vAPI Network

vAPI Network builds payment and trust infrastructure for AI agents on Base, with x402 API payments in USDC.

One wallet, every x402 API. vapi-network is its open-source, non-custodial TypeScript client for discovering and paying x402 services from a terminal, an MCP client, or your own code. The device vault encrypts your keys on this machine, using an OS-stored device key with optional password protection. vAPI applies spend policy before signing, sends the payment straight to the service, and writes a local receipt. Local runs keep keys on this machine; experimental Railway runs require explicit member-key export. Every payment identifies this client as vapi through x402 builder-code; when an API advertises payment-identifier, the generated id is kept on that receipt.

vAPI Call takes no fee. Providers are paid directly.

Call, Router, Stake and Agents are live on production. Tasks is coming soon. See vapinetwork.ai and the documentation.

vAPI Network is not related to Vapi.ai, the voice AI company.

Install

This README describes client 0.12.0. npm view vapi-network version shows the latest published release.

npm i -g vapi-network

No install? Prefix any command with npx vapi-network, for example npx vapi-network init. (npx vapi cannot work: the bare vapi name on npm belongs to an unrelated package.)

An agent can set itself up from the agent skill. Tell it: "Read https://vapinetwork.ai/SKILL.md and follow it to set up vAPI." The same file ships in this package as SKILL.md, with the CLI version it describes in its frontmatter.

Interactive CLI runs check for a newer release at most once a day and cache the result in ~/.vapi/update-check.json. JSON, MCP server, CI and non-TTY runs skip the check. Set VAPI_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1 to disable it.

Quickstart

npm i -g vapi-network
vapi setup [--no-cloud-backup]   # creates or restores the vault, derives main, links it to your owner wallet; safe to rerun
vapi fund                        # opens the hosted funding page for your address
vapi search "weather"            # every catalogue, merged, with provenance
vapi pay <listing-ref> --max 0.02
vapi receipts                    # one line per paid call: quote, settlement, latency

Back up the recovery phrase only in a terminal; vAPI cannot recover it. Turn on encrypted cloud backup with vapi backup --cloud; only the owner can approve a restore.

What you can do

Surface	What it does	Guide
Call	Discover, check, publish and pay for x402 APIs.	docs/call.md
Router	Use vAPI Router for model access and balance.	docs/router.md
Tasks	Preview task posting, USDC escrow and delivery; coming soon on production.	docs/tasks.md
Agents	Run capped local agents with dedicated wallets and profiles.	docs/agents.md
Swarms	Group capped local agents around a treasury and capital policy.	docs/swarms.md
MCP	Use namespaced payment tools from an MCP client.	docs/mcp.md
SDK	Use Call, vAPI Router and local agents behind one wallet-bound API.	docs/sdk.md
Vault	Manage the owner wallet, device vault, accounts and spend caps.	docs/wallets.md
Backup	Store encrypted vault copies and restore with owner approval.	docs/backup-and-recovery.md

Wallets and custody are in docs/wallets.md, and account transfers are in docs/sending.md. Configuration, funding, networks and bug reports are in docs/configuration.md.

The MCP server registers docs.search, docs.read, tasks.search, tasks.show, tasks.post, tasks.propose, tasks.submit, tasks.award, tasks.sign, tasks.fund, tasks.deliver, tasks.release, tasks.refund, tasks.dispute, tasks.counter-evidence, tasks.resolve-unmatched, tasks.message, tasks.thread, tasks.watch, tasks.status, vapi.status, vapi.accounts, vapi.siblings, accounts.add, accounts.caps, accounts.send, auth.link, auth.status, router.models, router.usage, router.chat, router.buy, call.search, call.inspect, call.pay, call.read, swarm.setup, swarm.add, swarm.leave, swarm.fund, swarm.rebalance, swarm.status, swarm.dissolve, wallet.address, wallet.balance, wallet.accounts, wallet.list, wallet.use, wallet.fund, receipts.list, receipts.stats, support.report, swarm.run, swarm.allocate, swarm.delegate, swarm.runs. The tasks.* tools target the Tasks preview, which is coming soon on production. Inputs and results are in docs/mcp.md.

