nostr-bray
nostr-bray
Trust-aware Nostr MCP for AI and humans. 253 tools across 28 groups. Model-agnostic. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP client.
Quick Start
Install globally or run via npx:
npm install -g nostr-brayNew to Nostr? Mint a key first -- this works before anything is configured and prints your npub plus a 24-word mnemonic (write it down; it is the key):
npx nostr-bray createAdd to your MCP client config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"nostr": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["nostr-bray"],
"env": {
"NOSTR_SECRET_KEY": "nsec1...",
"NOSTR_RELAYS": "wss://relay.damus.io,wss://nos.lol"
}
}
}
}Then ask your AI to call whoami to verify it works.
For production use, prefer Heartwood or any NIP-46 bunker (your key never leaves your signing device):
{
"mcpServers": {
"nostr": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["nostr-bray"],
"env": {
"BUNKER_URI": "bunker://...",
"NOSTR_RELAYS": "wss://relay.damus.io,wss://nos.lol"
}
}
}
}Auth tiers (best to worst)
Tier | Method | Key exposure |
Heartwood | Dedicated signing appliance ( | Key never leaves the signing device. Supports nsec-tree derivation, per-client permissions, and device-backed attestations. |
Software bunker | Any NIP-46 bunker ( | Key held by a separate process. Never seen by bray. |
ncryptsec | NIP-49 encrypted key ( | Key encrypted at rest, decrypted in memory at startup. |
Key file | File path ( | Key on disk, read once, env var deleted. |
Env var | Inline secret ( | Key visible in process environment. Use only for development. |
Related MCP server: nwc-mcp
Tool Groups
Group | Tools | Key examples |
Identity | 16 |
|
Social | 15 |
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Direct Messages | 4 |
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Trust | 22 |
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Dispatch | 13 |
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Relay | 13 |
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Moderation | 16 |
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Marketplace | 16 |
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Safety | 14 |
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Blossom | 10 |
|
Privacy | 10 |
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Zap | 9 |
|
Vault | 9 |
|
Workflow | 7 |
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Signet | 7 |
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Communities | 5 |
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Badges | 4 |
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Groups (NIP-29) | 20 |
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Articles | 3 |
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Calendar | 3 |
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Wiki | 3 |
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Search | 3 |
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Scheduling | 4 |
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Community NIPs | 2 |
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Utility | 20 |
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Sync (NIP-77) | 1 |
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Handler | 2 |
|
Catalog | 2 |
|
Use search-actions to find tools by keyword, then execute-action to run them.
Protocol foundations: semantic event validation, NIP-77 reconciliation, and relay-scoped NIP-29 groups.
Dispatch: AI-to-AI Collaboration
Dispatch lets AI agents collaborate over encrypted Nostr DMs. Any MCP-capable client can send structured tasks to other agents and receive results back.
13 message types: send, check, reply, ack, status, cancel, refuse, failure, query, propose, capability-publish, capability-discover, capability-read.
NIP-89 capability discovery: Agents publish what they can do. Other agents discover capabilities by topic, then route tasks to the right collaborator automatically.
dispatch-send("alice", "think", "Analyse the trade-offs of NIP-44 vs NIP-04")
dispatch-check() → inbox with pending tasks
dispatch-reply(taskId, result) → send results back encryptedAll messages are NIP-44 encrypted. Recipients are resolved by name, NIP-05, npub, or hex.
Identity Resolver
Every tool that accepts a recipient uses universal identity resolution. You never need to look up hex pubkeys manually.
