Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to joelhooks/agent-secrets. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joelhooks/agent-secrets/main/AGENTS.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joelhooks/agent-secretsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/joelhooks/agent-secrets/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/joelhooks/agent-secrets/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/joelhooks/agent-secrets/agents-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/joelhooks/agent-secrets/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/joelhooks/agent-secrets/agents-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.01825 | $0.01825 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00730 | $0.00730 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00365 | $0.00365 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00183 | $0.00183 |
Grade B, and why
agent-secrets AGENTS.md scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation
A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.
- **Routine restart is RPC-driven** — `secrets daemon restart` exits cleanly so launchd/systemd can replace the process without broad sudo access How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 227 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Agent Instructions for agent-secrets
This file provides context for AI agents working on this codebase.
Project Overview
agent-secrets is a Go CLI for portable credential management for AI agents. It provides secure, time-bounded access to API keys and tokens without exposing plaintext secrets.
Core features:
- Age encryption for secrets at rest
- Session-scoped leases with TTL (auto-expiration)
- Auto-rotation hooks for dynamic credentials
- Multi-factor killswitch for emergency revocation
- Append-only audit logging
Repository Structure
agent-secrets/
├── cmd/secrets/ # CLI entry point (Cobra commands)
│ ├── main.go
│ ├── root.go
│ ├── init.go
│ ├── add.go
│ ├── lease.go
│ ├── revoke.go
│ ├── audit.go
│ └── status.go
├── internal/
│ ├── types/ # Shared types and errors
│ ├── config/ # Configuration management
│ ├── store/ # Age-encrypted secret storage
│ ├── audit/ # Append-only audit log
│ ├── lease/ # TTL-based lease manager
│ ├── rotation/ # Auto-rotation hook executor
│ ├── killswitch/ # Emergency revocation + heartbeat
│ └── daemon/ # Unix socket daemon (JSON-RPC)
├── skills/ # Agent Skills (Claude Code, OpenCode)
│ └── secret-management/
│ └── SKILL.md
├── .openclaw/ # OpenClaw plugin
│ └── extensions/
│ └── secrets.ts
├── .github/workflows/ # CI/CD
│ ├── ci.yml # Tests, lint, goreleaser check
│ └── release.yml # Automated releases on v* tags
├── .goreleaser.yml # Multi-platform binary builds
└── install.sh # Cross-platform installer
Tech Stack
- Language: Go 1.22+
- Encryption: filippo.io/age (X25519)
- CLI: Cobra
- IPC: Unix socket with JSON-RPC
- CI: GitHub Actions + GoReleaser
CLI Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
secrets |
Show self-documenting command tree with next actions |
secrets init |
Initialize encrypted store (~/.agent-secrets/) |
secrets add <name> |
Add a secret (interactive, stdin, or with rotation hook) |
secrets list |
List stored secret names for discovery |
secrets lease <name> |
Get time-bounded lease (returns raw secret value by default) |
secrets revoke <id> |
Revoke specific lease |
secrets revoke --all |
KILLSWITCH: revoke all leases |
secrets status |
Show daemon status and active leases |
secrets daemon restart |
Ask a supervised daemon to exit and wait for its replacement |
secrets audit |
View append-only audit log |
secrets env |
Generate .env file from .secrets.json config |
secrets exec -- <cmd> |
Run command with secrets loaded, auto-cleanup |
secrets cleanup |
Remove expired lease environment files |
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 1mo ago First seen · 227 lines · 1,825 tokens per session scan B aa921e6cb4b0
agent-secrets AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository joelhooks/agent-secrets (111 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,825 tokens to every session, about $0.0073 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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