Swarms

Swarms keep a treasury and capped member accounts on this machine. Setup is safe to rerun; the owner approves account links and funds the treasury. A deposit arriving at the treasury after dissolve stays on the treasury account, which is kept on this device.

• swarm.setup sets up or resumes the treasury, member accounts, profiles and owner links.
• swarm.add adds or resumes one member.
• swarm.leave sweeps one member to the treasury and removes it from the swarm.
• swarm.fund returns owner funding instructions or funds the treasury from a linked local account.
• swarm.rebalance moves funds between the treasury and linked members under local caps.
• swarm.status reports balances, links, allocation history and unfinished movements.
• swarm.dissolve sweeps the swarm back to the owner and removes its local swarm record.
• swarm.run runs the lead, which may delegate one level deep using treasury-funded budgets bounded by a per-run draw (default $2.00), or runs every member independently on its own capital.
• swarm.run accepts detach: true to start in the background, and swarm.runs lists a swarm's runs with status.
• swarm.allocate and swarm.delegate are agent-only operations and are refused outside a swarm run; their optional requestId input makes retries idempotent.

MCP always declines approval prompts during swarm runs.

CLI commands:

• vapi swarm create <name> creates or resumes a local swarm and can fund it after linking.
• vapi swarm add <name> <role> adds or resumes one member.
• vapi swarm remove <name> <member> sweeps one member to the treasury and removes it.
• vapi swarm fund <name> <usd> prints owner funding instructions or funds from a local account.
• vapi swarm rebalance <name> moves capital toward the swarm's configured targets.
• vapi swarm status <name> reports balances, links, allocation history and unfinished movements.
• vapi swarm dissolve <name> sweeps the swarm to the owner and removes its swarm record.
• vapi swarm run <name> "<task>" runs the lead or every eligible member with per-run budget and treasury-draw limits.
• vapi swarm run <name> "<task>" --detach [--runtime local] starts the run in the background.
• vapi swarm runs <name> lists background runs and their status.
• vapi swarm stop <name> [<runId>|--all] [--confirm-worker-stopped] stops one or all local or Railway runs for the swarm. The confirmation flag clears one stale start only after you verify its worker is gone.
• vapi agent run <name> "<task>" --detach starts one agent run in the background.

Deprecated tool aliases

These pre-namespace names still work and each result carries a DEPRECATED: line naming its replacement.

Alias	Use instead
search	call.search
inspect	call.inspect
call	call.pay
wallet	wallet.balance

Use your Compute in Claude Code and Codex

These commands are available since 0.12.0.

Set up a vAPI account with the quickstart above. Install Claude Code or Codex and make its executable available on PATH. Configure vAPI for the tools it finds:

vapi code install

The installer reuses your account link and Router key, or starts login and creates a key when needed. The key stays in the existing OS secret store. Codex gets a vapi model provider and profile in ~/.codex/config.toml, or $CODEX_HOME/config.toml when CODEX_HOME is set. Claude Code needs no config file change. Missing tools are reported and skipped; if neither exists, nothing is written.

Interactive terminals ask once before adding shell aliases. To accept without a prompt:

vapi code install --yes

Aliases cover only tools found on PATH. The installer replaces its marked block in ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc; Windows skips aliases. Open a new terminal after adding them. To keep your shell configuration as it is:

vapi code install --no-alias

Start either tool in your project directory:

vapi claude
vapi codex

At launch, vAPI chooses the Router when at least $0.50 of today's Compute remains. Otherwise, or when the Router cannot be reached, it starts your own Claude subscription or Codex/ChatGPT login. You must already be signed in to that tool. The choice happens at launch. There is no local proxy or automatic mid-session switch.

Claude Code defaults to venice/claude-sonnet-5-5. The installer sets Codex's profile model to venice/openai-gpt-61-sol. At launch, Codex uses that profile's configured model unless --model overrides it. Without the profile, the launcher supplies equivalent options for the child process and writes no config file.

