@cipherpay/zipher-cli

Headless Zcash light wallet for AI agents. Private payments, cross-chain swaps, and 402 paywall access — from the command line or via MCP.

Install

npm install -g @cipherpay/zipher-cli

Quick start

# Set your seed phrase (or generate a new wallet)
export ZIPHER_SEED="your twelve or twenty-four word seed phrase"

# Check balance (auto-syncs on first run)
zipher balance

# Send ZEC
zipher send --to <address> --amount 0.01

# Pay any 402 paywall
zipher pay https://api.example.com/premium/weather

# Cross-chain swap (ZEC → SOL, USDC, etc.)
zipher swap quote --to SOL --amount 0.5
zipher swap execute --to SOL --amount 0.5 --destination <solana-address>

# Session-based payments (prepaid credit)
zipher session open --url https://api.example.com --amount 0.1
zipher session request --id <session-id> --endpoint /data

MCP server

For agent frameworks (Claude, Cursor, etc.), use the MCP server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zipher": {
      "command": "zipher-mcp-server",
      "env": { "ZIPHER_SEED": "your seed phrase" }
    }
  }
}

Supported platforms

| OS | Arch | |---------|-------| | macOS | ARM64 | | macOS | x64 | | Linux | x64 | | Linux | ARM64 |

Links

• GitHub
• CipherPay