DMT Receipts

Portable, Bitcoin-permanent agent memories via the TAP Protocol / Ordinals.

DMT Receipts is a local stdio MCP server (prepare_memory, verify_inscription) and a browser demo. It turns a five-field dmt-memory/v1 JSON object into an inscription-ready payload. Permanence means those memory bytes are committed on Bitcoin L1 as Ordinals inscription content under TAP ("p":"tap"). Keep the memory and inscription id / txid in storage you control. After prepare_memory, status is prepared. A wallet or Ordinals tool inscribes the bytes and pays the Bitcoin fee.

Live site · Protocol recipe · Repo show-and-tell · Full specification · TAP specs

Maintainer: github.com/Colchora

Start here

The live site prepares and verifies a memory in the browser. Nothing is uploaded; receipts stay in localStorage until you export them. This package is the same protocol as a local MCP server. It is not published to the npm registry, so install it from a clone (below) or use the site.

What you want	Where
Prepare a memory, no install	Live app → Anchor
Verify an inscription	Live app → Verify
Receipts saved in this browser	Live app → Receipts
Prove the local tools	npm ci then node examples/run-demo.mjs
Agent index (tools, run, demo)	llms.txt in this repo
Canonical byte rules	live llms.txt
Full protocol	spec.md
Machine-readable manifest	agent.json
MCP registry id	io.github.Colchora/dmt-receipts (server.json, glama.json)

Optional honor-system funding is separate from inscription fees: Support and Buyback.

What a receipt does—and does not—establish

A receipt can establish	A receipt cannot establish
These exact canonical bytes were inscribed as Ordinals content in a Bitcoin transaction (when inscription_id / content match).	Who created or owns those bytes; authorship needs a separate signature scheme.
Local verify_inscription can recompute the digest and optionally fetch public inscription content for comparison.	Truth, accuracy, originality, intent, or exclusive ownership of the memory.
TAP indexers / Ordinals explorers can show the inscription independently of this repo.	A free hash-only calendar proof. Inscription fees are real Bitcoin fees.

This MCP server does not broadcast transactions or pay fees. Status after prepare_memory is prepared, not inscribed.

Show and tell

Node.js 18+. npm ci installs dependencies and builds dist/index.js. The server speaks MCP on stdin and stays open until a client connects.

git clone https://github.com/Colchora/dmt-receipts.git
cd dmt-receipts
npm ci
node examples/run-demo.mjs

The script calls prepare_memory on examples/demo-memory.json, then verify_inscription with no inscription id. A passing run prints:

Check	Value
sha256	76f3f9ff531cecbfe46e676e932f9b0d9d02b3d7c04e5a558924a8092cb0294b
byte_length	170
status	prepared
matches_expected_sha256	true
ok	false until the bytes are inscribed

ok stays false while the memory is only prepared. Inscription content that matches the canonical bytes is what makes a later verify succeed. The same numbers are in examples/expected-digest.json.

Cursor loads .cursor/mcp.json after the build. ${workspaceFolder} is the directory that contains that file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dmt-receipts": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["${workspaceFolder}/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop and other clients use an absolute path to the built file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dmt-receipts": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/dmt-receipts/dist/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Call prepare_memory with the five fields in examples/demo-memory.json (agent_id, key, content, tags, created_at). Pass the returned memory and sha256 to verify_inscription with fetch_content: false and include_trac: false until you have an inscription_id.

Tools:

• prepare_memory — canonicalize a memory, hash it, and return an Ordinals/TAP inscription recipe (content UTF-8 + optional dta pointer).
• verify_inscription — recompute the digest; optionally fetch inscription content and compare; return explorer links.

Walkthrough: examples/README.md. Agent index: llms.txt. Protocol bytes: live llms.txt.

Checks

npm run typecheck
npm run build
npm test

npm run typecheck runs tsc --noEmit. The compiler uses strict, noUncheckedIndexedAccess, and exactOptionalPropertyTypes. npm test rebuilds dist/, runs the unit tests, and runs examples/run-demo.mjs.

Prepare, inscribe, verify

1. Call prepare_memory with agent_id, key, and content.
2. Inscribe inscription_recipe.content_utf8 as Ordinals content (application/json or text/plain) with TAP Wallet or any Ordinals/TAP tool. Optional TAP dta (≤512 bytes) may carry sha256:<hex> on token-deploy flows.
3. Store the memory with inscription_id / txid.
4. Call verify_inscription with the memory and inscription_id.

The same prepare and verify steps work in the browser with no install: Anchor, then Verify.

Canonical memory format

Compact UTF-8 JSON, no trailing newline, keys sorted by Unicode code point, literal non-ASCII:

{"agent_id":"demo-agent","content":"Remember this exact state.","created_at":"2026-11-05T17:00:00Z","key":"notes/hello","tags":["demo"]}

Field	Type	Notes
agent_id	string	Stable identifier for the agent.
key	string	Memory key, slug, or path.
content	string, object, array, number, or boolean	Nested values must be JSON-compatible.
tags	array of strings	Use [] when there are no tags.
created_at	string	ISO-8601 UTC ending in Z, whole-second precision.
(extensions)	any JSON value	Optional. Extra fields are sorted with everything else and included in the hash. prepare_memory keeps additional tool arguments.

Protocol and privacy

Inscription content is public on Bitcoin. Do not inscribe secrets. This tool never uploads memory bytes to a backend of its own; if you fetch content during verify, you contact a public explorer.

License

MIT

Support & Tap buyback

Optional honor-system funding lives on the live site:

• Support plans — Free prepare, Support, Tap buyback
• Buyback hub — all contribution proceeds are directed here (USDC address + local payment-reference log)

Prepare/inscribe memory tooling stays free aside from Bitcoin network inscription fees paid to miners/inscribers. This repository does not process card payments.