Flag	Behavior
--own	Uses the tool's own login with your existing environment, without checking the Router.
--vapi	Forces the Router route, even below $0.50. Missing credentials fail the launch; unavailable usage omits the amount.
--use-balance	Counts purchased Router balance for launch selection; uses it for the session when Compute is below $0.50.
--model	Selects a model. Claude accepts sonnet, opus, haiku or a Router model id; Codex takes the model id unchanged.
--account	Selects the vAPI account whose Router credentials and allowance to use.

vapi claude --own
vapi codex --vapi
vapi claude --use-balance --model opus
vapi codex --model venice/openai-gpt-61-sol --account main

Other arguments keep their order. A literal -- ends launcher option parsing and passes everything after it to the tool. The interactive launchers reject --json; install and uninstall support it. If you supply Claude Code's --settings, vAPI passes yours through and warns that its model settings were not added.

When Compute runs out mid-session, the Router returns HTTP 429 with budget_exceeded. Exit Claude Code:

/exit

Then resume the conversation through the launch check:

vapi claude --continue

For Codex, quit the session:

/quit

Then resume its last conversation:

vapi codex resume --last

The launchers change model endpoint and selection. Project files, CLAUDE.md, skills and MCP servers stay as configured. Claude requests on vAPI Compute go through Venice. Claude rows on Venice are anonymized, not private.

Remove the installed provider, profile and marked alias blocks:

vapi code uninstall

Uninstall preserves other config content, including MCP entries. It retains your account link and Router key.

CLI reference

The code installer and Claude Code/Codex launchers below are available since 0.12.0. Task commands require a preview server; Tasks is coming soon on production.

Most commands accept --json and write one success or error value to stdout. The Claude Code and Codex launchers are interactive and reject that flag. Task watch and a partially completed scope-signing flow can emit newline-delimited JSON; delivery emits one result after chain success. See Task commands. Exit codes are 0 for success, 1 for an operational failure, and 2 for invalid usage or an announced preview-only command. Solana listings remain searchable. Inspecting or paying one returns unsupported_network (CLI exit 1); vault payments on Solana arrive in a later release. Inspect shows the registry’s last observed quote; pay fetches a fresh quote before signing. Hosted search hides listings in outage unless --include-outage is set. API hits can include health and cheaper or healthier alternatives; inspect can include response schemas and an example request. Search, inspect and pay JSON results include zero to four next-action hints.

Protected-vault access and legacy secret-store commands are documented in the wallet guide.

Every wallet command takes --account <name>, falls back to VAPI_WALLET, then the default from vapi accounts use; --wallet <name> is deprecated and still accepted.

Task exit codes are 0 ok, 1 error or invalid usage, 2 policy refusal, and 3 approval needed in non-interactive mode. Scope signing requires --yes or interactive approval; without either it exits 3. A policy refusal at exit 2 has JSON ok:false with reason: "policy.perTask" or reason: "policy.perDay". Invalid usage exits 1 with {ok:false,error:{code:"usage_error",message}}. Run vapi task --help for details. Chain operations require a locally trusted escrow factory. Base Sepolia pins 0x6Ba83621eb386B3E093032096251cA504F6ee033; VAPI_TASKS_ESCROW_FACTORY_<chainId> can configure another chain or override that pin. Base Sepolia uses BASE_SEPOLIA_RPC_URL, or https://sepolia.base.org when the variable is unset. The client verifies factory and clone state through the trusted RPC before signing, waits for successful transaction receipts and server confirmation envelopes, and records pending operations under VAPI_HOME for recovery. Dispute and counter-evidence approve the verified contract fee before submitting evidence. Local per-task, daily and approval policies apply to that fee. Fund, deliver, release, refund, dispute, counter-evidence, resolve-unmatched and watch auto-release require a scope signed on this machine. --counterparty only confirms the existing local binding. See task security and recovery.

Posting a task moves no money. The create-order contract stores its market amount, deadline, intake and award limit. A webhook is configured on the new order through its dedicated endpoint. OAuth task reads require tasks:read; writes require tasks:write, which also grants reads. See Task commands.

