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# MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)

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[Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) ↗](https://mpp.dev) is an open protocol for machine-to-machine payments. It standardizes the HTTP `402 Payment Required` status code with a formal authentication scheme proposed to the [IETF ↗](https://paymentauth.org). MPP gives agents, applications, and people one interface to pay for a service in the same HTTP request.

MPP is payment-method agnostic. It supports stablecoins, cards through Stripe, and custom payment methods. A service can offer more than one method.

## How it works

1. An Agent or HTTP client requests a paid resource.
2. The service returns `402 Payment Required` with a payment Challenge.
3. The client fulfills the payment.
4. The client retries with a payment Credential.
5. The service returns the resource with a payment Receipt.

HTTP services exchange payment data in authentication headers. Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools use the same flow through JSON-RPC.

## Payment intents

MPP defines three payment intents:

* **`charge`** — Collect a one-time payment.
* **`session`** — Charge for measured usage.
* **`subscription`** — Sell recurring access.

For more information, refer to [MPP payment intents ↗](https://mpp.dev/intents/).

## Compatibility with x402

MPP is backwards-compatible with [x402](https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/tools/payments/x402/). MPP clients can consume existing x402 services without changes to those services.

## Build on Cloudflare

### [Accept payments](https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/tools/payments/mpp/accept-payments/)

Charge for a Worker route or an MCP tool

### [Pay from the Agents SDK](https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/tools/payments/mpp/pay-from-agents-sdk/)

Pay HTTP services and MCP tools from a Cloudflare Agent

## SDKs

MPP provides SDKs for TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, and Ruby. The Cloudflare guides use the TypeScript [mppx SDK ↗](https://mpp.dev/sdk/typescript/).

For current packages and integrations, refer to the [MPP SDK documentation ↗](https://mpp.dev/sdk/).

## Related

* [mpp.dev ↗](https://mpp.dev) — Protocol documentation and guides
* [IETF specification ↗](https://paymentauth.org) — Payment HTTP Authentication Scheme
* [Pay Per Crawl](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-crawl-control/features/pay-per-crawl/) — Cloudflare-native web content monetization

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