Accepted formats:
Name --
"alice"(resolved from your dispatch contacts)NIP-05 --
"alice@example.com"(HTTP lookup)npub --
"npub1abc..."(NIP-19 decode)Hex --
"a1b2c3..."(64-character passthrough)
Scheduled Posting
Sign events now, publish later. Events are signed immediately with your current key, then held in a queue until the scheduled time.
post-schedule("Good morning!", "2026-04-01T08:00:00Z")
post-queue-list() → view pending scheduled posts
post-queue-cancel(id) → cancel before it publishesNIP Coverage
nostr-bray implements or integrates the following NIPs:
NIP | What |
NIP-01 | Events, signing, relay protocol |
NIP-02 | Follow lists |
NIP-05 | DNS identity (lookup, verify, relay hints) |
NIP-09 | Event deletion |
NIP-11 | Relay information |
NIP-17 | Private DMs (gift wrap, default) |
NIP-19 | bech32 encoding (npub, nsec, nprofile, nevent, naddr) |
NIP-23 | Long-form articles (kind 30023) |
NIP-22 | Schema-correct comments for group forums |
NIP-29 | Relay-scoped groups, chat, forums, invitations and administration |
NIP-32 | Labels |
NIP-40 | Expiration tags |
NIP-42 | Relay auth |
NIP-44 | Encrypted payloads v2 |
NIP-45 | Event counts |
NIP-46 | Nostr Connect (bunker) |
NIP-49 | Private key encryption (ncryptsec) |
NIP-50 | Search |
NIP-51 | Lists (mute, pin, follow sets, bookmarks) |
NIP-52 | Calendar events |
NIP-54 | Wiki pages |
NIP-57 | Lightning zaps |
NIP-58 | Badges |
NIP-65 | Relay list metadata |
NIP-72 | Communities |
NIP-77 | Negentropy ID reconciliation with truthful REQ fallback |
NIP-78 | Application-specific data |
NIP-85 | Trust rankings |
NIP-89 | Recommended applications (dispatch capability discovery) |
NIP-96 | HTTP file storage (Blossom) |
NIP-99 | Classified listings |
NIP-A7 | Spells (kind 777 — cast saved queries) |
NIP-VA | Verifiable attestations (kind 31000) |
Configuration
Config file (recommended)
Create ~/.config/bray/config.json (or ~/.nostr/bray.json):
{
"bunkerUriFile": "/Users/you/.nostr/bunker-uri",
"relays": ["wss://relay.damus.io", "wss://nos.lol"],
"trustMode": "annotate"
}Secrets are referenced by file path (bunkerUriFile, secretKeyFile, nwcUriFile) so they never appear in the config itself.
Search order: BRAY_CONFIG env var > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bray/config.json > ~/.nostr/bray.json.
Environment variables
Variable | Description |
| Path to config file |
| NIP-46 bunker URL (safest) |
| Path to bunker URI file |
| nsec, hex, or BIP-39 mnemonic |
| Path to secret key file |
| NIP-49 encrypted key |
| Password for ncryptsec |
| Comma-separated relay URLs |
| SOCKS5h proxy for Tor |
| Set |
|
|
| HTTP port (default 3000) |
All secret env vars are deleted from process.env immediately after parsing.
CLI
npx nostr-bray whoami # show your npub
npx nostr-bray post "hello from bray!" # publish a note
npx nostr-bray persona work # derive a work persona
npx nostr-bray prove blind # create a linkage proof
npx nostr-bray --help # see all commandsDocumentation
Usage Guide -- walkthroughs for identity, DMs, attestations, payments, and duress
Examples -- MCP config files and CLI workflow scripts
Contributing -- setup, architecture, testing, and conventions
For AI Assistants
See llms.txt for a concise summary optimised for AI context windows, or llms-full.txt for complete tool documentation with parameter details.
Part of the ForgeSworn Toolkit
ForgeSworn builds open-source cryptographic identity, payments, and coordination tools for Nostr.
Library | What it does |
Deterministic sub-identity derivation | |
SAG/LSAG ring signatures on secp256k1 | |
Pedersen commitment range proofs | |
Coercion-resistant spoken verification | |
Human-speakable verification tokens | |
L402 payment middleware | |
Geohash toolkit with polygon coverage | |
NIP-VA verifiable attestations | |
Epoch-based encrypted access control | |
Privacy-preserving Web of Trust |
Licence
MIT
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