FlareStart
HomeNewsHow ToSources
FlareStart

Where developers start their day. All the tech news & tutorials that matter, in one place.

Quick Links

  • Home
  • News
  • Tutorials
  • Sources

Connect

© 2026 FlareStart. All rights reserved.

Back to articles
An open-source credential manager for AI agents
NewsTools

An open-source credential manager for AI agents

via Dev.toidwispera16h ago

If you're running AI agents that call external APIs, you probably have API keys scattered across .env files, config directories, and maybe a Slack DM or two. It works — until it doesn't. When running agents across OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, and GitHub simultaneously, there are some difficult questions that cannot be answered: Which agent has access to which key? Has anything expired? When one agent delegates a key to another agent in a chain, who's actually accountable? As an experiment, I built ID Wispera — an open-source tool that treats agent credentials like passports. The idea Every credential gets a structured "passport" with: Scope and classification — is this an access-level key or a privileged admin credential? Expiry tracking — when does it expire, and who gets notified? Delegation chain — if Human → Agent A → Agent B, that chain is recorded with optional scope narrowing at each hop Audit trail — every access, share, revoke, and policy check is logged The passport/visa metaphor

Continue reading on Dev.to

Opens in a new tab

Read Full Article
1 views

Related Articles

8-Bit Music Theory: How They Made The Great Sea Feel C U R S E D
News

8-Bit Music Theory: How They Made The Great Sea Feel C U R S E D

Dev.to • 1h ago

Smart Ward Assistant
News

Smart Ward Assistant

Medium Programming • 1h ago

News

I Built a SaaS App on a Broken Phone with Zero Budget - Here’s What Happened

Medium Programming • 2h ago

The Developer Took Revenge on the Manager — But Not the Way You’d Expect
News

The Developer Took Revenge on the Manager — But Not the Way You’d Expect

Medium Programming • 2h ago

Your Reference Types Are Breaking Encapsulation — Here’s Why
News

Your Reference Types Are Breaking Encapsulation — Here’s Why

Medium Programming • 2h ago

Discover More Articles