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Create AWS secrets with built-in safeguards.

What it does

Creates secrets in AWS Secrets Manager with encryption, access controls, rotation, auditing, and lifecycle management.

When to use it

Use whenever creating secrets.

How to use it

Give it a secret name, description, type, value, and AWS region; it creates and configures the secret in AWS.

What you provide

  • a secret name and description
  • the secret type
  • the secret value
  • the AWS region

Uses

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What you need · 2

Requires a properly configured AWS CLI, verified by querying the caller identity.

Requires an authenticated AWS account identity; the documented KMS permissions include kms:CreateKey and kms:PutKeyPolicy.


Access · 6

This skill

AWS Secrets Manager

Write

Stores your secret in AWS

KMS

Write

Configures AWS encryption keys