Pulse Verity Index

pulse-verity connects an AI agent to the Pulse Verity Index: signed, verifiable crypto index prices through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

It exposes five read-only tools:

Tool	Purpose
get_index_price(symbol)	Return the current signed index value.
get_index_batch(symbols)	Read 1–100 symbols with signed successful rows and per-symbol errors.
list_index_assets(limit, offset, band?, status?)	Discover one catalog page with coverage and measured cadence.
get_settlement_print(symbol, at)	Return the recorded signed print nearest a moment.
verify_print(print)	Verify a print locally with ECDSA and the published public key.

There are no write tools. This package contains no Pulse platform engine code. It only calls the public Pulse Verity Index API.

Try it without a key

The server starts and answers with no configuration at all. Keyless, it serves get_index_price for BTC, ETH and SOL from the free sample:

claude mcp add pulse-verity -- npx -y pulse-verity

Then ask your agent for the Bitcoin index price. Every answer is signed and verifiable, exactly like a keyed one.

Add a key for everything else

A free key enables catalogue access, batch reads and settlement prints, subject to usage limits. Create a developer account at thepulse.markets/developers, verify your email, then create a key. Keep it in your MCP client's private configuration; do not share it in chat. Signature verification also works without a key.

claude mcp add pulse-verity \
  --env PULSE_API_KEY=pidx_your_key_here \
  -- npx -y pulse-verity

For any stdio MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pulse-verity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pulse-verity"],
      "env": { "PULSE_API_KEY": "pidx_your_key_here" }
    }
  }
}

Hosted: nothing to install

The same five tools run on Pulse's side at https://mcp.thepulse.markets/api/index/mcp.

• Claude (web, desktop, mobile): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the URL → Connect, then sign in with your developer email and password.
• ChatGPT: Settings → Connectors → Create → paste the URL. Same sign-in.
• Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http pulse-verity https://mcp.thepulse.markets/api/index/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer pidx_your_key"
• Any client with remote MCP support: { "url": "https://mcp.thepulse.markets/api/index/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer pidx_your_key" } }

Sign-in is standard OAuth 2.1 (dynamic registration, PKCE). Every hosted call meters against your key exactly like a REST call. Discovery documents live at /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server and /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/api/index/mcp.

Install locally in other clients

Cursor marketplace package

This repository includes .cursor-plugin/plugin.json and mcp.json for Cursor's plugin loader. The plugin starts the released pulse-verity@1.2.5 package with npx; Node.js 18 or newer is required. No platform engine code or private repository access is included.

The PULSE_API_KEY variable is optional and defaults to an empty string, so BTC, ETH and SOL samples work without a key. Configure a free key through Cursor's plugin configuration to enable catalogue, batch and settlement-print requests. Never put a real key in these repository files.

Marketplace availability is subject to Cursor's review. The configuration below remains available for manual MCP installation.

Grok Build plugin

For a keyless sample task and the distinct Grok Bot / xAI API connection routes, see Use Pulse Verity with Grok.

Install directly from the public repository:

grok plugin install PulseBet/pulse-verity --trust

Start a new Grok Build session, then ask for the current Bitcoin index price. The plugin starts npx -y pulse-verity@1.2.5; Node.js 18 or newer and npm are required. BTC, ETH and SOL samples work without an API key. To enable catalogue, batch and settlement-print requests, set PULSE_API_KEY in the environment that launches Grok Build, then start a new session. Get a free key at the developer portal; never save it in these repository files.

The .grok-plugin/plugin.json manifest explicitly selects .grok-plugin/mcp.json. It exposes the five read-only tools listed above and adds no hooks, skills, agents, slash commands or filesystem-access tools. Grok's official marketplace listing is subject to review; this direct GitHub installation does not depend on listing approval.

The plugin source is fetched from github.com. At startup, npx may fetch the pinned package and its dependencies from the configured npm registry (registry.npmjs.org by default). During tool use, the server makes GET requests only to https://mcp.thepulse.markets for price, batch, recorded-print, catalogue, sample and public-key endpoints under /api/index/v1/. A configured PULSE_API_KEY is sent only to that origin for keyed requests; samples and public-key reads need no credentials. The server does not read project files or send separate telemetry.

Gemini CLI extension

Install the public extension without an API-key prompt:

gemini extensions install https://github.com/PulseBet/pulse-verity --skip-settings

Restart Gemini CLI, then ask for the current Bitcoin index price. The extension starts the released pulse-verity@1.2.5 package through npx; Node.js and npm must be available. BTC, ETH and SOL samples work without a key. Gemini may warn that the optional setting is unset; that does not prevent keyless startup.

To enable catalogue, batch and settlement-print requests, configure a free key using Gemini's sensitive-setting prompt, then restart the CLI:

gemini extensions config pulse-verity PULSE_API_KEY

Do not add a real key to this repository or assume an exported shell variable will pass through Gemini's environment filtering. The extension declares only PULSE_API_KEY, stored through Gemini's sensitive settings.

The root gemini-extension.json is the gallery manifest. The release includes separate darwin, linux and win32 archives for Gemini's download selection; the Claude Desktop .mcpb remains separate. Gallery indexing is handled by Google and is not immediate or guaranteed. This is a Gemini CLI extension, not a listing in the consumer Gemini chat app.

Manual MCP configuration

All of these run npx -y pulse-verity with PULSE_API_KEY in the environment.