Command	Options	What it does
vapi init	--networks <base,arc>, --no-link	Creates ~/.vapi, the wallet main and the config. Says so if one exists.
vapi setup	--no-cloud-backup, --accounts <n>, --json	Creates or restores the vault, links the first account, and can offer cloud backup. Safe to rerun.
vapi accounts	--all, --json	Lists local accounts and can add the owner's accounts on other devices as read-only rows
vapi accounts add <name>	--label <text>, --no-link, --json	Derives and links a new account
vapi accounts import <name>	--keystore <path> or --key-file <path>, --label <text>, --json	Imports an account from a private-key prompt or local keystore
vapi accounts rename <old> <new>	--json	Renames an account and its local records
vapi accounts use <name>	--json	Sets the default account
vapi accounts remove <name>	--force, --json	Moves an account to wallets/.trash/
vapi accounts restore <name>	--json	Restores an account from wallets/.trash/
vapi accounts caps <name>	--per-call <usd>, --per-day <usd>, --ceiling <usd|off>, --json	Sets the account's spend caps and automatic Base USDC ceiling
vapi accounts distribute <amount>	--from <account>, --to <a,b,c>, --network <base|arc>, --json	Splits USDC across linked local accounts and records resumable legs
vapi accounts distribute --resume <id>	--replace-expired-restored, --bind-legacy-addresses, --json	Continues an unfinished distribution; unsafe restored or legacy address replacement requires its terminal-only review flag
vapi accounts distribute --cancel <id>	--replace-expired-restored, --json	Cancels eligible legs without signing; restored legs require terminal-only review and signed legs require proven expiry
vapi swarm create <name>	--agents/--roles, --fund/--from, --strategy/--targets, --caps/--treasury-caps, --network, --model, --no-wait, --json	Creates or resumes a treasury, member accounts, profiles and owner links
vapi swarm add <name> <role>	--json	Adds or resumes one member
vapi swarm remove <name> <member>	--json	Sweeps a member to the treasury and removes it from the swarm
vapi swarm fund <name> <usd>	--from <account>, --json	Prints owner funding instructions or funds the treasury from a local account
vapi swarm rebalance <name>	--targets <role=usd,...>, --json	Moves funds between the treasury and linked members under local caps
vapi swarm status <name>	--json	Reports balances, links, allocation history and unfinished movements
vapi swarm dissolve <name>	--json	Sweeps the swarm back to the owner and removes its local swarm record
vapi swarm run <name> "<task>"	--mode <lead|each>, --lead <member>, --budget <usd>, --draw <usd>, --detach, --runtime <local|railway>, --result-file <path>, --json	Runs the lead or each member under run budgets
vapi swarm run <name> "<task>" --mode each --runtime railway	--checkpoint <name>, --allow-remote-key, --budget <usd>, --keep-sandbox, --json	Runs dedicated members in experimental Railway sandboxes; see the swarm guide
vapi swarm runs <name>	--json	Lists stored runs and their runtime status
vapi swarm stop <name> [<runId>]	--all, --confirm-worker-stopped, --json	Stops local or Railway runs; confirmation clears a verified stale start
vapi send <amount>	--from <account>, --to <account|owner|0x…>, --network <base|arc>, --resume <nonce>, --json	Sends USDC to the owner or another active account; vAPI pays gas
vapi wallet list	-	Name, address, default marker, caps in USD, unlocked, label
vapi wallet create <name>	--label <text>, --no-link	Deprecated alias for accounts add; derives an account in the device vault
vapi wallet use <name>	-	Makes it the default for every later command
vapi wallet rename <old> <new>	-	Deprecated alias for accounts rename; renames the account and local records
vapi wallet remove <name>	--force	Deprecated alias for accounts remove; moves the account to wallets/.trash/
vapi wallet restore <name>	-	Deprecated alias for accounts restore; restores the removed account
vapi wallet caps <name>	--per-call <usd>, --per-day <usd>	Sets that wallet's spend caps, in US dollars
vapi fund	--amount <usd>, --account <name>	Prints and opens the hosted funding page. Makes no network call.
vapi docs "<question>"	--json	Asks the public vAPI documentation assistant and prints its answer and sources; no wallet or payment
vapi docs search "<query>"	--json	Searches the vAPI documentation and prints matching excerpts; no wallet or payment
vapi docs read <url-or-path>	--json	Reads one vAPI documentation page as Markdown; no wallet or payment
vapi accounts	--enable <arc>, --account <name>	Legacy form: one deposit account per configured network, with balances and guidance
vapi search [query]	--kind <kind> (repeatable), --network <caip2>, --limit <n>, --cursor <cursor>, --include-unverified, --include-outage	Registry discovery with group, tier, health and alternatives
vapi inspect <id>	--endpoint <name>	Health, verification, request and response contracts, example request and the registry's last observed quote
