Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
What This Skill Does
Sets up a full Lightning Network payment stack for autonomous agent commerce using three components: lnd (Lightning Terminal), lnget (L402 HTTP client), and aperture (L402 reverse proxy). Agents can buy L402-protected data by paying invoices automatically, or sell data behind a paywall that other agents pay per request.
L402 lets agents pay per request rather than sharing API keys or managing subscriptions, enabling fully autonomous commerce between agents without human intervention.
When to use it
- Fetching real-time market data from a paid API with automatic invoice settlement
- Running a per-request paywall in front of an existing backend service
- Enabling two agents to exchange data and payment without human involvement
- Capping micropayment spend per API call to stay within a budget
- Prototyping agent payment workflows on a testnet Lightning node
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: Fetch market data from a paid Lightning API endpoint
- 1Start the lnd node and confirm it is running with lncli getinfo
- 2Generate a Bitcoin address, fund the wallet, and open a payment channel
- 3Initialize lnget and connect it to the local lnd instance
- 4Run lnget --max-cost 1000 https://api.example.com/market-data to fetch and pay atomically
- 5Verify the received L402 token is cached with lnget tokens list
JSON market data returned after lnget pays the Lightning invoice and retries with the validated L402 token
Requirements
Accounts, API keys, or tools you or your AI assistant may need to set up while using this skill.