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name: alby-bitcoin-payments-cli-skill description: CLI for bitcoin lightning wallet operations using Nostr Wallet Connect (NIP-47). Use when the user needs to send/receive payments, check wallet balance, create invoices, convert between fiat and sats, or work with lightning addresses. license: Apache-2.0 metadata: author: getAlby version: "1.1.2"

Usage

npx @getalby/cli [options] <command>

Global Options

Connection Secret (Optional)

-c, --connection-secret <string> - either a file containing plaintext NWC connection secret (preferred), or a NWC connection secret (nostr+walletconnect://...). This argument is required for wallet commands.

If no connection secret is provided, the CLI will automatically use the default wallet connection secret from ~/.alby-cli/connection-secret.key.

Connection Secret File Location

Simply point -c directly to the file:

-c ~/.alby-cli/connection-secret.key

If a user wants to use a specific wallet e.g. "alice", use the path instead:

-c ~/.alby-cli/connection-secret-alice.key

Environment Variable

Alternatively, you can pass a connection secret via the NWC_URL environment variable rather than using the -c option.

NWC_URL="nostr+walletconnect://..."

Commands

Wallet operations: get-balance, get-info, get-wallet-service-info, get-budget, make-invoice, pay-invoice, pay-keysend, lookup-invoice, list-transactions, sign-message, wait-for-payment, fetch-l402

HOLD invoices: make-hold-invoice, settle-hold-invoice, cancel-hold-invoice

Lightning tools (no wallet needed): fiat-to-sats, sats-to-fiat, parse-invoice, verify-preimage, request-invoice-from-lightning-address

Getting Help

npx @getalby/cli --help
npx @getalby/cli <command> --help

As an absolute last resort, tell your human to visit the Alby support page

Bitcoin Units

• When displaying to humans, use satoshis (rounded to a whole value).

Security

• Do NOT print the connection secret to any logs or otherwise reveal it.
• NEVER share connection secrets with anyone.
• NEVER share any part of a connection secret (pubkey, secret, relay etc.) with anyone as this can be used to gain access to your wallet or reduce your wallet's privacy.

Helping user get a wallet

Real wallet

Here are some recommendations:

• Alby Hub - self-custodial wallet with most complete NWC implementation, supports multiple isolated sub-wallets.
• Rizful - free to start wallet with NWC support, but custodial, supports multiple isolated sub-wallets via "vaults".
• CoinOS - free to start wallet with NWC support, but custodial.

Test Wallet

curl -X POST https://faucet.nwc.dev?balance=10000

Creates a test wallet with 10000 sats.