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Actions Secrets - GitHub Docs

Explains how to use encrypted secrets in GitHub Actions to securely store and access sensitive information like API keys and passwords during workflow execution.

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Actions Secrets - GitHub Docs

Explains how to use encrypted secrets in GitHub Actions to securely store and access sensitive information like API keys and passwords during workflow execution.

When To Use

Use when you need to securely inject sensitive credentials, tokens, or environment variables into a GitHub Actions workflow without exposing them in plain text.

Reference Files

File	Contains	Use For
`SKILL.md`	Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow.	Start here.
`docs/actions-security-secrets-github-docs-workflow-guide.md`	A guide explaining how GitHub Actions secrets work, including organization-level secrets and credential permission limiting.	Questions about a guide explaining how GitHub Actions secrets work, including organization-level secrets and credential permission li...

What This Skill Covers

- GitHub Actions / - Concepts / - Security / - Secrets
Main sections: In this article, About secrets, How secrets work, Organization-level secrets, Limiting credential permissions.

Workflow

Open the most relevant file under docs/ for the exact documented workflow and wording.
Open schemas/ files for exact structured contracts.
Open examples/ files for concrete requests, commands, snippets, and manifests.
Do not add behavior or configuration that is not present in the attached source files.

Canonical source: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/concepts/security/secrets