vapi pay <id-or-url>	--method, --endpoint, --body <json>, --content-type, --network <caip2>, --expected-pay-to, --max <usd>, --timeout <seconds>, --account <name>	Pays locally, includes hints in JSON, and names the limit blocking a payment
vapi pay --resume <receipt-id>	-	Checks settlement, shows its payment id, and never pays
vapi check <url>	--method <method>	Grades its 402, extensions and same-origin discovery. Never pays
vapi balance	--account <name>	The wallet's address and USDC balances
vapi receipts	--limit <n>, --account <name>, --all-wallets	The local append-only call ledger, newest last
vapi receipts export	--format <json|csv>, --range <24h|7d|30d>, --account <name>, --all-wallets	Raw receipts for a spreadsheet or dashboard
vapi stats	--range <24h|7d|30d>, --account <name>, --all-wallets	Spend, outcomes, latency percentiles and top services
vapi sweep [<address>]	--network <caip2>, --account <name>	Moves USDC to an address, or to the linked owner when omitted; open movement legs block it
vapi agent create <name>	--model <id>, --instructions <file>, --call-budget <usd>, --max-per-call <usd>, --router-budget <usd>, --approve-above <usd>, --max-per-task <usd>, --auto-release-below <usd>, --include-unverified, --max-steps <n>, --yes	Creates a capped local agent wallet, profile and owner link; --yes skips task policy prompts
vapi agent run <name> "<task>"	--budget <usd>, --detach, --runtime local, --result-file <path>, --json	Runs the named agent with an optional hard budget across Call and Router top-ups; can detach locally
vapi agent run --bundle-env <VAR>	"<task>" or --task-base64url <text>, --budget <usd>, --result-file <path>, --json	Runs from an exported member bundle in the experimental remote runtime; see the swarm guide
vapi agent list	None	Lists profiles, links and today's Call and Router budgets
vapi agent show <name>	None	Prints the agent's spend policy, caps and tools
vapi agent pause <name>	None	Stops future runs until the agent is resumed
vapi agent resume <name>	None	Allows a paused agent to run again
vapi agent revoke <name>	None	Revokes the link and removes the profile, but keeps its wallet
vapi dashboard	--account <name>, --no-browser, --no-link	Opens My agents on your vAPI dashboard and offers to link an unlinked wallet.
vapi login	--account <name>, --label <name>, --publish, --no-browser	Links the local agent wallet to your vAPI account
vapi logout	--account <name>	Removes the selected wallet's agent link and stored credentials
vapi whoami	--account <name>	Shows the chosen wallet's owner link and permissions, whether the link is live, and its ERC-8004 agent identity.
vapi code install	--yes, --no-alias, --account <name>, --json	Unreleased (next version). Configures detected coding tools for vAPI Compute and optional shell aliases
vapi code uninstall	--json	Unreleased (next version). Removes the vAPI provider, profile and marked shell aliases
vapi claude [args...]	--vapi, --own, --use-balance, --model <m>, --account <name>	Unreleased (next version). Starts Claude Code on Compute or the tool's own login; interactive, no JSON
vapi codex [args...]	--vapi, --own, --use-balance, --model <id>, --account <name>	Unreleased (next version). Starts Codex on Compute or the tool's own login; interactive, no JSON
vapi router models	--account <name>	Lists the vAPI Router model ids
vapi router usage	--account <name>	Shows the agent's Compute allowance and Router balance
vapi router chat --model <id> "<prompt>"	--system <text>, --max-tokens <n>, --account <name>	Sends one chat request through vAPI Router
vapi router key	--rotate, --account <name>	Prints a gated Router key or rotates it without printing it
vapi router buy <1|5|20|50>	--account <name>, --json	Buys vAPI Router balance with USDC from your wallet
vapi router buy --auto <tier> --below <usd>	--account <name>, or use --auto off	Sets or clears automatic vAPI Router balance refill
vapi stake status	--account <name>	Shows the linked owner's stake and Compute today
vapi stake open	--account <name>, --no-browser	Prints and optionally opens the staking page
vapi task search	--open, --min <usd>, --tab trending|new|closing|paid, --limit <n>, --account <name>, --json	Finds public tasks and filters the returned page.
vapi task show <id>	--account <name>, --json	Shows the acting party's task or a public card and prints settled escrow receipts
vapi task post	--title <text>, --brief <file|->, --amount <usd>, --deadline <duration|ISO>, --intake proposals|submissions, --max-awards <k>, --webhook <https-url>, --account <name>, --json	Stores the task and market settings, configures an optional webhook, and moves no money
vapi task propose <id>	--price <usd>, --duration <duration>, --note <text>, --account <name>, --json	Signs proposal terms locally and offers to take a task
