Bring Secrets Management
to Windsurf
Learn how to connect HashiCorp Vault to Windsurf and start using 50 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
GDPR Free for SubscribersCompatible with every major AI agent and IDE
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What is the HashiCorp Vault MCP Server?
Connect your HashiCorp Vault instance to any AI agent to automate secrets management and security operations through natural language.
What you can do
- Secrets Management — Read, write, and list KV secrets directly from your secure mounts using the KV engine.
- Dynamic Credentials — Generate on-demand credentials for Databases, AWS, and PKI certificates without manual intervention.
- Token Operations — Create, lookup, and renew tokens to manage session lifecycles and access control.
- Transit Encryption — Encrypt and decrypt data using Vault's transit engine to protect sensitive information without exposing keys.
- System Administration — Check cluster health, manage mounts, and configure auth methods or ACL policies directly.
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Provide your Vault Address and Token
- Start managing your infrastructure security from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Who is this for?
- DevOps Engineers — automate secret rotation and infrastructure provisioning workflows.
- Security Teams — audit token accessors and manage ACL policies through conversation.
- Developers — fetch development secrets and generate local database credentials without leaving the IDE.
Built-in capabilities (50)
Login using AppRole authentication
Configure AWS root credentials
Configure a database connection
Configure Kubernetes authentication
Create or update an ACL policy
Create or update an AppRole role
Create an AWS role
Create a database role
Create a PKI role
Create a new Vault token
Create a new Transit key
Create a new Userpass user
Decrypt data using Transit engine
Delete the latest version of a KV v2 secret
Enable an audit device
Enable a new auth method
Enable a new secrets engine
Encrypt data using Transit engine
Generate a new Secret ID for an AppRole
Generate dynamic AWS credentials
Generate dynamic database credentials
Generate a new PKI root certificate
Check Vault initialization status
Generate OpenAPI V3 document of mounted backends
Check Vault system health
Login using GitHub personal access token
Initialize a new Vault cluster
Issue a new PKI certificate
Login using Kubernetes authentication
List ACL policies
List enabled audit devices
List enabled auth methods
List secrets in a KV v2 engine path
List mounted secrets engines
List token accessors (requires sudo)
Lookup a lease by ID
Lookup details about the current Vault token
Map a GitHub team to Vault policies
Read metadata for a KV v2 secret
Read a secret from KV v2 engine
Renew a lease
Renew the current Vault token
Revoke a lease
Revoke a PKI certificate
Revoke the current Vault token
Rotate a Transit key
Seal the Vault
Unseal the Vault with a key share
Login using Username and Password
Create or update a secret in KV v2 engine
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple HashiCorp Vault tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 50 tools are immediately available. Real-time tool feedback appears inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor.
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Windsurf's Cascade agent autonomously chains multiple tool calls in sequence, solving complex multi-step tasks without manual intervention
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Purpose-built for agentic workflows. Cascade understands context across your entire codebase and integrates MCP tools natively
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JSON-based configuration means zero code changes: paste a URL, reload, and all 50 tools are immediately available
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Real-time tool feedback is displayed inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor without switching contexts
HashiCorp Vault in Windsurf
HashiCorp Vault and 4,000+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect HashiCorp Vault to Windsurf through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 4,000+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for HashiCorp Vault in Windsurf
The HashiCorp Vault MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 50 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Windsurf only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
HashiCorp Vault for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the HashiCorp Vault MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
Can I check the remaining TTL and policies of my current session token?
Yes. Use the lookup_self_token tool. It returns the creation time, TTL, associated policies, and metadata for the token currently in use.
How do I retrieve a specific secret from a KV version 2 engine?
Use the read_kv_secret tool by providing the path to the secret. The agent will fetch the data and present the key-value pairs securely.
Is it possible to generate temporary database credentials through the agent?
Yes. If the database engine is configured, use generate_database_creds with the specific role name to receive a temporary username and password.
How does Windsurf discover MCP tools?
Windsurf reads the mcp_config.json file on startup and connects to each configured server via Streamable HTTP. Tools are listed in the MCP panel and available to Cascade automatically.
Can Cascade chain multiple MCP tool calls?
Yes. Cascade is an agentic system. it can plan and execute multi-step workflows, calling several tools in sequence to accomplish complex tasks without manual prompting between steps.
Does Windsurf support multiple MCP servers?
Yes. Add as many servers as needed in mcp_config.json. Each server's tools appear in the MCP panel and Cascade can use tools from different servers in a single flow.
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