Codex CLI — ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.pulse-verity]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "pulse-verity"]
env = { PULSE_API_KEY = "pidx_your_key" }

Windsurf — ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, and Cursor — ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "pulse-verity": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "pulse-verity"], "env": { "PULSE_API_KEY": "pidx_your_key" } } } }

VS Code (Copilot agent mode) — .vscode/mcp.json:

{ "servers": { "pulse-verity": { "type": "stdio", "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "pulse-verity"], "env": { "PULSE_API_KEY": "pidx_your_key" } } } }

Gemini CLI — ~/.gemini/settings.json, same mcpServers block as Cursor.

Claude Desktop: one-click install

Download pulse-verity-1.2.5.mcpb, open it with Claude Desktop (macOS or Windows), and leave the optional key blank to try BTC, ETH and SOL. Add a free key for catalogue, batch and settlement-print requests. The bundle contains the same compiled server modules npm ships, with its runtime dependencies. Existing downloaded bundles must be replaced with the new release.

Where to find it

• npm: pulse-verity
• Official MCP Registry: io.github.PulseBet/pulse-verity
• Cursor: .cursor-plugin/plugin.json packages the MCP for marketplace review; manual MCP configuration is shown above
• Grok Build: .grok-plugin/plugin.json packages the MCP for direct GitHub installation and marketplace review
• Gemini CLI: gemini-extension.json packages the public MCP for the extension gallery and GitHub installation
• Claude Desktop: add the JSON block above to claude_desktop_config.json
• Smithery: smithery.yaml in this repo declares the stdio command and the one key it needs

Local installations run the same npm package and send a configured developer key only to the pinned Pulse Verity API. The separate hosted MCP endpoint is documented above.

Security boundary

• Read-only MCP tools only.
• API origin pinned to the public Pulse Verity Index API.
• Developer key read from local configuration and sent only to that API.
• Print verification happens locally using ECDSA P-256/SHA-256.
• HTTP requests use a 15-second timeout, a 1 MiB response limit and no redirects.
• Verification accepts at most 16 published keys; refreshes coalesce and are limited to once per 30 seconds.
• API failures retain only allowlisted quota codes and bounded retry delays, never raw remote bodies, headers or transport errors. Returned credentials are redacted.
• No wallet, account, platform-engine, venue-level, or private repository code.

See SECURITY.md for reporting instructions.

Signed prices and catalog data

Price and batch tools use the existing signed /api/index/v1/price and /api/index/v1/batch endpoints. A successful row can include priceText, kid, tier, confidence, dispersionBps, interval, sources, engine and cadence. Preserve priceText and kid when passing it to verify_print.

The immutable pulse-index-v1 signature authenticates only this payload:

pulse-index-v1
<symbol>
<priceText if present, otherwise String(price)>
<at>
<grade>

verify_print rejects conflicting price and priceText values. It selects the published public key matching kid; legacy prints without kid are tried against the bounded published key ring. The ring is cached for five minutes, with a bounded refresh after a failed check. Legacy public-key responses containing only publicKeyPem still work for prints without kid. Verification is local, but the public keys are initially trusted through Pulse's pinned HTTPS endpoint. A key that is no longer published cannot verify an old print through this tool.

valid: true authenticates the canonical price fields. It does not authenticate kid, quality, confidence, dispersion, interval, source counts, cadence, batch status or archive deltaMs. Check deltaMs before using a sampled historical print for a particular moment.

The asset tool calls /api/index/v1/verity/catalog. It defaults to 50 rows, accepts limit from 1 to 100 and offset from 0 to 100000, and never fetches additional pages automatically. Its rows and any displayed prices are unsigned. Use the price or batch tool to obtain signed receipts. Catalog coverage changes; a listed asset or a catalog total does not guarantee a fresh price. Unavailable prices are not zero. API tier limits can be lower than the tool's batch limit.

Request limits and account access

HTTP 429 tool errors include structuredContent.error. RATE_LIMITED means wait, with retryAfterSeconds when supplied. MONTHLY_LIMIT means the monthly allowance is exhausted. The response links to account access and request-limit information and returns nextAction: "review_access". The allowance resets at the start of the next UTC month. Creating or replacing a key does not reset the account's allowance. Unknown limits use REQUEST_LIMIT without assuming a monthly allowance. No tool automatically retries.

Verify locally

npm ci
npm test

npm run check:cursor checks the Cursor manifest, optional-key configuration, package-version pin and logo without building or making network requests. npm run check:grok checks the Grok manifest, explicit MCP path, optional-key configuration and package-version pin without building or network requests. npm run check:gemini checks the Gemini manifest, optional sensitive setting, version pin and release configuration without building or network requests. The Gemini extension workflow runs the complete suite, installs with Gemini CLI, and checks the installed manifest's five read-only MCP tools against a local candidate tarball before npm publication. The package release publishes the desktop bundle and all three Gemini archives together. A manual Gemini-only step can add missing archives to an existing release without replacing assets. The post-release check installs the default public GitHub release, reads one public BTC sample and verifies its signature.

The offline suite compiles this small MCP package, exercises exact-price and rotated-key verification, tests MCP tool bounds and mocked HTTP limits, and runs the Pulse WORDS vocabulary gate. It needs no API key or live market-data calls.

Alternate install names

Use pulse-verity for supported installs and updates. Other similarly named packages are not a guarantee of availability or release parity.

License

MIT