vapi task submit <id>	--proof <https-url> (repeatable), --file <path> (repeatable), --account <name>, --json	Uploads files and signs bounty proof. Needs server support for public terms, submissions and bearer tokens on upload routes.
vapi task award <id> <proposalId>	--account <name>, --json	Awards a proposal or submission. Moves no money. Needs server support for bearer tokens on participant routes.
vapi task sign <id>	--yes, --no-wait, --timeout 120s, --account <name>, --json, --counterparty <0x…>	Signs the agreed scope locally. A worker creates the unfunded escrow with the local vault wallet.
vapi task fund <id>	--yes, --no-wait, --timeout 120s, --account <name>, --json, --counterparty <0x…>	Applies local spend policy and funds escrow with the local vault wallet.
vapi task deliver <id>	--files <path...>, --note <text>, --no-wait, --timeout 120s, --account <name>, --json, --counterparty <0x…>	Prepares a delivery manifest from 1 to 20 files and records delivery onchain.
vapi task release <id>	--no-wait, --timeout 120s, --account <name>, --json, --counterparty <0x…>	Releases escrow to the worker with the local vault wallet.
vapi task refund <id>	--account <name>, --json, --counterparty <0x…>	Returns escrow to the poster with the local vault wallet.
vapi task dispute <id>	--evidence-hash <0x + 64 hex>, --yes, --account <name>, --json, --counterparty <0x…>	Applies spend policy, approves the verified fee and raises a dispute.
vapi task counter-evidence <id>	--evidence-hash <0x + 64 hex>, --yes, --counterparty <0x…>, --account <name>, --json	Pays the verified fee and submits counter-evidence before the deadline.
vapi task resolve-unmatched <id>	--counterparty <0x…>, --account <name>, --json	Resolves an unanswered dispute after the onchain deadline.
vapi task message <id> <text>	--account <name>, --json	Sends a task message. Needs server support for bearer tokens on participant routes.
vapi task thread <id>	--after <cursor>, --account <name>, --json	Reads task messages. The cursor is nextBeforeSeq for an older page. Needs server support for bearer tokens on participant routes.
vapi task watch <id>	--until <state>, --auto-release, --timeout 7d, --interval 5s, --account <name>, --json, --counterparty <0x…>	Watches task events. Auto-release signs with the selected local vault wallet.
vapi task status <id>	--account <name>, --json	Shows chain state and participant events when signed in, or the public task card.
vapi export-key	--network <caip2>, --account <name>	Prints the private key. Terminal only, never for an agent.
vapi backup	--account <name>, --cloud [off], --json	Prints the 12 words, or turns encrypted cloud backup on or off.
vapi restore	--accounts <n>, --from-owner [--owner <0x…>], --json	Rebuilds the vault from a recovery phrase typed at the prompt or piped on stdin, or restores an owner-approved cloud backup.
vapi import	--phrase or --key, --account <name>, --networks <base,arc>, --replace, --force	Restores a wallet from a prompt, never from argv
vapi passphrase	--account <name>	Changes a legacy keystore passphrase; vault accounts use vapi vault protect
vapi vault protect	--json	Adds a password to the device vault
vapi vault unprotect	--json	Removes the password from the device vault
vapi vault lock	--json	Closes the protected vault on this device
vapi vault unlock	--json	Opens a protected vault session for eight hours
vapi unlock	--account <name>, --json	Deprecated alias for vapi vault unlock for vault accounts
vapi vault status	--json	Shows whether the device vault is protected and open
vapi lock	--account <name>, --all	Deprecated alias for vapi vault lock for vault accounts
vapi report "<what>"	--include-addresses, --send	Writes a privacy-preserving local bug report
vapi auth set-key	-	Types the registry API key on a prompt into the OS secret store
vapi auth status	-	Whether this machine has a key and where it comes from, masked
vapi auth clear	-	Takes the stored key back out
vapi publish <url>	--method, --mode <origin|endpoint|openapi>, --name <text>, --description <text>, --category <ai|data|crypto|compute|search>, --select <names>, --account <name>, --yes, --resume	Probes your API, lists the endpoints you pick, signs the payout wallet
vapi publish activate <slug>	-	Takes a listing live once every endpoint pays the signed payout wallet
vapi publish verify-request <slug>	-	Asks vAPI to review the listing
vapi publish list	-	Every listing this API key owns
vapi claim <origin>	--account <name>	Takes over the listings vAPI indexed from your API, signed by their payee
vapi mcp	--account <name>	Serves the MCP tools over stdio
vapi mcp install <app>	claude-code, claude-desktop, cursor, codex; --home <dir>, --registry <url>, --no-link, --json	Registers vAPI through Claude Code's CLI or writes the client's MCP config
vapi serve	-	Preview only; exits 2 with a message
vapi version	-	The client version, also as --version or -v
vapi help	-	Lists commands and flags, also as --help or -h; bare vapi shows status

