Atmos Secrets

Use this skill for declared secrets, secret backends, and the atmos secret command family. Secrets must be declared before they can be set, read, injected, or resolved with !secret.

Related Skills

Need	Load
Store-backed non-secret values	atmos-stores
YAML !secret and !store functions	atmos-yaml-functions
Auth identity for secret backend access	atmos-auth
Local Vault/OpenBao testing	atmos-emulator

Declare Secrets

Declare secrets under component secrets.vars and keep Terraform inputs secret-aware:

components:
  terraform:
    app:
      secrets:
        vars:
          DATADOG_API_KEY:
            description: Datadog API key
            store: prod/ssm
            required: true
      vars:
        datadog_api_key: !secret DATADOG_API_KEY

Supported backend families include AWS SSM, AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager, 1Password, and SOPS-encrypted files.

Commands

Command	Purpose
atmos secret list -s <stack> -c <component>	List declared secrets and status
atmos secret init -s <stack> -c <component>	Provision/rotate declared secrets interactively
atmos secret set <name> -s <stack> -c <component>	Set a declared secret
atmos secret get <name> -s <stack> -c <component>	Retrieve a declared secret, masked by default
atmos secret import -s <stack> -c <component>	Bring existing backend secrets under management
atmos secret pull -s <stack> -c <component>	Download declared secrets to a local file
atmos secret push -s <stack> -c <component>	Upload declared secrets from a local file
atmos secret shell -s <stack> -c <component>	Start a shell with secrets in environment
atmos secret exec -s <stack> -c <component> -- <cmd>	Run one command with secrets injected
atmos secret validate -s <stack> -c <component>	CI gate for required initialized secrets
atmos secret keygen ...	Generate key material for supported vault backends

Use --identity when backend access needs an Atmos Auth identity. Use --type to disambiguate component kinds.

Safety Rules

• Keep secrets declared, not scattered through raw !store calls.
• Prefer !secret for sensitive values and !store/!store.get for non-sensitive shared data.
• Leave --mask enabled for normal operations; masked inspection should not leak values.
• Use atmos secret validate in CI before plan/apply workflows that require secrets.
• Never commit pulled local secret files unless they are intentionally SOPS-encrypted and approved by repository policy.