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Developer Builds Local Secret Vault to Keep API Keys Away from AI Coding Agents

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A developer has released Authsia, a local-first secret vault and CLI tool designed for macOS, aimed at preventing AI coding agents and automated scripts from directly accessing sensitive credentials like API keys and SSH keys. The tool replaces plaintext secrets in configuration files with reference strings, resolving the actual values only at runtime when a specific command needs them. Authsia supports workspace-aware secret injection, masked command output, SSH signing, and just-in-time agent approvals to limit how broadly secrets are exposed. The project addresses a gap in traditional password managers, which are built for human users rather than developer workflows where commands — not people — need to consume credentials. The tool is available as an open-source project on GitHub alongside a dedicated website.

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