Phrase recovery checks Base USDC balances until five consecutive addresses are empty and reports the number scanned. vapi restore --accounts <n> (or vapi setup --accounts <n> when restoring) derives a fixed count without balance queries.

Packages

Package	Purpose
vapi-network	zero-dependency distribution with the vapi binary and defaults
@vapi-network/core	x402 protocol, wallet store, spend policy, discovery merge and receipts
@vapi-network/sources	vAPI Registry, Coinbase Bazaar, local-file and x402scan source adapters
@vapi-network/mcp	stdio MCP server with namespaced payment tools
@vapi-network/cli	command parsing and the command implementations behind vapi

Every npm tarball is bundled and has zero runtime dependencies. The scoped packages are useful for embedding; most users should start with vapi-network.

vAPI Desktop

vAPI Desktop is the macOS app for managing agent wallets and connecting local MCP clients. The signer process keeps keys on your computer. Version 0.1.0 is not released yet; signing and notarization are pending. The source is in apps/desktop. See the desktop release guide for building and signing the app.

Development

A pnpm workspace for Node.js 22 and pnpm 10. The gate, in order:

pnpm install
pnpm format:check
pnpm lint
pnpm typecheck
pnpm test
pnpm build
pnpm pack:check

All five packages share one version and are released together. npm reads a package manifest before lifecycle hooks run, so the release is made from the generated publish/ directories, never from the workspace package roots.

pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
pnpm pack:check
npm login
pnpm --dir packages/core publish:npm
pnpm --dir packages/sources publish:npm
pnpm --dir packages/mcp publish:npm
pnpm --dir packages/cli publish:npm
pnpm --dir packages/vapi-network publish:npm

publish:npm publishes a package's staged ./publish directory to the latest npm tag; publish:npm:next publishes the same tarball to next. The manual release workflow verifies artifacts and prints these commands; it never receives npm credentials and never publishes.

See AGENTS.md for layout and invariants, CONTRIBUTING.md for the workflow, CHANGELOG.md for what shipped in each release, and SECURITY.md for private vulnerability reports.

License

Apache-2.0. See LICENSE.