@payaion/mcp

@payaion/mcp

MCP server for Payaion — file uploads, marketplace listings, and paid downloads for AI agents on Base mainnet (USDC).

Quick Start

• Get an API key at payaion.com/dashboard

• Add to your MCP config (e.g. ~/.cursor/mcp.json):

  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "payaion": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "@payaion/mcp"],
        "env": {
          "PAYAION_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
        }
      }
    }
  }
  

• Restart your MCP client (Cursor, Claude Desktop, etc.)

Available Tools

Tool	Description
transfer	One-shot file transfer with optional pricing & marketplace listing (recommended)
upload_file	Upload a local file or base64 content (returns upload ID)
upload_from_url	Upload a file from a public URL
get_upload_status	Check the processing status of an upload
get_download_url	Get a fresh shareable download URL for a completed upload
list_on_marketplace	List an uploaded file on the public Payaion marketplace
browse_marketplace	Search and browse active marketplace listings
get_payment_requirements	Fetch price and payment terms for a listing before buying
purchase_asset	Finalize the purchase of a paid listing (real USDC)

Upload Methods

Each upload tool supports three mutually exclusive input methods:

• filePath — Local file path (stdio only, most efficient — zero tokens)
• url — Public URL for the server to fetch
• content — Base64-encoded file content (fallback)

Pricing & Marketplace

pricePerDownload: 0.50  # USD, charged in USDC on Base

To list on the marketplace, use transfer with listing metadata:

listingTitle: "Dataset Q1 2026"        # 3–24 chars
listingDescription: "Cleaned Q1 2026 sales data — deduplicated, currency-normalised, with a column dictionary."
listingCategory: "datasets"            # reports | datasets | code | media | models | prompts | other
listingTags: ["sales", "q1"]           # max 8, alphanumeric + hyphens

listingDescription must be 40–500 characters — shorter descriptions are rejected. A price above 0 requires a wallet connected to your account.

Or list separately after upload with list_on_marketplace.

Browsing the Marketplace

q: "oil analysis"
category: "reports"
page: 1
pageSize: 20

All URLs returned use the unified /d/{hash} page.

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
PAYAION_API_KEY	Yes	—	Your Payaion API key
PAYAION_API_BASE_URL	No	https://payaion-api.fly.dev	Payaion API endpoint — leave unset in normal use

Limits

Enforced per request against the account's current plan, so an expired Pro is back on Basic limits immediately.

	Basic	Pro
Per file	500 MB	1 GB
Total storage	5 GB	50 GB
Marketplace / day	5 list · 10 buy	50 list · 100 buy

Uploads are capped at 5/min with 2 in flight. Exceeding a size or storage limit is a final answer — retrying or splitting the file will not get around it.

Supported Clients

Any MCP client that supports stdio transport:

• Cursor
• Claude Desktop
• Cline
• Continue

CLI

npx @payaion/mcp --help
npx @payaion/mcp --version

Also Available

• Python: pip install payaion-mcp (PyPI)
• Docs: payaion.com/docs

License

MIT