diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3a7d4da..34a475a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/fiatjaf/nak
 
-go 1.23.1
+go 1.23.3
+
+toolchain go1.23.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/bep/debounce v1.2.1
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fiatjaf/khatru v0.15.0
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.9.0
+	github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go v0.8.3
 	github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3
 	github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr v0.49.2
 )
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elnosh/gonuts v0.3.1-0.20250123162555-7c0381a585e3 // indirect
 	github.com/fasthttp/websocket v1.5.7 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/graph-gophers/dataloader/v7 v7.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 82f770f..813b5dd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMyw
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/graph-gophers/dataloader/v7 v7.1.0 h1:Wn8HGF/q7MNXcvfaBnLEPEFJttVHR8zuEqP1obys/oc=
 github.com/graph-gophers/dataloader/v7 v7.1.0/go.mod h1:1bKE0Dm6OUcTB/OAuYVOZctgIz7Q3d0XrYtlIzTgg6Q=
@@ -112,6 +114,8 @@ github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0 h1:6QDX3g6z1YvJ4olPhT1wksUcSa/V0a1B+pJb73fBjyo=
 github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0/go.mod h1:z5UZb/iS3GoOSn0JgWuiw7dxlurVYTu+/jHXqQg881A=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.9.0 h1:PrnmzHw7262yW8sTBwxi1PdJA3Iw/EKBa8psRf7d9a4=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.9.0/go.mod h1:1+xMtQp2MRNVL/V1bOzuP3aP8VNwRW55fQUto+XFtTU=
+github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go v0.8.3 h1:IzlyN8BaP4YwUMUDqxOGJhGdZXEDQiAPX43dNPgnzrg=
+github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go v0.8.3/go.mod h1:cjMlBU0cv/cj9kjlgmRhoJ5JREdS7YX83xeIG9Ko/jE=
 github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3 h1:TvrsIvr5uk+3v6poDjaicnAFJ5IgtFHgLiuMY2Eb7Nw=
 github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3/go.mod h1:cMwQRrBUQlK1UI5TIFHEcvpsMbkWrQLXuaPNMFzuYLk=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 96d05c3..f2934fa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ var app = &cli.Command{
 		decrypt,
 		outbox,
 		wallet,
+		mcpServer,
 	},
 	Version: version,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
diff --git a/mcp.go b/mcp.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0538b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mcp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/fiatjaf/cli/v3"
+	"github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go/mcp"
+	"github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go/server"
+	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
+)
+
+var mcpServer = &cli.Command{
+	Name:                      "mcp",
+	Usage:                     "pander to the AI gods",
+	Description:               ``,
+	DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
+	Flags:                     []cli.Flag{},
+	Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+		s := server.NewMCPServer(
+			"nak",
+			version,
+		)
+
+		s.AddTool(mcp.NewTool("publish_note",
+			mcp.WithDescription("Publish a short note event to Nostr with the given text content"),
+			mcp.WithString("content",
+				mcp.Required(),
+				mcp.Description("Arbitrary string to be published"),
+			),
+			mcp.WithString("mention",
+				mcp.Required(),
+				mcp.Description("Nostr user's public key to be mentioned"),
+			),
+		), func(ctx context.Context, request mcp.CallToolRequest) (*mcp.CallToolResult, error) {
+			content, _ := request.Params.Arguments["content"].(string)
+			mention, _ := request.Params.Arguments["mention"].(string)
+
+			if mention != "" && !nostr.IsValidPublicKey(mention) {
+				return mcp.NewToolResultError("the given mention isn't a valid public key, it must be 32 bytes hex, like the ones returned by search_profile"), nil
+			}
+
+			sk := os.Getenv("NOSTR_SECRET_KEY")
+			if sk == "" {
+				sk = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"
+			}
+			var relays []string
+
+			evt := nostr.Event{
+				Kind:      1,
+				Tags:      nostr.Tags{{"client", "goose/nak"}},
+				Content:   content,
+				CreatedAt: nostr.Now(),
+			}
+
+			if mention != "" {
+				evt.Tags = append(evt.Tags, nostr.Tag{"p", mention})
+				// their inbox relays
+				relays = sys.FetchInboxRelays(ctx, mention, 3)
+			}
+
+			evt.Sign(sk)
+
+			// our write relays
+			relays = append(relays, sys.FetchOutboxRelays(ctx, evt.PubKey, 3)...)
