Charge AI agents per-call without accounts. PoW solve = free tier, Lightning = paid tier.
Your MCP server returns 429 when agents pound it. captcha-mcp makes them earn their next call instead. Hand the agent a proof-of-work puzzle (free, ~5s of CPU) or a 3-sat Lightning invoice — both are machine-readable backoff signals an autonomous caller can satisfy without an account, email, or API key. Three tools over stdio or HTTP. Stdlib only. No signup, free fallback, self-hosted, no revenue…
Verification confirms publisher identity (repo ownership), not code safety. The security scan covers known CVEs and suspicious install scripts — it cannot prove the absence of malicious code.
Your MCP server returns 429 when agents pound it. captcha-mcp makes them earn their next call instead. Hand the agent a proof-of-work puzzle (free, ~5s of CPU) or a 3-sat Lightning invoice — both are machine-readable backoff signals an autonomous caller can satisfy without an account, email, or API key. Three tools over stdio or HTTP. Stdlib only. No signup, free fallback, self-hosted, no revenue share. 429 Too Many Requests is the wrong shape for the agent era. Three patterns recur across MCP…