Ask HN: Do you trust AI agents with API keys / private keys?

Re:Ask HN: Do you trust AI agents with API keys / private keys? by sjdv1982 on Sunday April 12, 2026 @08:27AM (#47738873)

I wanted to ask almost this question, then saw that it is on #1 right now.

My use case is ssh. I would like to stick my private key into a local Docker container, have a ssh-identical cli that reverse proxies into the container, and have some rules about what ssh commands the container may proxy or not.

Does anyone know of something like this?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you trust AI agents with API keys / private keys? by devendra116 on Sunday April 12, 2026 @11:03AM (#47740555)

if you usecase is just about dealing with private key and txn signing why not use any KMS service?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you trust AI agents with API keys / private keys? by sjdv1982 on Sunday April 12, 2026 @11:52AM (#47741170)

No, more like letting an agent interact safely with an HPC frontend. No cloud, no Windows

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