Hashicorp Vault
Manages secrets like passwords & API keys securely using HashiCorp Vault, boosting application security and simplifying access control.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add hashicorp-vault npx -- -y @trustedskills/hashicorp-vault
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"hashicorp-vault": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/hashicorp-vault"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill allows AI agents to interact with HashiCorp Vault, a secrets management solution. It enables secure storage and access control for sensitive data like passwords, API keys, and certificates. The agent can retrieve secrets based on configured policies and authenticate using various methods supported by Vault.
When to use it
- Automated deployments: Retrieve database credentials from Vault during infrastructure provisioning.
- Secure application configuration: Fetch API keys needed for an application to connect to external services.
- Credential rotation: Automate the process of updating and retrieving new certificates stored in Vault.
- Auditing secrets access: Log and monitor which AI agent requests specific secrets from Vault.
Key capabilities
- Secret retrieval
- Authentication with Vault
- Policy-based access control
- Certificate management
Example prompts
- "Get the database password for the production environment."
- "Retrieve the API key for connecting to AWS S3."
- "Rotate the TLS certificate used by our web server."
Tips & gotchas
- Requires appropriate Vault access policies configured beforehand.
- The agent needs proper authentication credentials to interact with Vault, such as a token or Kubernetes service account.
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