# Best Practices for Secretless Engineering Automation

DevFeed: [Best Practices for Secretless Engineering Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/best-practices-for-secretless-engineering-automation-29593.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/best-practices-secretless-engineering-automation/>)

Author: jpitts@goteleport.com (Jack Pitts)

Published: 2025-11-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Secrets Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/secrets-management.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [hardcoded credentials](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardcoded-credentials.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [API keys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-keys.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [credentials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/credentials.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [secrets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secrets.md>), [secrets-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secrets-management.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

This article examines how stored secrets such as passwords, API keys, hardcoded credentials, and long-lived tokens create security and operational barriers for CI/CD and AI-driven engineering automation. It outlines a secretless approach based on cryptographic identity.

## Source excerpt

Secure CI/CD, bots, and AI agents without secrets. Learn best practices for delivering safe, efficient, and fully auditable engineering automation.