Security Secrets

What it does

The security-secrets skill helps identify and redact sensitive information, such as API keys, passwords, or database credentials, from text. It can scan code repositories, configuration files, or other documents to locate potential secrets and either remove them or replace them with placeholders. This significantly reduces the risk of accidental exposure of confidential data.

When to use it

• Code Review: Automatically identify and flag potential secrets in pull requests before merging changes into a main branch.
• Configuration File Auditing: Scan configuration files (e.g., .env, config.yaml) for hardcoded credentials.
• Incident Response: Quickly search through logs or code repositories to locate leaked secrets after a security incident.
• Data Sanitization: Remove sensitive information from documents before sharing them externally.

Key capabilities

• Secret detection
• Redaction of identified secrets
• Replacement with placeholders

Example prompts

• "Scan this file for any API keys and redact them."
• "Find all instances of passwords in this code repository."
• "Review this configuration file and replace database credentials with placeholder values."

Tips & gotchas

The skill's effectiveness depends on the patterns it uses to identify secrets. Ensure you review the redacted or replaced information to confirm accuracy, as false positives can occur.