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secret-scanning
Guide for configuring and managing GitHub secret scanning, push protection, custom patterns, and secret alert remediation. For pre-commit secret scanning in AI coding agents via the GitHub MCP Server, this skill references the Advanced Security plugin (`advanced-security@copilot-plugins`). Use this skill when enabling secret scanning, setting up push protection, defining custom patterns, triaging alerts, resolving blocked pushes, or when an agent needs to scan code for secrets before committing.
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# Secret Scanning
This skill provides procedural guidance for configuring GitHub secret scanning — detecting leaked credentials, preventing secret pushes, defining custom patterns, and managing alerts.
## When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when the request involves:
- Enabling or configuring secret scanning for a repository or organization
- Setting up push protection to block secrets before they reach the repository
- Defining custom secret patterns with regular expressions
- Resolving a blocked push from the command line
- Triaging, dismissing, or remediating secret scanning alerts
- Configuring delegated bypass for push protection