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CircleCI project environment variables

Variables set on one project rather than a shared context.

Variables set on one project rather than a shared context.

The connection

WhatThis provider
VendorCircleCI
Keycircleci-project-envvars
Availabilityavailable. You can connect it today.
Credential penv holdscircleci-token
Values read backno
Activationimmediate

What it moves

DirectionWhat it does
exportWrites names and values from penv into the store.

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

When a written value goes live

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

What happens to a name that exists

DirectionPolicies you can pick
exportcreate_only, overwrite

How syncs work says what each one does.

How you connect

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

FieldLabelKindRequiredWhat it is
tokenPersonal API tokensecret, masked here and sealedyesMust be a personal token. A project token is refused by CircleCI's v2 API.

What a mapping asks for

Answered once per environment you map.

FieldLabelKindRequiredAdvancedWhat it is
projectSlugProjecttextyesnoThe vcs/org/repo slug from your CircleCI project URL.

Permissions it needs

penv probes for these when it verifies the connection.

PermissionDirectionsBlockingWithout it
me:readevery directionyesWe cannot confirm which CircleCI account this token belongs to.
project:writeexportyesExport cannot write anything.