A technical auditing skill designed to harden API credential handling through environment variables, rotation plans, and least-privilege access.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install api-credentials-hygiene
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install api-credentials-hygiene using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is API Credentials Hygiene?
The api-credentials-hygiene skill is a specialized utility for developers and security engineers looking to secure their application's secret management lifecycle. It systematically audits how API keys and tokens are stored, used, and rotated, moving projects away from risky hard-coded secrets toward robust, industry-standard practices.
By leveraging this skill within your Openclaw Skills ecosystem, you can automate the creation of environment variable maps, design zero-downtime rotation runbooks, and ensure that every integration follows the principle of least privilege. This proactive approach to security reduces the attack surface of your deployments and ensures your Openclaw Skills integrations are production-ready.
API Credentials Hygiene Use Cases
- Hardening integration setups by migrating hard-coded secrets into secure environment variables.
- Designing zero-downtime key rotation plans for critical third-party APIs to maintain service continuity.
- Auditing existing services to ensure least-privilege access and documenting specific credential scopes.
- Generating secure .env templates and environment variable maps for new project initializations.
- Establishing clear credential separation and audit trails between development and production environments.
How API Credentials Hygiene Works
- The skill inventories all current credentials, identifying where they are stored, how they are used, and who owns them.
- It defines logical separation boundaries between development, production, and service accounts.
- Secrets are mapped to environment variables or secret manager references to eliminate raw keys from the codebase.
- For every API, the skill enumerates required actions and suggests minimal scopes to enforce least privilege.
- It develops a rotation plan featuring dual-key overlap (where supported) and clear rollback procedures.
- Finally, it defines an auditability plan to log authentication events, token refreshes, and unauthorized access attempts.
API Credentials Hygiene Setup
To utilize this skill in your workflow, ensure your Openclaw Skills environment is configured and you have access to your service configuration files.
# Invoke the hygiene audit within your project directory
openclaw run api-credentials-hygiene
You should prepare a list of your integrations and their deployment contexts (e.g., local dev, n8n, or containerized servers) to provide as input when prompted.
API Credentials Hygiene Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill produces a structured Credential Map and a Rotation Runbook. The data is organized as follows:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Integration | The name of the service or API being secured. |
| Env Vars | The specific variable names and their intended purposes (secret vs non-secret). |
| Permissions | A granular list of scopes and roles associated with the key. |
| Storage | The recommended storage medium, such as a secret manager or encrypted env file. |
| Rotation | Detailed cadence, ownership, and step-by-step procedure for updates. |
| Audit | Specification of what events are logged and the log destination. |
API Credentials Hygiene Advanced Features
- Multi-environment naming schemes to prevent credential leakage between dev and prod.
- Automated generation of
.envtemplates with placeholders for secure local development. - Built-in least-privilege checklists to ensure compliance with security best practices.
- Dual-key overlap strategies to allow for rotation with zero service interruption.
- Detailed audit log planning for tracking the lifecycle of high-value Openclaw Skills credentials.
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