AI agents use your Obsidian secrets by name — values never reach their context.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add vaultguard -e VAULTGUARD_PASSPHRASE=<VAULTGUARD_PASSPHRASE> -e VAULTGUARD_VAULT_PATH=<VAULTGUARD_VAULT_PATH> -e VAULTGUARD_HOME=<VAULTGUARD_HOME> -e VAULTGUARD_ALLOW_GET_SECRET=<VAULTGUARD_ALLOW_GET_SECRET> -- npx -y @ashishrao-4/[email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"vaultguard": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ashishrao-4/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"VAULTGUARD_PASSPHRASE": "<VAULTGUARD_PASSPHRASE>",
"VAULTGUARD_VAULT_PATH": "<VAULTGUARD_VAULT_PATH>",
"VAULTGUARD_HOME": "<VAULTGUARD_HOME>",
"VAULTGUARD_ALLOW_GET_SECRET": "<VAULTGUARD_ALLOW_GET_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"vaultguard": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ashishrao-4/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"VAULTGUARD_PASSPHRASE": "<VAULTGUARD_PASSPHRASE>",
"VAULTGUARD_VAULT_PATH": "<VAULTGUARD_VAULT_PATH>",
"VAULTGUARD_HOME": "<VAULTGUARD_HOME>",
"VAULTGUARD_ALLOW_GET_SECRET": "<VAULTGUARD_ALLOW_GET_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"vaultguard": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ashishrao-4/[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"VAULTGUARD_PASSPHRASE": "<VAULTGUARD_PASSPHRASE>",
"VAULTGUARD_VAULT_PATH": "<VAULTGUARD_VAULT_PATH>",
"VAULTGUARD_HOME": "<VAULTGUARD_HOME>",
"VAULTGUARD_ALLOW_GET_SECRET": "<VAULTGUARD_ALLOW_GET_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
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Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
VAULTGUARD_PASSPHRASERequired, secret | Passphrase that decrypts the encrypted secret blocks in your Obsidian vault. |
VAULTGUARD_VAULT_PATHOptional | Path to your Obsidian vault (overrides the one in ~/.vaultguard/config.json). |
VAULTGUARD_HOMEOptional | Config directory (defaults to ~/.vaultguard). |
VAULTGUARD_ALLOW_GET_SECRETOptional | Set to 1 to enable get_secret (default: disabled so values never reach the agent). |
Details
| Package | @ashishrao-4/[email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Last updated | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.ashishrao-4/vaultguard |
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