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Give Each Run Only the Credentials It Needs

Handing a long lived broad credential down the call chain means one leak, one log line or one over helpful tool grants access to everything the credential can reach, and the damage has no boundary. This skill covers scoped credentials: mint a short lived token per run, bind it to one resource and one action, give it an expiry that matches the run, hold the master credential only where tokens are issued, and log every issuance so a token can be traced back to the run that used it.

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$ openclaw command add --name "credential grants" --trigger "/grants" --source "AWS Production" --message "List tokens issued in the last day with the run that requested each one, the resource it can reach, the action it allows and the expiry."

$ openclaw alert-rule add --name "Token Scope Too Wide" --group-by "run" --window "1h" --action "Alert when a token is issued for a resource or action that the requesting workflow has never used before"

$ openclaw auto-fix add --name "Expire Idle Token" --condition "token_unused_for > 30m" --action "Revoke the token, end the run it belongs to if it is still marked active, and record the workflow so its expiry can be shortened next time" --approval "auto" --notify "#ops-alerts" --max-runs "50 per day" --cooldown "5m"

$ openclaw runbook add --name "Scope a Credential" --trigger "/runbook scope" --tags "advanced,security" --steps "Name the single resource the run must reach. Name the single action it must take. Set an expiry that matches the run. Issue the token. Confirm the master credential never left the issuer."

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Mint a token per run and keep the master key at the issuer

Give Each Run Only the Credentials It Needs

# Mint a token per run and keep the master key at the issuer A broad credential handed down the call chain has no boundary. One leak, one log line, one tool that is more helpful than it should be, and everything the credential can reach is exposed with no limit on the damage. ## Bind the token to

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