# Coal — Payments for AI agents MCP Server

Payment rails for AI agents. Pay merchants in USDC on Base. Dual-protocol: x402 + OKX APP.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-13 and the server listed 13 tools directly. Verified.

## At a glance

**Source code:** [Open repository](https://github.com/emmanuel39hanks/coal)

**GitHub popularity:** 1 stars on [emmanuel39hanks/coal](emmanuel39hanks/coal), recorded 2026-09-14.

## Status

Pod connected to Coal — Payments for AI agents on 2026-09-13. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 1721ms.

It identifies itself as `coal-commerce` version 1.3.0, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 13 tools when it connected:

- `discover_merchants`
- [`search_products`](/mcp/tool/search-products)
- `get_merchant_profile`
- `query_merchant_memory`
- `check_paywall`
- `create_checkout`
- `get_checkout_status`
- `verify_receipt`
- `get_0g_health`
- `agent_wallet_status`
- `pay_merchant`
- `download_product`
- `setup_instructions`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.usecoal.xyz/api/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coal-payments-for-ai-agents": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.usecoal.xyz/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

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<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find Coal — Payments for AI agents, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "Coal — Payments for AI agents",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

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```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=Coal — Payments for AI agents' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/coal-payments-for-ai-agents.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/coal-payments-for-ai-agents.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

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