"Six months ago, everyone was talking about MCPs. And I was like, screw MCPs. Every MCP would be better as a CLI."

— Peter Steinberger, Founder of OpenClaw Watch on YouTube (~2:39:00) | Lex Fridman Podcast #491

NOWPayments CLI

Production-ready CLI for NOWPayments API. Accept cryptocurrency payments, manage invoices, and handle subscriptions from your terminal.

Features

• Payments — Create and track crypto payments
• Invoices — Generate payment invoices
• Currencies — List supported cryptocurrencies and get estimates
• Subscriptions — Manage recurring payments
• JSON output — All commands support --json

Why CLI > MCP

• Simpler — Just a binary you call directly
• Composable — Pipe to jq, grep, other tools
• Scriptable — Use in shell scripts, CI/CD
• AI-friendly — Easy for AI agents to use

Installation

npm install -g @ktmcp-cli/nowpaymentsio

Setup

Get API key from NOWPayments Dashboard.

nowpaymentsio config set --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

Commands

# Status
nowpaymentsio status get

# Currencies
nowpaymentsio currencies list
nowpaymentsio currencies estimate --amount 100 --from USD --to BTC

# Payments
nowpaymentsio payments list
nowpaymentsio payments get <payment-id>
nowpaymentsio payments create --amount 100 --from USD --to BTC

# Invoices
nowpaymentsio invoices list
nowpaymentsio invoices create --amount 50 --currency USD

# Subscriptions
nowpaymentsio subscriptions plans
nowpaymentsio subscriptions list

License

MIT — Part of KTMCP CLI