# HashiCorp Vault

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/hashicorp-vault/  
**Website:** https://www.vaultproject.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

HashiCorp Vault is a secrets management tool that provides secure storage, access control, and distribution of tokens, passwords, certificates, and encryption keys. It provides a unified interface to any secret while providing tight access control and recording a detailed audit log.

## Kin Score — 38.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 48.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 46.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 31.6 |
| Access Clarity | 31.6 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (9)

- **HashiCorp Vault Auth - AppRole API** — AppRole auth method
- **HashiCorp Vault Auth - Token API** — Token auth method
- **HashiCorp Vault Auth - Userpass API** — Username/password auth method
- **HashiCorp Vault Identity API** — Identity secrets engine
- **HashiCorp Vault Leases API** — Lease management
- **HashiCorp Vault Policy API** — ACL policy management
- **HashiCorp Vault Secrets - KV v2 API** — Key/Value secrets engine version 2
- **HashiCorp Vault Secrets - Transit API** — Transit secrets engine (encryption as a service)
- **HashiCorp Vault System API** — System backend operations (init, seal, mounts, auth, audit)

## Agentic access (1)

- **Hashicorp Vault Agentic Access** — 54 operations · 39 acting · 6 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Hashicorp Vault Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Hashicorp Vault Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Hashicorp Vault Plans Pricing**

## Tags

DevOps, Encryption, Infrastructure, Secrets Management, Security

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/hashicorp-vault/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.