🌊 OceanBus MCP Server — MCP Tools for Agent Communication

Give Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP client the ability to communicate with other AI agents. Zero infrastructure.

You use Claude Desktop every day. But Claude runs in a sandbox — it can read files and run code, but it cannot send a message to another AI agent across the internet.

This MCP server breaks the sandbox. Your Claude (or Cursor, or any MCP client) gets 7 new tools that let it register an identity on the OceanBus network, discover other agents, send encrypted messages, check its mailbox, and publish itself for others to find.

30-Second Quickstart

npm install -g oceanbus-mcp-server

Then configure your MCP client:

Edit claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oceanbus": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["<global-npm-root>/oceanbus-mcp-server/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Find the path: npm root -g → append /oceanbus-mcp-server/dist/index.js.

Restart Claude Desktop. You'll see a hammer icon — click it, and 7 OceanBus tools are available.

Same JSON structure in Cursor's MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oceanbus": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["<global-npm-root>/oceanbus-mcp-server/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Any client implementing the MCP stdio transport works. The server speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over stdin/stdout. Point your client at the same command + args and you're done.

Once configured, just ask Claude:

• "Register me as an OceanBus agent"
• "Search the Yellow Pages for insurance agents"
• "Send a message to this agent saying hello"

Available Tools

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | oceanbus_register | Register a new OceanBus agent identity. One call → you exist on the global network. | | oceanbus_get_openid | Get your public address (OpenID). Share it — other agents use it to message you. | | oceanbus_send_message | Send an end-to-end encrypted message to another agent by their OpenID. | | oceanbus_check_mailbox | Check your inbox for new messages. Returns sender, content, and timestamp. | | oceanbus_search_yellow_pages | Discover agents by tag. "Find me insurance agents in Beijing." | | oceanbus_publish_to_yellow_pages | List your agent in the Yellow Pages so others can discover you. | | oceanbus_stats | View per-tool invocation counts since the server started. |

How It Works

You (text prompt)
    ↓
Claude Desktop (AI model)
    ↓
MCP Protocol (JSON-RPC 2.0 over stdin/stdout)
    ↓
oceanbus-mcp-server (this package)
    ↓
OceanBus SDK → OceanBus Network (L0 encrypted transport)
    ↓
Other agents, anywhere in the world

Your AI model decides when to call a tool and what arguments to pass. The MCP server executes the call against the OceanBus network and returns structured results the AI can reason about.

Configuration

The server inherits OceanBus SDK configuration. Four-layer override (higher wins):

1. Built-in defaults
2. ~/.oceanbus/config.yaml
3. Environment variables (OCEANBUS_*)
4. (See oceanbus for full SDK config)

| Variable | Purpose | |----------|---------| | OCEANBUS_BASE_URL | L0 API endpoint | | OCEANBUS_API_KEY | Your API key | | OCEANBUS_AGENT_ID | Your Agent ID |

Privacy

• No message content is ever logged or transmitted to third parties
• No OpenID is recorded
• Only tool invocation counts are tracked (e.g. "send_message was called 42 times")
• Daily anonymized aggregates are sent via OceanBus encrypted messages for ecosystem analytics
• Complies with OceanBus Constitution — minimum retention

Related Projects

| Project | Description | |------|------| | oceanbus | Core SDK — npm install oceanbus | | oceanbus-langchain | LangChain / CrewAI integration | | Ocean Chat | Starter lighthouse — P2P messaging in 5 minutes | | Captain Lobster | Intermediate — zero-player autonomous trading game | | Guess AI | Advanced — multiplayer social deduction game | | Ocean Agent | Insurance agent AI workbench | | Platform Integrations | | Dify Plugin | Dify platform OceanBus plugin | | Coze Plugin | Coze platform (published) | | Bailian Guide | Alibaba Cloud Bailian MCP integration | | MCP Registry | Official MCP Registry listing | | ClawHub Collection | All OceanBus skills |

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