Bitwarden Secrets Manager

Use this skill to manage secrets via the Bitwarden Secrets Manager CLI (bws). Retrieve credentials, store API keys, and keep secrets organized.

Authentication

Authentication is handled via the BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable — no login command needed.

If BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN is missing, warn the user:

BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN is not set. Add it to your shell profile (e.g. ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):

export BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN="0.your_access_token_here"

Default project: BWS_PROJECT_ID is a shell variable convention (not a built-in bws feature) for storing your default project ID. The bws tool itself has no knowledge of it — it is expanded by the shell when used in commands like bws secret create KEY value $BWS_PROJECT_ID. If it is not set, ask the user which project to use before creating any secret (use bws project list to show available projects).

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