Hashlock MCP Server

@hashlock-tech/mcp

Hashlock Markets — the settlement layer for the agent economy, as MCP tools. Non-custodial cross-chain OTC: sealed RFQ + price negotiation + HTLC atomic settlement — both legs settle or both refund; no bridge, no custodian, no counterparty risk. BTC ↔ EVM / TRON.

⚠️ Testnets only for now (Ethereum Sepolia · TRON Nile · Bitcoin signet). Mainnet comes after the security-hardening gate — do not send real funds.

What is this?

The canonical Model Context Protocol server for Hashlock Markets. It gives AI agents (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, any MCP client) the full OTC trading loop:

1. Browse the asset registry and the public RFQ board
2. Post a public RFQ or a private fixed-price order (shareable link)
3. Respond to requests with a price; negotiate (counter / accept / decline) in the deal thread
4. Agree — both parties accept → an HTLC swap is created
5. Track settlement — who funded, timelocks, tx hashes — and manage receive/refund addresses

Settlement signing (funding and claiming the HTLCs) stays with your own wallet — the server never holds keys or funds. The swap secret is generated locally on your machine and only its sha256 hashlock is sent; retrieve it with get_deal_secret when it's time to claim.

Two ways to run

• Local (stdio) — the npm package below. You run it on your machine with your own keys; it can settle autonomously (SIWE login + on-chain signing with HASHLOCK_*_KEY). Full trust in yourself.
• Remote (hosted, Streamable HTTP) — a public URL (https://dev.hashlock.markets/mcp) anyone can add from Claude / ChatGPT / any MCP client; one-click OAuth, no install. Multi-tenant, so it is strictly non-custodial: settlement returns unsigned transactions you sign with your own wallet, and the server never holds keys or your swap preimage. See Remote (hosted) below.

Install

Local stdio via npx (Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf mcpServers config):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hashlock": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@hashlock-tech/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "HASHLOCK_EVM_KEY": "0x<agent EVM key (TESTNET!)>",
        "HASHLOCK_TRON_KEY": "<agent TRON key, 64-hex (optional)>",
        "HASHLOCK_BTC_KEY": "<agent BTC WIF, signet (optional)>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Auth — autonomous, per chain

The agent owns its key(s); the server does the login itself (nonce → sign → JWT, refreshed on expiry). The first configured key (EVM → TRON → BTC) mints the session; each key also signs settlement on its chain.

With none set, read-only tools (list_assets, list_open_rfqs, get_rfq) still work. Use dedicated testnet keys.

Other env: HASHLOCK_API_URL (default https://dev.hashlock.markets/api), HASHLOCK_APP_URL (share links; default derived), HASHLOCK_EVM_RPC (default a public Sepolia RPC), HASHLOCK_TRON_HOST (default Nile), HASHLOCK_SECRETS_PATH (default ~/.hashlock/mcp-secrets.json, mode 0600).

Remote (hosted)

The same server also runs as a remote MCP over Streamable HTTP so anyone can connect by URL — no install. This is the multi-tenant, non-custodial surface: browse, RFQ, negotiate, and get unsigned fund/claim/refund transactions you sign with your own wallet (there is no autonomous key-in-env signing and no server-side secret storage here — you supply your own hashlock and keep your own preimage).

Connect from a client: add the server URL. Nothing else — the client discovers that it needs authorization, sends you to Hashlock to sign in and approve, and receives its own key:

URL: https://dev.hashlock.markets/mcp

The grant then appears under Developers as an ordinary API key and can be revoked there at any time. Clients that do not speak OAuth can still send a key they created themselves as Authorization: Bearer hk_….

Standard OAuth 2.1, so any compliant MCP client drives it unattended:

Codes are single-use and expire in 60 seconds; redirect URIs are allowlisted, with loopback permitted per RFC 8252. The issued token IS the API key, so a grant is revocable from the same list as every other key.

Testnets only until the hardening gate.

Run the hosted service yourself:

docker build -t hashlock-mcp-http .
docker run -p 8080:8080 -e HASHLOCK_V1_URL=https://api-dev.hashlock.markets/v1 hashlock-mcp-http
# or, from source:
pnpm build && HASHLOCK_V1_URL=https://api-dev.hashlock.markets/v1 PORT=8080 pnpm start:http

Env: HASHLOCK_V1_URL (developer-API base, default https://api.hashlock.markets/v1) · PORT (default 8080). Put it behind your reverse proxy at /mcp; GET /health is a liveness probe.

Tools (16)

Amounts are human decimal strings ("0.5"); prices are the total quote-asset amount, not per-unit. Errors return a structured envelope { error: { code, is_retryable, recovery_hint } } agents can branch on.

Fully autonomous loop

With a key set for each chain a swap touches, an agent can run end to end with no human: create_rfq/respond_to_rfq → negotiate (accept) → set_settlement_address (both chains) → fund_leg → claim_leg. Funding/claiming is signed locally with the agent's keys; the swap secret is generated + stored locally and only its hashlock leaves the machine. Use dedicated testnet keys.

How atomic settlement works

Both parties lock funds in HTLCs bound to the same sha256(secret) hashlock — BTC as a P2WSH script, EVM/TRON as contracts. The initiator funds the long-timelock leg first (asymmetric timelocks, so nobody gets a free option). Claiming one leg reveals the secret on-chain, which unlocks the other leg. Either both legs settle, or both refund after their timelocks. The recipient of each leg is fixed at funding time — revealing the secret cannot redirect funds.

Development

pnpm install
pnpm run build    # tsup → dist/
pnpm run lint     # tsc --noEmit
pnpm test         # vitest

Node ≥ 20. MIT.