Agentic Vault

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Server-side EVM signing with AWS KMS and built-in DeFi protocol awareness. Expose your wallet to AI agents via MCP, CLI, or OpenClaw with deny-by-default policy enforcement and full audit logging.

Why Agentic Vault

AI agents need to sign blockchain transactions, but giving them private keys is dangerous. Agentic Vault solves this by keeping keys in AWS KMS (HSM) and providing a policy engine that constrains what agents can sign. The agent sees high-level tools (sign_swap, sign_permit); the private key never leaves the hardware.

Features

• HSM-backed signing -- private keys never leave AWS KMS; only digests are sent for signing
• DeFi protocol awareness -- calldata decoding for ERC-20, Uniswap V3, and Aave V3 with protocol-specific policy rules
• Deny-by-default policy engine -- chain, contract, selector, amount, deadline, and protocol-level constraints
• Multiple interfaces -- use as a TypeScript library, CLI, MCP server, or OpenClaw plugin
• Audit logging -- structured JSON audit trail for every signing operation (approved, denied, errored)
• EVM-native -- built on viem with full EIP-712 typed data support

Quick Start

Requires Node.js 22+.

npm install @agenticvault/agentic-vault

import { createSigningProvider, EvmSignerAdapter } from '@agenticvault/agentic-vault';

const provider = createSigningProvider({
  provider: 'aws-kms',
  keyId: 'arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:123456789:key/your-key-id',
  region: 'us-east-1',
});

const signer = new EvmSignerAdapter(provider);
const address = await signer.getAddress();

For a no-AWS quick test, use dry-run mode (decode + policy check without signing):

npx agentic-vault dry-run --chain-id 1 --to 0xa0b869... --data 0x095ea7b3...

See AWS KMS Setup for key creation and IAM policy.

Interfaces

Interface	Use Case	AWS Required
TypeScript Library	Embed signing in your app	Yes
CLI	Command-line signing + dry-run	Partial
MCP Server	Expose wallet to AI agents (Claude, etc.)	Yes
OpenClaw Plugin	Use as OpenClaw agent tool	Yes

See Interfaces Guide for usage examples and configuration.

Supported Protocols

Protocol	Actions	Decoder	Policy Evaluator
ERC-20	approve, transfer	Yes	Yes (allowance cap, spender allowlist)
Uniswap V3	exactInputSingle	Yes	Yes (token pair, slippage, recipient)
Aave V3	supply, borrow, repay, withdraw	Yes	Yes (asset allowlist, interest rate mode)

Unknown calldata is rejected by default (fail-closed). The dispatcher uses 2-stage resolution: contract address first, then selector-based fallback (e.g., ERC-20). Raw signing tools (sign_transaction, sign_typed_data) bypass protocol decoding and are disabled unless --unsafe-raw-sign is explicitly enabled.

Configuration

The policy engine uses a JSON configuration file. Without a policy file, all policy-guarded signing operations are denied (deny-by-default).

See Policy Reference for the full schema and examples, or start with policy.example.json.

Security Model

Trust Boundary

 AI Agent (Claude / MCP Client / OpenClaw)
          |
          | MCP Protocol / OpenClaw Plugin API
          v
 +------------------------------------+
 |   Agentic Vault                    |
 |  +-----------+ +--------+ +-----+ |
 |  | Protocol  | | Policy | | Audit| |
 |  | Dispatcher| | Engine | | Sink | |
 |  +-----------+ +--------+ +-----+ |
 |          |                         |
 |  +--------------------+           |
 |  | EvmSignerAdapter   |           |
 |  +--------------------+           |
 +-----------|------------------------+
             | digest only
             v
 +------------------------------------+
 |       AWS KMS (HSM)                |
 |   Private key never leaves         |
 +------------------------------------+

Key Principles

Principle	Description
Key isolation	Private keys remain in the HSM; only 32-byte digests are sent for signing
Deny by default	Policy engine rejects all requests unless explicitly allowed
Fail-closed	Unknown calldata is rejected by default; raw signing tools are disabled unless --unsafe-raw-sign is enabled
Audit trail	Every operation is logged as structured JSON to stderr with caller tag
Minimal surface	Raw signing tools (sign_transaction, sign_typed_data) are disabled by default

Claude Code Plugin

4 skills interact with the wallet through MCP tools only -- they never access keys directly.

Skill	Description
sign-swap	Orchestrate a swap signing operation
sign-permit	Orchestrate an EIP-2612 permit signing
check-wallet	Check wallet address and health status
audit-log	Query the audit log

Package Exports

Subpath	Contents	MCP dependency
@agenticvault/agentic-vault	Core signing (SigningProvider, EvmSignerAdapter, factory)	No
@agenticvault/agentic-vault/protocols	Protocol decoders, dispatcher, PolicyEngine V2, workflows	No
@agenticvault/agentic-vault/agentic	MCP server, audit logger	Yes

Documentation

Document	Description
Interfaces Guide	TypeScript, CLI, MCP, and OpenClaw usage
Policy Reference	Policy JSON schema, fields, and examples
AWS KMS Setup	Key creation, IAM policy, authentication
OpenClaw Plugin	OpenClaw plugin package and configuration
Architecture Decisions	ADRs for key design choices
Contributing	Development workflow and guidelines

Roadmap

• Additional signing providers (GCP KMS, HashiCorp Vault)
• More protocol decoders (Curve, Compound V3)
• Multi-signature support
• Remote MCP server mode (HTTP transport with OAuth 2.1)

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development workflow, branch naming, and commit conventions.

This project follows the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct.

License

MIT