pkinative MCP — X.509, CMS, OCSP, time-stamps and PKCS#12 without a key byte leaving

io.github.Nizoka/pkinative-mcp

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
2 secrets
★ 0 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-17
Health score 50

About pkinative MCP — X.509, CMS, OCSP, time-stamps and PKCS#12 without a key byte leaving

pkinative MCP — X.509, CMS, OCSP, time-stamps and PKCS#12 without a key byte leaving is an MCP server published by the GitHub account Nizoka. PKI MCP server: inspect, verify, issue, sign X.509, CSR, CRL, OCSP, CMS, TSP, PKCS#12. 34 tools

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package pkinative-mcp at version 1.0.0.

It asks for 2 secrets: PKINATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN and PKINATIVE_MCP_PASSWORD. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 1.0.0 was published on 17 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`PKINATIVE_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR`	No	No	Absolute path of the one sandbox directory: path inputs are read from it and outputMode='file' outputs are written under it (never overwritten; the real path of every file read and of every parent written must stay inside — a planted symlink or junction is SECURITY_VIOLATION). Key-bearing files (.key .p8 .p12 .pfx) are read by the key tools only, never written, never served as resources. Unset: every tool works on inline PEM / base64 only.
`PKINATIVE_MCP_CACHE_DIR`	No	No	Opt-in content-addressed response cache directory (SHA-256 keyed, 1h TTL, 256 MiB LRU, plaintext at rest). Never caches path inputs, file output, a call carrying a password or a signer, a clock-dependent instant, a random serial or nonce, describe_engine or draft_governance_issue.
`PKINATIVE_MCP_PORT`	No	No	Serve Streamable HTTP on this loopback port (POST /mcp) instead of stdio (MCP 2026-07-28, stateless, legacy fallback). Unauthenticated unless PKINATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN is set.
`PKINATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN`	No	Yes	Opt-in bearer token for the HTTP transport (>= 16 chars, no whitespace; a weaker value refuses to start). When set, /mcp requires 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' or answers 401. Compared constant-time, never logged.
`PKINATIVE_MCP_PASSWORD`	No	Yes	Operator-side password of the encrypted PKCS#8 key or PKCS#12 file the tools open (keeps the secret out of the model transcript). Exclusive with the per-call password input (both at once is VALIDATION_ERROR). Never logged; only its presence is reported at startup.
`PKINATIVE_MCP_AT`	No	No	Pinned instant (ISO 8601 or epoch milliseconds) every omitted at / notBefore / signingTime falls back to, for reproducible verdicts and artefacts. Unset: the wall clock (a clock-dependent result is never cached). An invalid value refuses to start.
`PKINATIVE_MCP_MAX_INPUT_BYTES`	No	No	Operator ceiling for limits.maxInputBytes and the decoded size of one PKI object (default 67108864 = 64 MiB, the engine default). Integer >= 1024, read once at startup; an invalid value refuses to start. A per-call value above it is refused with LIMIT_CEILING_EXCEEDED.
`PKINATIVE_MCP_MAX_KDF_ITERATIONS`	No	No	Operator ceiling for limits.maxKdfIterations and limits.maxPkcs12KdfIterations (default 10000000, the engine default): the CPU bound of a hostile PBES2 key or PKCS#12 file. Integer >= 1, read once at startup; an invalid value refuses to start.
`PKINATIVE_MCP_MAX_PATHS_EXPLORED`	No	No	Operator ceiling for limits.maxPathsExplored (default 1000, the engine default): the RFC 5280 section 6 path-building work bound. Integer >= 1, read once at startup; an invalid value refuses to start.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/Nizoka/pkinative-mcp
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 2 secrets: PKINATIVE_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN, PKINATIVE_MCP_PASSWORD
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account Nizoka
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	pkinative-mcp@1.0.0 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 165 files in pkinative-mcp@1.0.0: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 165 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 50 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity7 / 40

0 GitHub stars, 82 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity15 / 25

Last push 2026-10-26, last release 2026-10-17, 0 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

0 closed of 0 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

0 forks, 1 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.Nizoka/pkinative-mcp`
Publisher	GitHub account Nizoka
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account Nizoka. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `pkinative-mcp` 1.0.0 (stdio)
Version	1.0.0
Published	2026-10-17
Last updated	2026-10-17
Source repository	https://github.com/Nizoka/pkinative-mcp
Website	https://github.com/Nizoka/pkinative-mcp#readme
Category	Agent safety & governance (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pkinative-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pkinative-mcp@1.0.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

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For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-nizoka-pkinative-mcp.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.