Spot The Leaky Prompt
Separate safe debugging context from secrets before prompting Codex.
Some evidence helps Codex. One item should never enter the prompt. Marco is about to paste incident context into Codex. What is the real issue in the scene? Unredacted live signing secret Correct. Secrets belong outside the prompt. Give Codex the variable name, redacted shape, and failure behavior instead. Stack trace excerpt This is useful context. A stack trace can point Codex to the failing path as long as it is scrubbed of credentials and private data. Failing local command This is evidence, not the leak. A reproducible local command is exactly the kind of context that turns an agentic…
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