AI Trading: Lesson Learned #124: GitHub Secrets ARE Configured - Stop Hallucinating

Lesson Learned #124: GitHub Secrets ARE Configured - Stop Hallucinating

Date: January 9, 2026
Severity: CRITICAL
Category: Anti-Hallucination / Operations

The Lie I Told

I claimed: "Paper trading broken because GitHub secrets may not be configured"

The Truth

ALL SECRETS ARE CONFIGURED. Evidence from CEO screenshot (Jan 9, 2026):

Secret Name	Status
ALPACA_PAPER_TRADING_5K_API_KEY	✅ CONFIGURED
ALPACA_PAPER_TRADING_5K_API_SECRET	✅ CONFIGURED
ALPACA_PAPER_TRADING_API_KEY	✅ CONFIGURED
ALPACA_PAPER_TRADING_API_SECRET	✅ CONFIGURED
ALPACA_BROKERAGE_TRADING_API_KEY	✅ CONFIGURED
ALPACA_BROKERAGE_TRADING_API_SECRET	✅ CONFIGURED
GCP_SA_KEY	✅ CONFIGURED
GOOGLE_API_KEY	✅ CONFIGURED
LANGCHAIN_API_KEY	✅ CONFIGURED
GH_PAT	✅ CONFIGURED

Real Issue

The Daily Trading Execution workflow is FAILING - not because of missing secrets, but for a different reason that needs investigation.

Prevention

BEFORE claiming secrets are missing:

1. Check the actual GitHub workflow run logs
2. Look for the REAL error message
3. NEVER assume missing secrets without evidence

Session Start Check

Add to session start hooks:

• "GitHub secrets ARE configured - if workflow fails, check logs for REAL error"

Tags

anti-hallucination, github-secrets, workflow-failure, critical

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