zap-send

SERVERNostr Bray SOURCEnostr-bray

Critical RISK CLASS

Category Financial

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Approval-gatedsee the rule below

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WHAT IT DOES

What zap-send does on Nostr Bray

AI agents use zap-send to commit financial operations through Nostr Bray, usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.

RISK

Why zap-send is rated Critical

Directly spends real Bitcoin via Lightning payment; irreversible financial transaction.

From the tool's definition Pay a BOLT-11 Lightning invoice... SPENDS REAL SATS

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs zap-send 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-send, this is the rule to start with:

zap-send Approval-gated

Any call to zap-send is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "zap-send": {
      "deny_if": [
        {
          "conditions": [],
          "on_deny": "Requires human approval."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

GATE THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Nostr Bray, apply this rule, and every zap-send call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about zap-send

What does the zap-send tool do? +

Pay a BOLT-11 Lightning invoice via Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC). SPENDS REAL SATS. Decodes the invoice and shows the amount first; set confirm: true to pay. When the MCP client supports elicitation the human is asked to approve the payment as well. bray\. 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.

How do I enforce a policy on zap-send? +

Register the Nostr Bray MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for zap-send: 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.

What risk level is zap-send? +

zap-send is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.

Can I rate-limit zap-send? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the zap-send 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.

How do I block zap-send completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for zap-send. 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.

What MCP server provides zap-send? +

zap-send 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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