preview tools
- 04Transaction simulation and risk assessment
- 05Append-only SQLite action log
Use cases
- 01Let an agent inspect wallet information
- 02Review a transaction before signing
- 03Require terminal approval for fund-moving transactions
MCP support
The MCP server bridges agents to Rustok Gateway, with stdio available for local use and a bearer-token-gated SSE transport. The console edition exposes wallet reading and transaction preview capabilities; fund-moving execution requires approval in a separate terminal.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/rustok-org/rustok-wallet:v0.4.2Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.
ghcr.io/rustok-org/rustok-wallet:v0.4.2stdioTools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMErustok-mcp
MCP Server for Rustok — connects Claude Desktop, Cursor, and cloud agents to the Rustok wallet via Gateway.
Two editions
Rustok ships two wallet products — pick the trust model you want:
rustok-wallet (agent edition) | rustok-wallet-tui (this repo) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who signs | the agent, unrestricted | you, in a separate terminal (rustok-console, y/N + PIN) |
| Where | rustokwallet.com · ClawHub · image ghcr.io/rustok-org/rustok-wallet | this repo (main) · ClawHub · image ghcr.io/rustok-org/rustok-wallet-tui |
| Line | 0.4.x (maintained from the wallet-v0.4.0 tag) | 0.5.x+ |
Install (rustok-wallet-tui, self-custody)
Install trusted cosign 3+ independently, then use the verify-before-execute bootstrap in the published release skill. It downloads over --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2, verifies the manifest signature and installer hash before running the installer. There is no pipe-to-shell path. The repository skill is an unfilled source template; install wallet binaries only from the generated release/listing package.
rustok init # you choose a 6-digit PIN; the recovery phrase prints once
rustok connect claude # read-only; also cursor / hermes / openclaw
rustok connect claude --force --capabilities read_wallet,preview_tx,execute_tx requires confirmation in the user's own terminal before expanding rights. Core policy and PIN remain separate from the capability grant. rustok update verifies a signed release and preserves explicit subsets; live sessions retain their old image/grants until a human restart. There are no hard-coded spending limits after the user acknowledges unlimited autonomy.
The wallet is one self-contained image (Core + Gateway + MCP over stdio + the
human-approval console); keys live only in a local container volume and never
leave your machine. Transactions that move funds are approved by a human in a
second terminal with rustok console — the agent cannot drive it.
Install as an agent skill
The wallet skill (skills/rustok-wallet-tui/)
installs straight from this repo:
# skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, and other agents) — https://skills.sh
npx skills add rustok-org/mcp
# Hermes Agent
hermes skills tap add rustok-org/mcp
hermes skills install rustok-org/mcp/rustok-wallet-tui
Both editions are on ClawHub as separate listings: the agent edition at
@temrjan/rustok-wallet, and the
console edition — the maintained one — at
@rustok/wallet, published as
Rustok Agentic Wallet.
Registries
- Official MCP Registry — the agent edition is published as
io.github.rustok-org/rustok-wallet(OCI packageghcr.io/rustok-org/rustok-wallet, stdio). A TUI-edition registry entry ships separately asio.github.rustok-org/rustok-wallet-tui. - ClawHub — two listings: the console edition (maintained) at
@rustok/wallet, and the agent edition at@temrjan/rustok-wallet.
Quick Start (Development)
# Install dependencies
uv sync --dev
# Run the server
uv run rustok-mcp
# Or run stdio transport
uv run rustok-mcp-stdio
Docker
docker build -t rustok-mcp .
docker run -p 127.0.0.1:3001:3001 -e RUSTOK_MCP_HOST=0.0.0.0 rustok-mcp
To run the full stack (MCP → Gateway → Core + Redis), use the compose file
in rustok-org/meta.
Authentication
The network-facing SSE transport is gated by a shared bearer token.
- Inbound (
RUSTOK_MCP_INBOUND_API_KEY) — clients must sendAuthorization: Bearer <token>to reach/mcp/sseand/mcp/message. Distinct from the outboundRUSTOK_MCP_API_KEY(MCP → Gateway). - Dev: leave it empty — the loopback flow stays open and the server logs a warning at startup.
- Prod: required. The token must travel in the request header, never in a
query string (query strings leak into access logs). Generate one with
openssl rand -hex 32. - The browser
EventSourceAPI cannot set headers and is not a supported client; use an MCP client that sends request headers. /healthis always public (used by the container healthcheck).- The local stdio transport is process-trusted and not gated.
⚠️ The MCP has no built-in brute-force / rate-limit protection. Terminate it behind the edge proxy (Caddy) with host-level rate limiting (see the
rustok-org/metadeploy docs); do not expose it to the internet directly.
What is Rustok?
Rustok is a self-custody AI-native crypto wallet. The MCP Server is a thin bridge between LLM agents and the Rustok Gateway — private keys never leave the Core service (they stay in the local keystore volume).
- Self-custody: keys are encrypted at rest (Argon2id + AES-256-GCM) and only decrypted inside Core on your machine.
- Capability-gated tools (
read_wallet/preview_tx/execute_tx): the stdio transport defaults to read-only (explicit grants useRUSTOK_MCP_CAPABILITIES); the network-facing SSE transport is bearer-gated. - No spending policy by design: no hard-coded limits, budgets, or blocklists —
you consciously accept the risk of funds on the agent wallet.
txguardsurfaces a risk level on preview but does not block. Opt-in limits may come later. - Chains:
RUSTOK_ALLOWED_CHAINSdecides which ones are shown (default1,8453,42161— Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum). Those read out of the box: the build carries two public nodes for each. Naming your own (RUSTOK_RPC_URLS_<id>, or an Alchemy key) replaces the carried list rather than joining it. Any node that reads a balance learns the address and the IP that asked — that is true of ours, yours, and your provider's alike. - Informed preview:
preview_transactionreturns the decoded call (who/what is authorized), a pre-sign simulation (revert check), gas, and a txguard risk level. Execution is not exposed as an MCP tool. - Audit logging: every action is append-only logged to SQLite in Core.
Documentation
License
This repository is licensed under MIT-0.
The warranty and liability terms it carries, and the limit of every safeguard this wallet advertises, are stated in full here: https://github.com/rustok-org/mcp/blob/main/DISCLAIMER.md
The Rustok Core wallet engine is a proprietary artifact built from the private rustok-org/core repository.
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