Plan safe secrets and environment setup — Full Prompt Suite

A guided prompt system to keep real secrets out of Git while making local and deployment setup repeatable.

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Built for: secret classification · placeholder-only example file · environment ownership · exposure response

Illustrative example

A fictional web app needs database and email credentials in local, test, and production environments.

A useful result: A placeholder-only .env.example, proposed ignore rules, and a per-environment owner and verification matrix.

Review before use: Confirm no real values appear in the draft, tracked files, or shared examples.

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What to provide

Repository stack, required variables by environment, hosting provider, existing ignore rules, and secret owners.

What you will get

A placeholder-only .env.example, ignore-rule proposal, environment matrix, and verification checklist.

Example: Fictional example: A web app documents DATABASE_URL and EMAIL_API_KEY as placeholders while the real values stay in approved secret storage.

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Prepare a safe environment-variable setup plan for this repository.
Framework and hosting: [verified stack and deployment provider]
Environments: [local, test, staging, production]
Variable names and purpose only; never paste values: [names and purpose]
Current .gitignore and example files: [approved non-secret excerpts]
Who owns each credential and rotation: [roles]

Do not request, display, generate, or copy real credentials or tokens. First identify which values are secrets, which are safe public configuration, and which environments need each variable. Draft a .env.example containing names and obvious placeholders only, a proposed .gitignore rule set, and a deployment configuration checklist that names the responsible human and destination without entering values. Include a read-only check for accidentally tracked secret files, a plan for handling a suspected exposure, and local, test, and deployment acceptance checks. Check the framework and host's current official documentation before asserting load order or exposure rules. Do not edit the repository, rotate credentials, or modify provider settings.

Response requirements:
- Begin with a short summary of the goal, confirmed facts, assumptions, and missing information.
- Ask focused clarification questions before completing the work when a missing answer would materially change the result.
- Use clear headings, tables, checklists, or numbered steps where they make the output easier to use.
- Keep source facts separate from recommendations. Quote or cite supplied evidence when the task depends on source material.
- Mark unsupported details, decisions, owners, dates, costs, credentials, and commitments as [TO CONFIRM].
- Identify the three most important risks, failure conditions, or quality checks.
- End with a practical next-action checklist that names the responsible role and the evidence needed to confirm completion.
- Include a final self-review: check the answer against this prompt, list any unmet requirement, and correct it before responding.
- Do not claim that you accessed a system, verified an external fact, completed an action, or tested the result unless evidence in this conversation proves it.

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Version 1.0 · Updated 2026-10-10 · Free starter template. Evaluate the output in your approved environment.