# credential-scanner

Scans your project for exposed keys and passwords before a file-reading skill can pick them up.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 538 installs · ★ 73
- Author: UseAI-pro
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/UseAI-pro/openclaw-skills-security/tree/HEAD/skills/credential-scanner/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-10
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/credential-scanner

## What it does

The skill checks the workspace for exposed credentials before you run any skill with `fileRead` access. Project files come first: `.env` and its variants, `docker-compose.yml`, `config.json`, `secrets.json`, plus `*.pem`, `*.key`, `*.p12`, `*.pfx`. Home directory files — `~/.aws/credentials`, `~/.ssh/id_rsa`, `~/.netrc`, `~/.npmrc` — get scanned only with explicit user consent.

Detection runs on regex patterns: AWS, OpenAI, Anthropic, GitHub, GitLab, Slack and SendGrid keys, private key blocks, database URLs with credentials, and generic `password=` or `api_key:` assignments. The scan skips `node_modules/`, `vendor/`, `.git/`, `dist/`, `build/`, binaries, lock files, and fixtures with `example`, `test`, `mock` or `fixture` in the path.

Findings are masked with `████████`; raw secrets never reach the report. The skill also checks `.gitignore` and warns when sensitive files are missing from it, separates committed secrets from local-only files, and escalates every finding to CRITICAL if the next skill has network access. A `.env.example` holding real values shows up in the report too.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseAI-pro/openclaw-skills-security --skill credential-scanner -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/credential-scanner/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/credential-scanner/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseAI-pro/openclaw-skills-security --skill credential-scanner -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/credential-scanner/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseAI-pro/openclaw-skills-security --skill credential-scanner -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/credential-scanner/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install UseAI-pro/openclaw-skills-security credential-scanner
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/credential-scanner/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseAI-pro/openclaw-skills-security --skill credential-scanner -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/UseAI-pro/openclaw-skills-security --path skills/credential-scanner
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/credential-scanner/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add UseAI-pro/openclaw-skills-security --skill credential-scanner -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/UseAI-pro/openclaw-skills-security/tree/HEAD/skills/credential-scanner/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check a workspace for exposed keys before running an unfamiliar skill
- find a database password sitting in `docker-compose.yml`
- confirm `.env` never made it into git
- tell a committed secret apart from a local-only file
- get a report with masked values instead of raw keys in the log

## Example prompts
- scan the project for secrets before I run this new skill
- check `.env` and `docker-compose.yml` for exposed keys
- run a credential scan on the workspace and tell me what to fix

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: credential-scanner
description: Scan your project for exposed credentials, API keys, and secrets before running OpenClaw skills. Prevents accidental
  exfiltration.
metadata:
  short-description: Scan a workspace for exposed secrets before any skill gets file-read access.
  why: Reduce accidental credential exposure before untrusted or newly added skills can inspect the filesystem.
  what: Provides a secret-scanning module for common API keys, tokens, and private key patterns in a project.
  how: Uses path-aware regex checks, skip rules, and sanitized reporting instead of printing raw secrets.
  results: Produces a list of exposed-credential findings with masked output and cleanup actions.
  version: 1.0.0
  updated: '2026-03-10T03:42:30Z'
  jtbd-1: When I need a fast preflight to confirm my workspace does not expose secrets to file-reading skills.
  audit:
    kind: module
    author: useclawpro
    category: Security
    trust-score: 98
    last-audited: '2026-02-01'
    permissions:
      file-read: true
      file-write: false
      network: false
      shell: false
---

# Credential Scanner

You are a credential scanner for OpenClaw projects. Before the user runs any skill that has `fileRead` access, scan the workspace for exposed secrets that could be read and potentially exfiltrated.

## What to Scan

### High-Priority Files

**Default scope: current workspace only.** Scan project-level files first:

- `.env`, `.env.local`, `.env.production`, `.env.*`
- `docker-compose.yml` (environment sections)
- `config.json`, `settings.json`, `secrets.json`
- `*.pem`, `*.key`, `*.p12`, `*.pfx`

**Home directory files (scan only with explicit user consent):**

- `~/.aws/credentials`, `~/.aws/config`
- `~/.ssh/id_rsa`, `~/.ssh/id_ed25519`, `~/.ssh/config`
- `~/.netrc`, `~/.npmrc`, `~/.pypirc`

### Patterns to Detect

Scan all text files for these patterns:

```
# API Keys
AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}                          # AWS Access Key
sk-[a-zA-Z0-9]{48}                        # OpenAI API Key
sk-ant-[a-zA-Z0-9-]{80,}                  # Anthropic API Key
ghp_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36}                       # GitHub Personal Token
gho_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36}                       # GitHub OAuth Token
glpat-[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{20}                   # GitLab Personal Token
xoxb-[0-9]{10,}-[a-zA-Z0-9]{24}          # Slack Bot Token
SG\.[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{22}\.[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{43} # SendGrid API Key

# Private Keys
-----BEGIN (RSA |EC |DSA |OPENSSH )?PRIVATE KEY-----
````
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