MCP reference · @wundervault/mcp-server 2.3.0

Five tools. None returns a secret.

Each tool asks the helper app on your computer to do something with a secret; none ever returns its value. Requires the helper app: see Get started.

vault_entries_list

Lists the secrets this agent may use: name, id, and what kind of secret it is (web service, SSH, wallet or signing key). Never values.

vault_call

Calls a web service with a secret attached, and returns the answer with the secret removed.

entry_id
Which secret.
purpose
Why, in a sentence. Kept in the helper app’s log on the owner's computer.
request
origin (scheme: "https", host, port), method, path, and optional query, body and headers (your own, such as a user agent; never the one that carries the secret).
request.stamp
For a secret the owner marked "stamped" (AWS, X, exchanges): how the service signs requests. The secret itself never travels; the helper app computes the signature. {"builtin": "oauth1"} signs for X and other OAuth 1.0a services, with a fresh one-time code for every request. The owner approves each new recipe once.
operation_id + args
Instead of request: run an operation the owner defined for this secret.
  • The helper app attaches the secret the way the owner set for it: a header, a query parameter, a username and password, or part of the web address. Your agent never chooses that.
  • HTTPS only, with real certificate checks. Redirects are not followed.
  • Private network addresses are refused unless the owner allowed one for this secret.
  • Answers have size and time limits.
  • An "ask me first" secret waits until the owner approves that destination, method and path, once or for a short window.

vault_ssh_exec

Runs a command on a server, or copies files to it with rsync, with the helper app signing the SSH login.

entry_id
Which SSH key (ed25519).
destination
[user@]host. The host must be on the key's list of allowed hosts.
purpose
Why.
remote_argv
The command and its arguments, run without a shell.
rsync_args
Instead of a command: rsync arguments. Every host:path is checked against the same list.
timeout_seconds, working_dir
Default 120 seconds; local folder for rsync sources.

The key never leaves the helper app. A key with no allowed hosts can't be used, and naming another host inside the command doesn't change where it connects.

vault_pay

Pays when a service answers "402 Payment Required" (x402), from a wallet whose key stays with the helper app. Returns the header to send when you retry the same request.

entry_id
Which wallet.
payment_required
The 402 reply's PAYMENT-REQUIRED header, or its decoded JSON, or a version 1 402 body.
accept_index
Which offer to pay, when the service offers more than one.
purpose
Why. The owner sees it if they're asked.
  • USDC on Base and Solana, and their test networks.
  • Inside the owner's rules (payees they trust, a daily limit, networks they allow) it's signed at once. Anything else waits for the owner; if they haven't answered yet, call again with the same payment to keep waiting.

How payments work.

vault_sign

Signs data with a signing key whose value stays with the helper app. The owner approves every signature.

entry_id
Which signing key.
data
What to sign, at most 256 KB.
encoding
How data is written: utf8 (the default), base64 or hex.
purpose
What the signature is for. The owner sees it.

The owner is shown the data in full when it's text up to 64 KB, and its SHA-256 fingerprint always. Returns the signature (base64), the public key and the algorithm.

What errors mean

Waiting for approval
The owner is being asked. Nothing was sent.
Helper app not running
The helper app isn't installed on this computer, or this agent isn't enrolled.
Wrong kind of secret
For example, an SSH key used with vault_call, or a wallet with vault_sign.
Upgrade required
This MCP server is older than the helper app.

Version 1 tools that are gone

vault_exec, vault_entry_get, vault_entry_inject_env and vault_rsync handed the secret to a command your agent chose. Version 2 doesn't: use vault_call for web services, vault_ssh_exec, including its rsync_args, for servers, vault_pay for payments and vault_sign for signatures. How to upgrade.