What is privy-mcp-server CLAUDE.md?

Project instructions for an MCP server that connects Claude and other compatible clients to Privy's authentication and wallet APIs. MCP is a standard way for AI clients to call tools, and this server exposes more than 50 Privy operations.

Use them when developing or operating the server, including building its TypeScript code, starting it, configuring environment variables, or testing it with MCP Inspector.

They explain how to build, run, configure, and inspect the server without having to rediscover its commands or required credentials.

How privy-io/privy-mcp-server configures Claude Code

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to privy-io/privy-mcp-server. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/privy-io/privy-mcp-server/main/CLAUDE.md

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/privy-io/privy-mcp-server

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 1,166 This file is loaded in full into every session.

When invoked 1,166 The same file — it is already loaded in full.

Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.

Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.

Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.01166	$0.01166
Opus 5.5	$0.00466	$0.00466
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00233	$0.00233
Haiku 4.5	$0.00117	$0.00117

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 4b10bfb78251, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

privy-mcp-server CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 165 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 165 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Privy's authentication and wallet management APIs. It exposes 50+ Privy API operations as MCP tools that can be used by Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and other MCP-compatible clients.

Development Commands

Build & Development

# Build TypeScript to JavaScript
npm run build

# Watch mode for development
npm run dev

# Start the MCP server
npm start

# Test with MCP Inspector tool
npm run inspector

Environment Setup

# Copy and configure environment variables
cp .env.example .env

Required environment variables:

PRIVY_APP_ID - Your Privy app ID
PRIVY_APP_SECRET - Your Privy app secret
PRIVY_API_BASE_URL - Privy API base URL (default: https://api.privy.io/v1)
PRIVY_AUTHORIZATION_PRIVATE_KEY - Optional, for operations requiring authorization signatures

Architecture

Core Components

src/index.ts - MCP Server & Privy Client

Contains the main PrivyClient class that handles all Privy API interactions
Implements authorization signature generation for sensitive operations (key quorums, policies, wallet RPC)
Uses canonicalizeJson() method for RFC 8785 JSON canonicalization
Sets up MCP server with stdio transport
Entry point that validates environment and starts the server

src/tools.ts - Tool Definitions

Exports getAllTools() which returns all 50+ tool definitions
Each tool has name, description, and inputSchema
Tool categories: wallet management, user management, policies, key quorums, transactions

src/handlers.ts - Tool Execution

Exports handleToolCall() which routes tool requests to appropriate Privy API methods
Maps tool names to PrivyClient methods
Validates parameters using Zod schemas before execution

src/schemas.ts - Validation Schemas

Contains Zod schemas for all tool parameters
Ensures type safety for API calls
Includes schemas for complex operations like policies and key quorums

Read the full file on GitHub · 165 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

2mo ago First seen · 165 lines · 1,166 tokens per session scan A 4b10bfb78251

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privy-mcp-server CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository privy-io/privy-mcp-server (2 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,166 tokens to every session, about $0.0047 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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