The card front is the only part a capable client could draw itself; the un-fakeable part is the last step — a sandbox can’t put a stamped postcard in a real mailbox. That’s the durable value of the gateway: a real-world action settled in USDC.
The prompt
What runs
POST /anthropic/v1/messages— Claude writes the note text (~$0.02)POST /fal/fal-ai/flux/dev— Flux renders the card front (~$0.06)POST /lob/v1/postcards— Lob prints + mails the physical postcard (~$2.00)
Run it
SDK
Claude Desktop (MCP)
The chain above runs end-to-end in Claude Desktop if you paste the natural-language prompt — the MCP wallet handles the three 402s in sequence and Claude orchestrates the data flow.Expected output
Extend it
- Use Lob
/v1/letters(~$3.00) for multi-page letters instead of postcards - Verify the destination first with Lob
/v1/verify(~$0.02) to catch typos before paying $2.00 - Swap Flux Dev for Recraft 20B (
/fal/fal-ai/recraft-20b) for vector-style illustrations - Generate batches: 10 unique cards to 10 friends, ~$20.80 total, one tap-free pass