+
+			if len(relays) == 0 {
+				relays = []string{"nos.lol", "relay.damus.io"}
+			}
+
+			for res := range sys.Pool.PublishMany(ctx, []string{"nos.lol"}, evt) {
+				if res.Error != nil {
+					return mcp.NewToolResultError(
+						fmt.Sprintf("there was an error publishing the event to the relay %s",
+							res.RelayURL),
+					), nil
+				}
+			}
+
+			return mcp.NewToolResultText("event was successfully published with id " + evt.ID), nil
+		})
+
+		s.AddTool(mcp.NewTool("search_profile",
+			mcp.WithDescription("Search for the public key of a Nostr user given their name"),
+			mcp.WithString("name",
+				mcp.Required(),
+				mcp.Description("Name to be searched"),
+			),
+		), func(ctx context.Context, request mcp.CallToolRequest) (*mcp.CallToolResult, error) {
+			name, _ := request.Params.Arguments["name"].(string)
+			re := sys.Pool.QuerySingle(ctx, []string{"relay.nostr.band", "nostr.wine"}, nostr.Filter{Search: name, Kinds: []int{0}})
+			if re == nil {
+				return mcp.NewToolResultError("couldn't find anyone with that name"), nil
+			}
+
+			return mcp.NewToolResultText(re.PubKey), nil
+		})
+
+		s.AddTool(mcp.NewTool("get_outbox_relay_for_pubkey",
+			mcp.WithDescription("Get the best relay from where to read notes from a specific Nostr user"),
+			mcp.WithString("pubkey",
+				mcp.Required(),
+				mcp.Description("Public key of Nostr user we want to know the relay from where to read"),
+			),
+		), func(ctx context.Context, request mcp.CallToolRequest) (*mcp.CallToolResult, error) {
+			name, _ := request.Params.Arguments["name"].(string)
+			re := sys.Pool.QuerySingle(ctx, []string{"relay.nostr.band", "nostr.wine"}, nostr.Filter{Search: name, Kinds: []int{0}})
+			if re == nil {
+				return mcp.NewToolResultError("couldn't find anyone with that name"), nil
+			}
+
+			return mcp.NewToolResultText(re.PubKey), nil
+		})
+
+		s.AddTool(mcp.NewTool("read_events_from_relay",
+			mcp.WithDescription("Makes a REQ query to one relay using the specified parameters"),
+			mcp.WithNumber("kind",
+				mcp.Required(),
+				mcp.Description("event kind number to include in the 'kinds' field"),
+			),
+			mcp.WithString("pubkey",
+				mcp.Description("pubkey to include in the 'authors' field"),
+			),
+			mcp.WithNumber("limit",
+				mcp.Required(),
+				mcp.Description("maximum number of events to query"),
+			),
+			mcp.WithString("relay",
+				mcp.Required(),
+				mcp.Description("relay URL to send the query to"),
+			),
+		), func(ctx context.Context, request mcp.CallToolRequest) (*mcp.CallToolResult, error) {
+			relay, _ := request.Params.Arguments["relay"].(string)
+			limit, _ := request.Params.Arguments["limit"].(int)
+			kind, _ := request.Params.Arguments["kind"].(int)
+			pubkey, _ := request.Params.Arguments["pubkey"].(string)
+
+			if pubkey != "" && !nostr.IsValidPublicKey(pubkey) {
+				return mcp.NewToolResultError("the given pubkey isn't a valid public key, it must be 32 bytes hex, like the ones returned by search_profile"), nil
+			}
+
+			filter := nostr.Filter{
+				Limit: limit,
+				Kinds: []int{kind},
+			}
+			if pubkey != "" {
+				filter.Authors = []string{pubkey}
+			}
+
+			events := sys.Pool.SubManyEose(ctx, []string{relay}, nostr.Filters{filter})
+
+			results := make([]string, 0, limit)
+			for ie := range events {
+				results = append(results, ie.String())
+			}
+
+			return mcp.NewToolResultText(strings.Join(results, "\n\n")), nil
+		})
+
+		return server.ServeStdio(s)
+	},
+}