Albyhub Admin MCP

Admin an Alby Hub Lightning node from an agent: info, balances, channels; safety-gated writes.

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Client Config & Setup

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Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "albyhub-admin-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "albyhub-admin-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

💡 Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Documentation Overview

albyhub-admin-mcp

Node-admin operations on your Alby Hub, exposed to an LLM agent. MCP server that wraps the Alby Hub HTTP API — read node info, balances, channels, NWC sub-wallets. Where NWC (nwc-mcp) ends (it's wallet-scoped), this server picks up: hub-wide on-chain balance, channel state, sub-wallet inventory.

v0.1 — defensive design. Alby Hub's admin API has evolved across versions and isn't publicly versioned in a stable way. So v0.1 ships one generic proxy tool that hits any path (the escape hatch) plus typed wrappers around a few well-established endpoints. If a typed wrapper's endpoint-guess fails against your Hub version, the proxy lets you discover the right path without re-shipping. v0.2 hardens the typed wrappers once smoke-tested against real Hubs.

The six tools

Tool	Method	Path	Purpose
`albyhub_proxy_request`	*	*	Generic HTTP proxy — escape hatch for any endpoint not yet wrapped.
`albyhub_confirm_request`	*	*	Two-step confirm dispatcher for proxy_request.
`albyhub_get_node_info`	GET	`/api/info`	Node identity, network, version.
`albyhub_get_balances`	GET	`/api/balances`	On-chain + Lightning aggregate balances.
`albyhub_list_apps`	GET	`/api/apps`	NWC connections (sub-wallets) provisioned on this hub.
`albyhub_list_channels`	GET	`/api/channels`	Lightning channels with status + capacities.

All typed wrappers are safe GETs. Non-GET behavior runs through albyhub_proxy_request, which is gated by ALBYHUB_READ_ONLY and ALBYHUB_REQUIRE_CONFIRM.

Requirements

Node 20+
A running Alby Hub instance (desktop app on http://localhost:8080, or self-hosted exposed somewhere)
An Alby Hub API token (Settings → Developer / Apps in the Hub UI)

Install

Terminal

npx -y albyhub-admin-mcp

Configure

bash

cp .env.example .env
# edit .env: set ALBYHUB_URL (default http://localhost:8080) + ALBYHUB_TOKEN

Required

Var	Purpose
`ALBYHUB_URL`	Base URL of your Hub. Default `http://localhost:8080`. Use HTTPS if exposed remotely.
`ALBYHUB_TOKEN`	API access token. Full-scope tokens can drain the hub's on-chain balance — scope down or use ALBYHUB_READ_ONLY=true if your audience matters.

Optional safety knobs

Var	Default	Purpose
`ALBYHUB_READ_ONLY`	`false`	Refuse all non-GET requests via `proxy_request`. Strongly recommended for first-time setup.
`ALBYHUB_REQUIRE_CONFIRM`	`false`	Two-step confirm for non-GET requests.
`ALBYHUB_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_MINUTE`	`30`	Rolling 60s rate limit.
`ALBYHUB_LOG_PATH`	`./albyhub-admin-mcp.log`	Server log.
`ALBYHUB_AUDIT_PATH`	`./albyhub-admin-mcp-audit.log`	Append-only JSON-line audit log.

What if my Hub returns 404 on the typed wrappers?

The endpoint path probably differs in your Hub version. Use albyhub_proxy_request to probe — try /api/node, /info, /api/v1/info, etc. Once you find the right path, you can pin it in your usage (and ping the maintainer to fix the typed wrapper in v0.2).

Code

agent: albyhub_proxy_request({ method: "GET", path: "/api/v1/info" })
→ { status: 200, body: { ... } }   // found it

Safety model

The proxy tool's pipeline:

ALBYHUB_READ_ONLY gate — non-GET requests blocked outright.
Rate limit — rolling 60s window on the requests bucket.
ALBYHUB_REQUIRE_CONFIRM gate — non-GET requests return a token; albyhub_confirm_request executes.
HTTP request — Bearer auth, 15s timeout (override via timeout_ms).
Audit log — every attempt (ok / blocked / error) as one structured JSON line.

GET-only convenience wrappers skip steps 1 + 3 (they're safe by construction) but still go through rate limit + audit.

Companion servers

nwc-mcp — wallet ops via NIP-47. Use this for per-sub-wallet spend; use albyhub-admin-mcp for hub-wide / node-level operations.
nostr-ops-mcp — NOSTR identity + publishing.
marketplace-mcp — NIP-15 marketplace storefront.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Contact / Issues

Built by LLMOps.Pro.

NOSTR: npub1hdg932jvwc3jdvkqywgqv0ue4nn60exrf92asy8mtazt3hjg7d2s2yw0nw — follow, DM, zap.
Lightning Address: sovereigncitizens@getalby.com — for support zaps and "this was useful" tips.
Bug reports / feature requests: open a GitHub issue (link forthcoming).
Security issues: please disclose privately via NOSTR DM before opening a public issue.

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Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "albyhub-admin-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "albyhub-admin-mcp"] } }

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