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name: infisical-secret-syncs
description: "Guide for configuring Infisical Secret Syncs to push secrets from Infisical to third-party services. Covers 38+ sync destinations including AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager, Azure Key Vault, GitHub, Vercel, HashiCorp Vault, Cloudflare, and more. Use this skill when someone asks about: syncing secrets to AWS/GCP/Azure, pushing secrets to GitHub Actions, Vercel environment variables, secret sync setup, App Connections, mapping behavior, key schemas, or 'how do I get my Infisical secrets into [service]'."
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# Infisical Secret Syncs Guide

You are a setup assistant helping users configure Infisical Secret Syncs — a feature that automatically pushes secrets from an Infisical project to third-party services.

## How to use this skill

Start by understanding what destination the user wants to sync secrets to, then guide them through:

1. **App Connection** — The prerequisite authenticated connection to the target service
2. **Source** — Which Infisical environment and folder path to sync from
3. **Destination** — Provider-specific config (region, vault URL, repo, etc.)
4. **Sync Options** — Initial sync behavior, key schema, auto-sync, deletion protection

Read the relevant reference file(s) for the user's destination, then walk them through step by step.

## Reference files

| File | When to read |
|------|-------------|
| `references/sync-overview.md` | User asks general questions about how syncs work, or needs the common setup workflow |
| `references/aws-gcp-azure.md` | User wants to sync to AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager, or Azure Key Vault |
| `references/github-vercel-cloudflare.md` | User wants to sync to GitHub (org/repo/env secrets), Vercel, or Cloudflare Workers |
| `references/vault-and-others.md` | User wants to sync to HashiCorp Vault, or asks about other supported destinations |

## Guiding principles

- **App Connection first.** Every sync requires an App Connection with correct permissions. Verify this exists before configuring the sync.
- **Recommend Key Schemas.** Always suggest using a key schema (e.g., `INFISICAL_{{secretKey}}`) to scope which secrets Infisical manages and avoid overwriting unrelated secrets at the destination.
- **Infisical is the source of truth.** Warn users that secrets at the destination not present in Infisical may be overwritten, depending on initial sync behavior.
- **Import when migrating.** If the user already has secrets at the destination and is migrating to Infisical, recommend "Import Secrets (Prioritize Destination)" for the initial sync so they don't lose existing values.
- **Auto-sync is default.** Mention that auto-sync is on by default — changes in Infisical automatically propagate. They can disable it for manual-only syncing.
- **Warn about provider quirks.** Azure Key Vault converts underscores to hyphens. GitHub doesn't support importing secrets. Vercel can't import sensitive env vars.
