yao-secret SKILL.md skillA
yao-secret from yaoapp/yao is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add yaoapp/yao/yao-secret@git:20260528.62197e8Pins git:20260528.62197e8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- yaoapp/yao
- Path
tools/skills/yao-secret/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260528.62197e8, committed May 28, 2026
- Size
- 1,670 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8,284
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Secret management expert. ALWAYS invoke this skill when you need to read API keys, tokens, or other secrets configured by the user. Never hardcode credentials — use this skill to retrieve them securely.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Secret Tools
Two tools for accessing user-configured secrets, called via bash.
## secret_list
List available secret names and descriptions. **Does not return secret values** — use `secret_read` for that.
```bash
tai tool secret_list '{}'
```
No parameters required. Returns secrets configured for the current assistant.
## secret_read
Read a secret value by name. Returns the decrypted value for use in scripts.
```bash
tai tool secret_read '{"name": "GITHUB_TOKEN"}'
tai tool secret_read '{"name": "AWS_SECRET_KEY"}'
```
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|--------|----------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| `name` | string | yes | Secret key name (e.g. `GITHUB_TOKEN`, `AWS_SECRET_KEY`) |
**Security**: Never log, print, or expose the returned secret value in output visible to users.
## Typical Workflow
1. `secret_list` — discover what secrets are available
2. `secret_read` — retrieve a specific secret by name
3. Use the value in API calls, git auth, etc.
## Guidelines
- Always call `secret_list` first to check if a required secret exists before reading
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add yaoapp/yao/yao-secret@sha256:2d5934f0c9d93834The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260528.62197e8, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 28, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1670 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
yaoapp/yao · 8,284 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5st3bejv46lkatlj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yaoapp/yao/yao-secret GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2d5934f0c9d938344836dc80fa4b62eccffb99bc4f2d1e625f91a49f97aa3d78
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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