zap-make-invoice
Generate a Lightning invoice via NWC to receive payments.
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What zap-make-invoice does on Nostr Bray
AI agents use zap-make-invoice to commit financial operations through Nostr Bray, usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
Why zap-make-invoice is rated Critical
This tool initiates financial operations by generating Lightning Network invoices for receiving payments. While generating an invoice doesn't directly move funds, it creates financial obligations and payment requests that are part of the Bitcoin/Lightning financial infrastructure. Misuse could lead to fraudulent payment solicitation or financial manipulation, warranting a Financial classification with high severity.
From the tool's definition Generate a Lightning invoice via NWC to receive payments
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The rule that runs zap-make-invoice safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Nostr Bray, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For zap-make-invoice, this is the rule to start with:
Any call to zap-make-invoice is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Nostr Bray, apply this rule, and every zap-make-invoice call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about zap-make-invoice
Generate a Lightning invoice via NWC to receive payments. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Nostr Bray MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Nostr Bray MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for zap-make-invoice: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Nostr Bray. Nothing to install.
zap-make-invoice is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the zap-make-invoice rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for zap-make-invoice. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
zap-make-invoice is provided by the Nostr Bray MCP server (nostr-bray). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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