Skills/npm/mcpvault

mcpvault@0.18.4

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "Universal AI bridge for Obsidian vaults - connect any MCP-compatible assistant" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry npm (MCP server)Publisher bitbonsai · publishing for 248 daysInstalls 77,791Last detonated 2 h ago
$claude mcp add mcpvault -- npx -y @bitbonsai/mcpvault
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Coverage

Server started and answered tools/list.
Tested
MCP initialize and tools/list · every tool description, for hidden instructions · every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
Not tested
what the tools do when called with real credentials

Before you give it your token

It will ask for
no credential variables read in the code
Where it talks to
no vendor host named in the code
What the honeypot saw
no credential files read · no network
What we could not test
what the tools do when called with real credentials

Reasonable to connect. No credential asked for, no third-party host named, Server started and answered tools/list.

Never paste a credential into a chat, a ticket or a report, including ours. How the guard holds it.

Is [email protected] safe to install?

KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-11-15 and scored it 92/100 (Verified). It did what it claims and nothing else we could detect: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 32 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
11sprocessdependency install exit 0
31sclaimed18 tools: read_note, write_note, patch_note, list_directory, delete_note, search_notes, move_note, move_file, read_multiple_notes, update_frontmatter, get_notes_info, get_frontmatter, manage_tags, get_vault_stats, list_all_tags, wiki_link, get_note_outline, read_note_lines
31stools2d796a8335c5ce8a
31stools79e093ba51fb3276
31stoolsaa1ace5e1063685c
31stoolsc949de224fae8a17
31stoolsbc834e9ad506de55
31stools0973b11cb4739f6b
31stoolsd32f5daadbf4c07a
31stoolsdaf10ed5e9968eb3
31stools217142767903a449
31stools523c1346c58bd67a
31stoolsdf033e06488dffb2
31stoolsa468c991d09414d2
31stools1a7d5fa42d4aec58
31stools9d055cfacfbc9b4e
31stools3ecc6ae6ba22a121
31stoolse011f6bcb1b6d528
31stools84da3af476e512c3
31stools7891521362604db0
31sprocessscript backend runs setup only
31sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/server.js:43 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codenpx @bitbonsai/mcpvault ~/Documents/MyVaultFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
LOW
Prompt injectionREADME.md:290 · Prompt injection — known jailbreak technique reference · informational: not an instruction file1. Access ChatGPT developer mode (beta feature)Fix: Keep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
AST01
LOW
Authorization escalation languageREADME.md:288 · Authorization escalation language · informational: not an instruction fileChatGPT uses MCP through Deep Research and developer mode. Configuration is done through the ChatGPT interface:Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/server.js:45 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codenpx @bitbonsai/mcpvault ./Vault --read-onlyFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
LOW
Authorization escalation languageREADME.md:290 · Authorization escalation language · informational: not an instruction file1. Access ChatGPT developer mode (beta feature)Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
LOW
Prompt injectionREADME.md:288 · Prompt injection — known jailbreak technique reference · informational: not an instruction fileChatGPT uses MCP through Deep Research and developer mode. Configuration is done through the ChatGPT interface:Fix: Keep SKILL.md to visible, descriptive text. Remove comments and encoded text that address the agent.
AST01
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/server.js:27 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codenpx @bitbonsai/mcpvault [vault-path] [--read-only[=true|false]] [--exclude <subtree>]...Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/server.js:44 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codenpx @bitbonsai/mcpvault ./VaultFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
MEDIUM
npx invocation of non-well-known packagedist/server.js:42 · npx invocation of non-well-known package — may execute untrusted codenpx @bitbonsai/mcpvaultFix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈57 tok
1 file · 30 in bundle
Tool list per prompt
≈2,579 tok
18 tools · 143 per tool
Handshake
813 ms
launch to tools/list, stdio
Undocumented tools
0
description under 20 chars · avg 124

Tokens estimated at four characters each. The tool list is re-read by the agent on every turn, so it is the number to compare between servers that do the same job: ranked across the index.

Known vulnerabilities

No advisories in OSV for @bitbonsai/mcpvault@0.18.4 as of 2 h ago. This is the package itself, not its dependencies.

mcpvault@0.18.4 safety verdict: Verified — KillerSkills