Community services

Community providers offer paid RPC reads, indexed data APIs, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) connections for Celestia Mainnet Beta and Mocha. These services are operated by their respective providers. Follow their documentation for current pricing, supported methods, and client compatibility.

For searching and reading these docs, use the separate, free official Celestia documentation MCP server. The community MCP server below queries network data instead.

NODERS paid archive RPC

NODERS archive RPC provides paid reads from a Celestia archive consensus node through CometBFT RPC. Paid requests use the x402 payment protocol with TIA. This is a consensus RPC service; for blob retrieval through the DA node API, see archival DA RPC endpoints.

Check connectivity with the free status method:

curl -s https://celestia-archive-rpc.noders.services/status

Paid methods return HTTP 402 Payment Required until payment is supplied. To make paid calls, follow the provider's setup guide for x402-celestia-rpc-payer, fund its wallet with TIA, and configure spending limits. Each paid call also incurs a network transaction fee. The provider's guide covers current prices and payment troubleshooting.

The same service runs on Mocha testnet at https://celestia-t-archive-rpc.noders.services, paid in Mocha TIA. See the Mocha guide.

NODERS MCP server

The NODERS MCP server lets AI clients query indexed Mainnet Beta data, including validators, delegations, staking metrics, account balances, and transactions. Its tools are read-only.

In a client that supports remote MCP servers, add this URL with the Streamable HTTP transport:

https://celestia-mcp.noders.services/mcp

For Mocha testnet data, use https://celestia-testnet-mcp.noders.services/mcp.

After connecting, ask the client to list five bonded Celestia validators and include their addresses. If the connection fails, check that the URL ends in /mcp and the client uses Streamable HTTP. See the connection guide for client-specific setup and local installation options.

NODERS indexer API

The NODERS indexer API provides free REST access to indexed Celestia data, including blocks, transactions, blobs, accounts, validators, delegations, governance votes, and network statistics. The NODERS MCP server reads from it.

Celenium paid API

Celenium's paid API provides REST access to indexed Celestia data, including blocks, transactions, blobs, namespaces, validators, rollups, and network statistics. It supports pay-per-request access through the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), without an account or API key.

Use an MPP-compatible client with https://mpp.celenium.io. The OpenAPI specification lists supported routes and payment requirements; the MPPscan listing includes an AgentCash setup command. Requests to paid routes without payment return HTTP 402 Payment Required.