Nick Secrets Guard

Nick Secrets Guard

Use this as the default secrets scanner.

Purpose

Detect exposed secrets in:

• current working tree
• tracked files
• common env/config files
• git history

Hard rules

• Alert immediately if secrets are found
• Scan git history, not just current files
• Never print full secrets in normal output
• Show file path, line number, commit/hash when possible, and secret type
• Prefer local-only scanning; do not rely on external APIs

What to detect

• API keys
• OAuth tokens
• passwords and connection strings
• private keys
• Supabase keys
• OpenAI-style keys
• GitHub tokens
• Stripe-like keys
• database URLs
• .env/credential file exposure

Standard workflow

1. Scan current repo files
2. Scan likely env/config files
3. Scan git history
4. Classify findings by type and severity
5. Report clearly with safe redaction
6. Recommend remediation steps

Output format

• Severity
• Secret type
• File path
• Line number if available
• Commit hash if from history
• Redacted value preview
• Remediation

References

• Read references/patterns.md for what is detected
• Read references/remediation.md for response steps
• Read references/pre-push-usage.md for pre-push workflow

Bundled scripts

• scripts/scan_repo_secrets.py — scan files and git history for likely secrets
• scripts/pre_push_secret_scan.sh — repo-local pre-push scan wrapper