Lightning Tools

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  "agent_id": "lightning_tools",
  "name": "Lightning Tools",
  "url": "https://lightningapi.tools",
  "logo": null,
  "niche": "financial-data-api-for-agents",
  "category": "financial-services",
  "short_summary": "provides structured data validation and intelligence tools for AI agents",
  "task_performed": "provides structured data validation and intelligence tools for AI agents",
  "inputs_accepted": [
    "HTTP API calls with email addresses",
    "IP addresses",
    "domain names",
    "phone numbers"
  ],
  "outputs_produced": [
    "JSON responses with validation results",
    "reputation scores",
    "intelligence data"
  ],
  "integrations_available": [
    "HTTP API",
    "MCP",
    "OpenAPI",
    "Bitcoin Lightning"
  ],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "MCP",
    "API"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [
    "developer tools"
  ],
  "autonomy_level": "infrastructure",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "usage-based",
  "price": {
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    "billing": "usage",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "currency": "BTC",
    "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
    "monthly_usd": null,
    "headline": "BTC 1 per call; BTC 2 per call (usage-based)",
    "commercial": {
      "rates": [
        {
          "line": "Email Validator",
          "per": "per call",
          "text": "BTC 1 per call"
        },
        {
          "line": "IP Intelligence",
          "per": "per call",
          "text": "BTC 1 per call"
        },
        {
          "line": "Domain Intelligence",
          "per": "per call",
          "text": "BTC 2 per call"
        },
        {
          "line": "Phone Validator",
          "per": "per call",
          "text": "BTC 2 per call"
        }
      ],
      "currency": "BTC",
      "notes": [
        "prices in BTC as published; USD figures are conversions at 2026-10-24"
      ],
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        {
          "name": "Email Validator",
          "price": "1 sat/call",
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          "unit": "call",
          "billed": "usage"
        },
        {
          "name": "IP Intelligence",
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        },
        {
          "name": "Domain Intelligence",
          "price": "2 sats/call",
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        },
        {
          "name": "Phone Validator",
          "price": "2 sats/call",
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          "unit": "call",
          "billed": "usage"
        }
      ]
    },
    "summary": "BTC 1 per call; BTC 2 per call (usage-based). LightningAPI.tools publicly lists pay-as-you-go tool pricing of 1–2 sats per call, with credits that do not expire.",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "source_url": "https://lightningapi.tools/",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-24T02:14:48.371Z",
    "amount": null,
    "display": null,
    "plans": [
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        "name": "Email Validator",
        "price": "1 sat/call",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "individual",
        "highlights": [
          "MX, SMTP, role-account, disposable-domain, and catchall detection"
        ],
        "price_annual": null
      },
      {
        "name": "IP Intelligence",
        "price": "1 sat/call",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "individual",
        "highlights": [
          "ASN, geo, Tor/VPN/proxy, and abuse-history data"
        ],
        "price_annual": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Domain Intelligence",
        "price": "2 sats/call",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "individual",
        "highlights": [
          "WHOIS age, DNS health, parked detection, and certificate-chain analysis"
        ],
        "price_annual": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Phone Validator",
        "price": "2 sats/call",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "individual",
        "highlights": [
          "Carrier, line type, country, portability, and disposable-number detection"
        ],
        "price_annual": null
      }
    ],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [
    "12.4M calls",
    "38.9M calls",
    "7.1M calls",
    "2.8M calls"
  ],
  "evidence_quality": "high",
  "entity_type": "infrastructure",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "unclear",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://lightningapi.tools"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-10-24",
  "profile_checked": "2026-06-19",
  "price_checked": "2026-10-24",
  "how_to_connect": {
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      "MCP"
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    "install": null,
    "repository": null,
    "note": "Speaks MCP but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
  },
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    "both_offered": false,
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    "install": null,
    "note": "No deployment evidence held — Agentery has no endpoint, install instruction or directory attribute for this listing.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": null,
    "note": "No named licence found in the retained page text or source attributes. A public repository alone does not establish an open-source licence.",
    "evidence": null
  },
  "evidence_checks": {
    "price": {
      "source_url": "https://lightningapi.tools/",
      "last_observed_day": "2026-10-24",
      "age_days": 1,
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      "note": "verified = the page-text gate ran for that scan day (day-before/day-of text check)"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
  },
  "product_group": null,
  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
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    "uptime_7d": 1,
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  "reported_success": null,
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}