API key safety for AI developers. No fluff — just the security mistakes that are actually happening and how to stop them.
The definitive guide to keeping secrets out of prompts, logs, and version control when working with AI coding assistants. Covers stdin-only storage, key rotation, audit trails, and integration patterns for Cursor, Claude, and OpenClaw.
You pasted an API key into Claude. That key is now in a log. Here's exactly how API keys leak in AI-assisted development — through chat history, shell args, and .env files — and what "secure by design" actually means.
Every time you paste an API key into an AI chat, it's stored. Here's how to manage secrets without ever typing them into a prompt.
Ten concrete steps to lock down your API keys. Covers .gitignore, stdin storage, rotation schedules, audit logs, and more.
Vibe-coding is fast — and dangerous for secrets. Why developers who lean on AI assistants are accidentally leaking API keys at scale.