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AI Agents & Building · 6 MIN READ

Connect Tools Without Exposing Secrets

Understand permissions, APIs and least-privilege access.

What you will learn

Integrations can make agents substantially more useful. They can also expose sensitive business data if permissions are broad or tokens leak.

Try this in practice

Map one integration and identify data flow and permissions.

What to watch for

Prefer read-only credentials for observation, scoped access for drafting, short-lived tokens where supported, and auditable changes.

Try this prompt

Design a safe integration between [system A] and [system B]. Identify minimum required permissions, authentication, logs, retries, secret storage and ways to revoke access.

Replace the bracketed examples with your own details. Never paste passwords or sensitive data.

PUT IT INTO PRACTICE

Your mini-challenge

Draw the integration and write down what an agent must never access.

QUICK KNOWLEDGE CHECK

Where should secret API credentials live?

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