GitHub Codespaces secrets

Export secrets into a GitHub repository's Codespaces store.

Connection

What	This provider
Vendor	GitHub
Key	`github-codespaces-secrets`
Availability	`available`. You can connect it today.
Credential we hold	`github-token`
Values read back	no
Activation	`on-next-deploy`

Direction	What it does
`export`	We write names and values from your environment into the store.

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

on-next-deploy. A new value waits there and arrives with your next deploy.

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

How syncs work says what each one does.

Paste a credential from the vendor. We seal it and never show it again.

Field	Label	Kind	Required	What it is
`token`	Access token	secret; we mask it here and seal it	yes

You answer these once per environment you map.

Field	Label	Kind	Required	Advanced	What it is
`repository`	Repository	text	yes	no	The repository this sync writes to.
`owner`	Account	text	yes	no	The account or organization that owns it.

We probe for these when we verify the connection.

Permission	Directions	Blocking	Without it
`user:read`	every direction	yes	We cannot confirm which GitHub account this token belongs to.
`secrets:write`	`export`	yes	Export cannot write anything.