Ripley Monero Agent Gateway

Part of the KYC.rip product lines.

A portable, secure HTTP gateway for AI agents to interact with the Monero (XMR) blockchain. Built to follow the agentskills.io specification.

Why "Ripley"?

Named after the central character who values survival, independence, and raw competence in the face of overwhelming systems. Ripley represents the "anti-KYC" ethos: an entity that doesn't ask for permission, doesn't leak identity, and manages its own resources autonomously.

This gateway is the bridge that allows your AI agents to become sovereign financial entities, free from the constraints of centralized payment rails.

🚀 Quick Start (One-Liner)

Deploy your own secure Ripley Gateway in seconds. This script prepares the environment, handles filesystem permissions, generates a secure AGENT_API_KEY, and starts the Docker stack.

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KYC-rip/ripley-xmr-gateway/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Important

API Key Visibility: The script will output your generated AGENT_API_KEY at the end. Copy it immediately to configure your AI Agent skills.

1. Installation for AI Agents

Gemini Skills CLI:

gemini skills install https://github.com/KYC-rip/ripley-xmr-gateway.git --path skills/monero-wallet

OpenClaw / ClawHub: The Monero Wallet skill is published on ClawHub. Install it directly into your workspace:

# Recommended: Install via ClawHub CLI
clawhub install monero-wallet

Alternatively, link it locally:

# Manual Link
ln -s /path/to/ripley-xmr-gateway/skills/monero-wallet ~/.openclaw/skills/monero-wallet

Features

• Stateless AI Integration: Connect any AI model (Gemini, GPT-4, etc.) to Monero via standard HTTP.
• XMR402 Paywall Support: Native support for the XMR402 Protocol to handle autonomous payments.
• Payment Recovery: Built-in transaction logging and proof recovery for high-latency or unstable daemon connections.
• Duplicate Prevention: Proof-aware logic to prevent paying the same challenge twice.
• Privacy First: Automatic subaddress generation and OPSEC-focused transfers.
• Global Reach: Integrated Cloudflare Tunnel support for global access without open ports.
• Secure: Header-based X-API-KEY authentication and 127.0.0.1 host binding by default.

XMR402 Protocol (Autonomous Payments)

Ripley 1.0.1+ implements a robust version of the XMR402 protocol designed for autonomous agents.

1. Unified Payment Endpoint

The Agent simply calls POST /pay_402 with the challenge data. The gateway handles the transfer, retries proof generation, and returns a ready-to-use Authorization header.

2. Recovery Mechanism

If a transaction succeeds but proof generation fails (e.g., daemon timeout), the gateway returns PAID_PENDING_PROOF. The agent can then use:

• GET /transactions: To see all recent record of payments.
• POST /get_proof: To recover a proof for a specific past txid.

3. Duplicate Prevention

Agents are instructed via the monero-wallet skill to check the transaction log before paying. This prevents agents from wasting XMR by double-paying for the same nonce.

Configuration

Edit the .env file to customize your gateway:

• MONERO_NETWORK: Target network (mainnet or stagenet).
• AGENT_API_KEY: Secure key for gateway authentication.
• MAX_XMR_PER_REQUEST: (Default: 0.1) Limit per payment.
• MAX_XMR_PER_DAY: (Default: 0.5) Daily spending cap.
• GATEWAY_HOST: (Default: 127.0.0.1) Bound address for the API.

AI Agent Integration

This gateway is designed to be used as a Skill. See SKILL.md for the machine-readable instruction set that you can provide to your AI agents.

Example: Python (Ripley)

Check out ripley_agent.py for a reference implementation of a persistent-session AI agent that handles XMR402 challenges, subaddress generation, and payment recovery.

Project Structure

• src/: Core FastAPI gateway implementation.
• skills/: agentskills.io compatible skill definitions.
• scripts/: Implementation of RPC helpers and installers.
• examples/: Reference AI agent implementations.

License

MIT