Bitwarden Public API and Secrets Man… MCP Setup & Guide

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  "displayName": "Bitwarden Public API and Secrets Manager (unofficial)",
  "description": "Unofficial MCP server for the Bitwarden Public API and Secrets Manager, self-hosted or cloud.",
  "repository": {
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    "source": "github"
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  "homepage": "https://github.com/mguttmann/the-real-bitwarden-mcp#readme",
  "distribution": {
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        "registryType": "npm",
        "identifier": "the-real-bitwarden-mcp",
        "version": "0.3.1",
        "runtimeHint": "npx",
        "transport": "stdio",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_API_BASE",
            "description": "Self-hosted instance: API base URL, e.g. https://vault.example.com/api. Configure all four BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_* or all four BITWARDEN_CLOUD_* variables (or both); a partial set is fatal."
          },
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_IDENTITY_URL",
            "description": "Self-hosted instance: identity URL, e.g. https://vault.example.com/identity."
          },
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_CLIENT_ID",
            "description": "Self-hosted instance: organization Public API client id (organization.<uuid>)."
          },
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_CLIENT_SECRET",
            "description": "Self-hosted instance: organization Public API client secret. It can manage members, groups, collections and policies, including creating Owners.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_CLOUD_API_BASE",
            "description": "Bitwarden Cloud: API base URL, e.g. https://api.bitwarden.com. Used for license and subscription tools."
          },
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_CLOUD_IDENTITY_URL",
            "description": "Bitwarden Cloud: identity URL, e.g. https://identity.bitwarden.com."
          },
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_CLOUD_CLIENT_ID",
            "description": "Bitwarden Cloud: organization Public API client id (organization.<uuid>)."
          },
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_CLOUD_CLIENT_SECRET",
            "description": "Bitwarden Cloud: organization Public API client secret.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN",
            "description": "Optional: Secrets Manager machine account access token; enables the bws_* tools. A malformed token is fatal at startup.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "BWS_ORG_ID",
            "description": "Optional: organization UUID for the Secrets Manager tools, used when a call passes no organizationId."
          },
          {
            "name": "BWS_API_BASE",
            "description": "Optional: Secrets Manager API base URL; defaults to BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_API_BASE."
          },
          {
            "name": "BWS_IDENTITY_URL",
            "description": "Optional: Secrets Manager identity URL; defaults to BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_IDENTITY_URL."
          },
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_CONFIRM_WRITES",
            "description": "true: write tools return a preview unless the call carries confirm \"YES\". The model sets confirm itself, so this is friction, not a security boundary."
          },
          {
            "name": "BITWARDEN_READ_ONLY",
            "description": "true: write tools stay listed but refuse to run, and bw_raw_request allows GET only."
          },
          {
            "name": "LOG_LEVEL",
            "description": "Log level of the JSON log lines on stderr."
          },
          {
            "name": "BW_MCP_MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES",
            "description": "Successful tool output above this many bytes is cut to valid JSON with a responseTruncated marker that says how to narrow or page the query."
          }
        ]
      }
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    "remotes": []
  },
  "dependencies": [],
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    "claude-code",
    "claude-desktop",
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    "vscode",
    "trae",
    "cherry-studio",
    "lingma",
    "windsurf",
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    "workbuddy"
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    "isOfficial": true,
    "status": "active"
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