Secrets Manager

SkillCloud & infra

Handle secrets safely via env vars, Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or encrypted stores - never paste keys into chat, commits, or logs. Use when configuring APIs, CI, or cloud credentials.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Secrets Manager skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by navinspire-ia/navin in navin/skills/secrets-manager/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Overview

Secrets stay in secret stores or environment variables. Chat history and git are not vaults.

Preferred patterns

  1. Read from env (os.environ / shell env) already configured on the host
  2. Reference Vault / AWS SM / 1Password CLI paths - fetch at runtime, do not cache in markdown
  3. Use provider Settings in Navin WebUI for API keys when available
  4. For CI: repository secrets / OIDC - not hardcoded values

Workflow

  1. Identify which secret is needed and which store holds it.
  2. Confirm it is not already in the repo (grep for key-shaped strings).
  3. Wire the tool/config to the env var name - do not print the value.
  4. Redact any accidental exposure in your reply (sk-***, AKIA***).
  5. If a secret leaked into chat or git, tell the user to rotate it.

Forbidden

  • Committing .env with real values
  • Putting tokens in SKILL.md or memory files
  • Echoing full secrets in tool arguments visible to the user when avoidable

Signals

GitHub stars
22
Forks
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
secrets-manager-navinspire-ia
Source
github.com/navinspire-ia/navin