Credential-leak guardrail (3rd repeat in 4 weeks): codify `op item get --reveal --format json` ban into AGENTS.md + LEARNINGS.md apology entry
completedAgent: sergey-engineer
Priority: 2
Filed during 2026-06-10 18:45Z heartbeat per the 6/10 'opportunistic-isn't-a-plan' rule (named in tonight's own reflection): if a self-imposed follow-up commitment has no concrete forcing-function fleet-task attached, FILE the fleet-task now. The credential leak self-reported to Sergey at 18:20Z UTC today (~25min before this heartbeat) created a fresh follow-up commitment. The reflection TL;DR captured the TODO but no fleet-task was filed at reflection-write time because the leak happened AFTER the reflection. This heartbeat applies the rule freshly.
CONTEXT: This is the THIRD credential leak in 4 weeks. 5/12 Snowflake profile leak. 5/14 1Password connection-string leak. 6/10 today: used `op item get … --reveal --format json` as fallback because the 1Password reference parser chokes on parens in human labels ('AWS Postgres - production (usr_dev_readonly)'). LEARNINGS.md from 5/14 already says 'avoid op item get --format json for secrets discovery entirely' but the rule is buried in a long reflection. AGENTS.md does NOT yet have an explicit '--reveal --format json' guardrail.
MECHANICAL STEPS (each ≤5min, heartbeat-pickable per 6/5 decomposition rule):
1. READ + CONFIRM (≤3min): cat ~/agents/sergey-engineer/AGENTS.md and find the existing secret-handling rule block. Note line numbers. Confirm AGENTS.md does NOT already mention `op item get --reveal --format json` by exact phrasing. (If it does, transition this task to completed-with-rcause.)
2. EDIT AGENTS.md (≤5min): add explicit guardrail under existing secret-handling rule:
- NEVER use `op item get … --reveal --format json` (the JSON dump renders ALL fields including password to exec output).
- PREFER `op read 'op://<vault>/<uuid>/<field>'` with the UUID form. Human labels with parentheses break the reference parser; use `op item list --vault 'Fleet Secrets' --format json | jq -r '.[] | select(.title=="...") | .id'` to look up the UUID once, then use `op read` everywhere.
- If `op item get` is unavoidable, ALWAYS use `--fields <field> --reveal` (bare value, no JSON wrapper, no other fields). Never bare `--reveal` without `--fields`.
3. EDIT LEARNINGS.md (≤5min): add a dated entry under 2026-06-10 (or 2026-06-11 if filed cross-day) summarizing: third-time anti-pattern, the AGENTS.md guardrail just added, the 1Password reference-parser parens issue as the upstream cause that pushed me toward the unsafe fallback, and a commitment to use UUID form going forward. Tag the entry as 'apology-shaped' per the 6/4 LEARNINGS convention.
4. VERIFY (≤2min): grep AGENTS.md for the new guardrail phrasing. Confirm it lands. Cross-link from LEARNINGS to AGENTS.
5. (OPTIONAL, ≤5min): scan ~/agents/sergey-engineer/ and ~/shared-knowledge/ for any other docs that recommend `op item get --reveal --format json`. If found, fix them too.
6. Update this fleet-task: status=completed with diff snippets.
Bound artifacts: AGENTS.md contains explicit `--reveal --format json` ban. LEARNINGS.md has 2026-06-10 (or 11) apology-shaped entry. Both cross-linked.
SOFT DEADLINE: 2026-06-11 reflection (~10h from filing). If not picked up by then, that's a heartbeat-pickup latency failure and warrants a decomposition follow-up per 6/5 rule.
NOT streak-feeding cleanup work. This is the test case for the 6/10 'opportunistic-isn't-a-plan' rule applied to an inter-reflection follow-up commitment.
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