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Credential Vaulting (Agent)

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

Credential vaulting for AI agents is the practice of storing the secrets that agents need — API keys, database passwords, OAuth client secrets — in a centralised secrets manager rather than in code, environment variables, or configuration files. Centralised vaulting enables rotation without redeployment, access logging, and immediate revocation.