Roadmap/freedom-tech-automation-inventory.md

Freedom-Tech Automation Inventory

As of 2026-05-14.

This document answers a narrower question than the landscape scan: which products already have real automation surfaces, existing AI integrations, or obvious skill-building interfaces?

Quick Read

Best first-wave skill targets:

  1. btcpay-greenfield
  2. nostr-ops
  3. nwc-wallet
  4. cashu-cli
  5. simplex-bot
  6. matrix-community-ops
  7. bitcoin-core-readonly

Best second-wave targets:

  1. fedimint-client
  2. signal-signald
  3. lnbits
  4. gpg-openpgp
  5. white-noise-core

Defer for now:

  1. keet
  2. briar
  3. bitchat
  4. nowhere
  5. standalone rsa

1. What Already Exists

Existing packaged skills or agent integrations

Product Existing integration Link Notes
Signal Local signal-cli skill in this repo on main Upstream surface: AsamK/signal-cli Already proves the pattern: sync, resolve recipients, send safely.
Nostr MCP server AustinKelsay/nostr-mcp-server Real MCP packaging for profiles, notes, keys, and NIP search.
NWC / Lightning Alby MCP getAlby/mcp Strong packaged MCP around NWC, LNURL, and related Lightning flows.
Bitcoin Community MCPs runeape-sats/bitcoin-mcp, AbdelStark/bitcoin-mcp Not first-party, but enough exists to show demand and feasibility.
mesh-llm Built-in skill material Mesh-LLM/mesh-llm Support infra, not core freedom tech.
Crabbox Built-in skill material openclaw/crabbox Same conclusion as mesh-llm: useful infra around the skill stack.

High-quality low-level automation surfaces with no good Freedom Skill yet

Product Strongest surface Link Buildability
Bitcoin Core JSON-RPC and bitcoin-cli RPC docs Very high
HWI Hardware wallet CLI/API bitcoin-core/HWI High
BDK Wallet SDK and CLI bitcoindevkit/bdk High
LND gRPC / REST lightningnetwork/lnd Very high
Core Lightning JSON-RPC and plugins ElementsProject/lightning Very high
BTCPay Server Greenfield API BTCPay docs Very high
LNbits HTTP API and extensions lnbits/lnbits High
Cashu Nutshell CLI / mint server cashubtc/nutshell Very high
Cashu CDK CLI / mintd / gRPC cashubtc/cdk High
Fedimint fedimint-cli and client RPC fedimint/fedimint High
Nostr nak CLI fiatjaf/nak Very high
Nostr SDKs and relay implementations rust-nostr, strfry High
Signal signald signald docs High
SimpleX Terminal CLI + local WebSocket bot API simplex-chat/simplex-chat Very high
Matrix SDKs and bot tooling matrix-rust-sdk, matrix-commander Very high
White Noise Rust core + CLI binaries marmot-protocol/whitenoise-rs Medium
GPG / OpenPGP gpg CLI GnuPG docs Very high
GPG / OpenPGP sq CLI / Sequoia Sequoia PGP High

Weak or missing automation surfaces

Product Why it is weak today Judgment
Keet App-first product; no obvious stable automation surface. Do not build a Keet skill first.
Briar Strong mission fit, weak public automation surface. Watch only.
Bitchat Interesting protocol and codebase, but still app-centric and security-sensitive. Watch only.
Nowhere Strong publishing idea, weak public SDK/CLI/API surface. Watch only.
standalone RSA Too primitive and misuse-prone. Fold into GPG/OpenPGP or OpenSSL ops.

2. Recommendations by Product Area

Build now

Skill Why now
btcpay-greenfield Stable merchant API, high real-world leverage, clearly non-custodial.
nostr-ops Strong CLI/SDK/MCP ecosystem and central to the Bitcoin-adjacent stack.
nwc-wallet Best current programmable wallet surface for agents.
cashu-cli Strong wallet and mint CLI surface; high privacy relevance.
simplex-bot One of the best un-packaged freedom-tech bot surfaces available.
matrix-community-ops Bots, bridges, rooms, and moderation all map well to skills.
bitcoin-core-readonly Safe and useful entry point into node-aware skills.

Build soon

Skill Why later
fedimint-client Buildable, but ecosystem is still moving quickly.
signal-signald Richer than raw signal-cli, but heavier to operate.
lnbits Good wallet/account experimentation layer once the core stack is covered.
gpg-openpgp Valuable, but should stay tightly scoped around sign/verify/encrypt/decrypt.
white-noise-core Promising, but current surface is still library-first.
zeus-helper Useful wallet/node surface, but after core protocols and merchant rails.
boltz-swaps Important operationally, but best after Core/Lightning/BTCPay coverage exists.

Watchlist

Candidate Why wait
nowhere Interesting architecture, but current public automation surface is weak.
bitchat High-upside for protests/disasters, but too immature and app-centric.
keet Better to target Holepunch primitives than the Keet app itself.
session Buildable enough to experiment with, but lower priority.
mesh-llm Support infra for sovereign agents, not a first-wave product skill.
crabbox Same as mesh-llm: useful around Freedom Skills, not the core roadmap.

3. Specific Calls on the Added Items

gpg

Yes. This should become a candidate Freedom Skill.

Good scope:

Bad scope:

rsa

No as a standalone skill.

The right abstraction is:

mesh-llm

Useful, but as support infrastructure for sovereign/private agent compute rather than freedom tech itself.

crab box

Useful, but the same conclusion as mesh-llm: support infrastructure, not a core Freedom Skill product area.

nowhere

Interesting and worth tracking. Today it looks more like a watchlist item than a near-term skill target because the public automation surface is still weak compared with BTCPay, Nostr, Cashu, Matrix, or SimpleX.

4. Bottom Line

The biggest gap is not protocol maturity. It is packaging maturity.

Bitcoin Core, BTCPay, Cashu, Fedimint, Nostr, NWC, SimpleX, Matrix, and GPG all already have enough surface area to support serious agent skills. The opportunity for Freedom Skills is to package those interfaces into safe, opinionated workflows before someone else does it badly.