vault-client

Gives OpenClaw agents clean, cached access to Hashicorp Vault. No curl, no hardcoded tokens in transcripts.

Setup

Run once after installing:

node ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/vault-client/scripts/vault.js setup

Prompts for address, token, and mount. Saves to ~/.openclaw/vault.json and appends a startup block to AGENTS.md.

Startup (every session)

node ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/vault-client/scripts/vault.js check

• Exit 0 = connected, token valid
• Exit 1 = connected but token expires soon — warn user, run token-renew
• Exit 2 = unreachable or invalid token — warn user, check config

Core commands

# Read all keys at a path
node vault.js get shopwalk/r2

# Read a single key (returns just the value — pipe-friendly)
node vault.js get shopwalk/database uri

# Write / update a secret (merges with existing keys)
node vault.js put shopwalk/r2 secret_access_key=newvalue

# List paths
node vault.js list shopwalk/

# Token management
node vault.js token-info
node vault.js token-renew

Config reference (~/.openclaw/vault.json)

{
  "address": "https://vault.example.com:8200",
  "mount": "secret",
  "auth": { "method": "token", "token": "hvs.xxx" },
  "cache_ttl_seconds": 300,
  "tls": { "verify": true }
}

Set tls.verify: false for internal Vault with self-signed certs.

Secrets are cached in ~/.openclaw/vault-cache.json for cache_ttl_seconds (default 5 min) to avoid repeated API calls.

Auth methods

Token auth is the default. For AppRole and Kubernetes auth, see references/auth-methods.md.

No dependencies

Uses Node.js stdlib only (https, fs, readline). No npm install required.