Buddy variables

Export secrets as encrypted Buddy variables.

The connection

What	This provider
Vendor	Buddy
Key	`buddy-variables`
Availability	`available`. You can connect it today.
Credential penv holds	`buddy-token`
Values read back	no
Activation	`immediate`

Direction	What it does
`export`	Writes names and values from penv into the store.

Buddy returns no value once it holds one, so penv can write here and cannot read back.

immediate. The running app sees a new value at once.

Direction	Policies you can pick
`export`	`create_only`, `overwrite`, `overwrite_and_prune`

How syncs work says what each one does.

You paste a credential you already hold. penv seals it and never shows it again.

Field	Label	Kind	Required	What it is
`token`	Personal access token	secret, masked here and sealed	yes	A personal access token with VARIABLE_INFO, VARIABLE_ADD and VARIABLE_MANAGE.

Fixed when you connect, and shared by every mapping on it.

Field	Label	Kind	Required	Advanced	What it is
`workspace`	Workspace	text	yes	no	The domain in your Buddy URL.

Answered once per environment you map.

Field	Label	Kind	Required	Advanced	What it is
`projectName`	Project	text	yes	no	The project these variables belong to.
`pipelineId`	Pipeline	text	no	yes	Narrows the variables to one pipeline.

penv probes for these when it verifies the connection.

Permission	Directions	Blocking	Without it
`VARIABLE_INFO`	every direction	yes	Preview cannot list the workspace's variables.
`VARIABLE_ADD`	`export`	yes	Export cannot add a variable.
`VARIABLE_MANAGE`	`export`	yes	Export cannot update or remove a variable.