# Tlon Urbit Messenger

> Use this tool when you need to integrate AI assistants with Urbit's social networking services, enabling seamless direct message communication and contact management. It solves the problem of complex Urbit addressing by resolving nicknames to ship IDs and handling authentication, making it ideal for users who want to interact with Urbit through natural language interfaces. The tool accepts inputs such as messages and nicknames, and outputs formatted message data and conversation history.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/jamesacklin-tlon-urbit-messenger  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jamesacklin-tlon-urbit-messenger

## Description

Tlon MCP Server provides a bridge between AI assistants and Urbit's social networking services, enabling direct message communication through Tlon's agents. Built using FastMCP and the Urbit HTTP API, it offers tools for sending direct messages, retrieving conversation history, and managing contacts with support for both ship IDs and human-readable nicknames. The server handles authentication to Urbit ships, resolves nicknames to proper ship addresses, and formats message data for readability. It's particularly valuable for users who want to interact with their Urbit communications through natural language interfaces without managing the complexities of Urbit's addressing system directly.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** security
- **Updated:** 2026-04-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/jamesacklin-tlon-urbit-messenger)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jamesacklin/tlon-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "jamesacklin-tlon-urbit-messenger"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jamesacklin-tlon-urbit-messenger` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/jamesacklin-tlon-urbit-messenger/pull`

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