Request secrets securely

Use bb secret request when the user needs to supply a credential. Do not ask the user to paste a secret into chat.

Batch every currently known variable into one request. Inspect documentation or .env.example to identify variable names, but do not read or print an existing secret-bearing env file.

bb secret request OPENAI_API_KEY RESEND_API_KEY \
  --purpose "Configure application credentials" \
  --describe OPENAI_API_KEY "OpenAI API key used by the server" \
  --describe RESEND_API_KEY "Resend API key used for transactional email" \
  --write-env .env.local

Always provide the exact --write-env destination, a concise purpose, and one short plain-language description per variable. Relative destinations resolve from the CLI working directory; absolute destinations may point anywhere on the thread's host. Never place secret values in argv, prompts, comments, logs, or follow-up messages.

The command blocks until the user submits or cancels the form. Secret values never appear in command arguments, model-visible output, or persisted interaction data. After success, trust the command's path, variable names, and added/updated/unchanged counts. Never verify by running cat, sed, env, or another command that would reveal the completed file.

If the command reports duplicate dotenv assignments, fix the file structure without reading values and rerun the request. If it reports repeated write conflicts, rerun the same request; do not ask the user to paste values. Under the workspace sandbox (Accept Edits / Approve for me), Claude's macOS sandbox permits the loopback access plugin CLI commands need; Linux and other provider sandboxes may still require escalation approval.