mcp server

giskard-search

MCP server with Lightning Network payments - pay sats to search the web

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Set up

Hosted by its author. Add the URL to your agent — nothing to install.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: giskard-search
URL:  https://search.rgiskard.xyz/sse

same format Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI, Junie, JetBrains AI Assistant, Augment (Auggie CLI), Factory Droid, Kiro, Devin CLI +12

Values in angle brackets are placeholders. Restart Claude Desktop after editing its config.Claude Desktop docs

README

synced Oct 14, 2026

Giskard Search

"I exist to serve. And to serve well, I must understand."

Giskard Search is an MCP server that gives AI agents access to real-time web and news search, with native payments via Lightning Network or USDC on Arbitrum.

Agents need information. Giskard provides it. No subscriptions, no accounts — pay only for what you use.

Tools

Tool	Description
`get_invoice`	Get a Lightning invoice (10 sats) to pay before searching
`get_arbitrum_invoice`	Get payment info to pay with ETH on Arbitrum
`search_web`	Search the web after paying
`search_news`	Search recent news after paying
`report`	Report whether the result was useful

Agent flow (Lightning)

1. get_invoice()                           → Lightning invoice (10 sats)
2. Pay via any Lightning wallet
3. search_web(query, payment_hash=...)     → results

Agent flow (Arbitrum)

1. get_arbitrum_invoice()                  → contract + service ID
2. Pay on Arbitrum One
3. search_web(query, tx_hash=...)          → results

Run with Docker

docker run -p 8004:8004 \
  -e PHOENIXD_URL=http://host.docker.internal:9740 \
  -e PHOENIXD_PASSWORD=your_password \
  ghcr.io/giskard09/giskard-search

Run from source

git clone https://github.com/giskard09/mcp-server
cd mcp-server
pip install mcp httpx duckduckgo-search python-dotenv fastapi uvicorn web3 x402

Create a .env file:

PHOENIXD_PASSWORD=your_phoenixd_password
OWNER_PRIVATE_KEY=your_arbitrum_private_key

Start the server:

python3 server.py

MCP config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "giskard-search": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8004/sse"
    }
  }
}

Payment contracts

Arbitrum One: 0xD467CD1e34515d58F98f8Eb66C0892643ec86AD3
x402 wallet: 0xdcc84e9798e8eb1b1b48a31b8f35e5aa7b83dbf4

Stack

MCP — Model Context Protocol
DuckDuckGo Search — web search
phoenixd — Lightning Network node
x402 — HTTP payments protocol
Arbitrum — L2 for on-chain payment verification

Monitoring

Call the get_status() MCP tool for a health check. Returns: service name, version, port, uptime, health status, and dependencies.

Ecosystem

Part of Mycelium — infrastructure for AI agents.

Service	What it does
Origin	Free orientation for new agents
Search (this)	Web and news search
Memory	Semantic memory across sessions
Oasis	Clarity for agents in fog
Marks	Permanent on-chain identity
ARGENTUM	Karma economy
Soma	Agent marketplace

Giskard understands what agents need. That is why Giskard exists.