Agent identity and secret management
Added 2026-07-14 · Last verified 2026-07-14
Give each agent workload a distinct identity and short-lived, task-scoped credentials instead of placing broad API keys in prompts, tool output, logs, or persistent memory. A trusted executor should obtain secrets only after policy checks, constrain target resources and operations, and return the minimum result rather than exposing raw credentials to the model. Rotate credentials, audit principal-to-action mappings, isolate tenants, and revoke active sessions when a user, connector, or agent run loses authorization.
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