# Scan Secrets

Scan Secrets: what it does, its label on each agent, what it misses, and examples.

Catalog policy scan-secrets, version 0.1.3, labelled blocks on Claude Code.

> Ask the user before running any command on this page: each one changes how their agent or repository behaves.

## What it does

Blocks credentials: vendor tokens (AWS, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, OpenAI, HF, ...), JWTs, private-key and PGP blocks, named key/token/secret/password values (JSON, YAML, env, HCL, code), URI creds, Authorization literals, CLI password flags; files by path (.env*, keys). Misses: split or encoded values, quoted values with spaces, unlisted names, reference- or placeholder-like values. Runs: commit, agent write, turn end. Pragma same line; agent: only if in HEAD; MCP gateway: never.

## On each agent

| Agent | Label | What it does there |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Claude Code | Blocks | Blocks on an agent's file writes and at turn end |
| Cursor | Blocks | Blocks on an agent's file writes and at turn end |
| Codex | Blocks | Blocks on an agent's file writes and at turn end. If the hook errors, the action goes through (not witnessed; the vendor's row is only partly live-run) |
| GitHub Copilot | Blocks | Blocks at turn end only. It does not check a file write when it happens. If the hook errors, the action goes through (not witnessed; the vendor's row is only partly live-run) |
| Devin | Blocks | Blocks at turn end only. It does not check a file write when it happens. If the hook errors, the action goes through (vendor docs only, not witnessed) |
| Grok | Not graded | Not graded yet for Grok |
| goose | Not graded | Not graded yet for goose |
| Antigravity | Not graded | Not graded yet for Antigravity |
| OpenHands | Not graded | Not graded yet for OpenHands |
| Kimi Code | Not graded | Not graded yet for Kimi Code |
| Factory Droid | Not graded | Not graded yet for Factory Droid |

## What it misses

Split or encoded values, quoted values with spaces, unlisted names, reference- or placeholder-like values.

## Examples from its eval suite

Refused: A staged file contains an AWS access key ID pattern.

Allowed: A commit adds a source file containing the word 'password' in a comment without a secret value.

## More

- [The policy on the catalog pages](https://chock.sh/coding/policies/scan-secrets/)
- [Source at the pinned catalog commit](https://github.com/open-coder-ai/chock-catalog/tree/1e60d211c1bb767152c6ab0167932da06ab3a10f/base/scan-secrets)


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