I accidentally gave my AI agent access to my live Payment key. Here's what I built.

Mohammad Nawaf — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:34:29 +0000

While building an agent last week, I realized something
uncomfortable: my agent had my live Payment API key sitting in its
context window.

One prompt injection attack. One malicious tool response. One
leaked log file. And that key is gone.

I couldn't find a clean solution, so I built one.

What I built

AgentGuard is a credential proxy for AI agents. Instead of giving
your agent real API keys, you give it a token. When the agent makes
an API call, it goes through the AgentGuard proxy which:

Validates the agent token
Decrypts the real credential server-side
Injects it into the request
Forwards to the target API
Logs the call

The agent never sees the real key. Ever.

The code change is 3 lines

Before:
requests.post("https://api.stripe.com/v1/charges",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sk_live_real_key..."})

After:
requests.post("https://proxy.agent-guard.dev/v1/charges",
headers={
"X-AgentGuard-Token": "your_agent_token",
"X-AgentGuard-Credential": "your_credential_id"
})

That's it. Base URL changes, two headers added, everything else
stays the same.

What you also get

Full audit log of every API call your agent makes
Instant revocation — one click kills an agent's access
Zero-knowledge encryption — keys encrypted in your browser, we literally cannot read them

Try it

agent-guard.dev — free to start, no credit card.

Would love feedback from anyone building agents in production.
What am I missing? What would make this actually useful for you?

DEV Community: Mohammad Nawaf

I accidentally gave my AI agent access to my live Payment key. Here's what I built.