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AI · March 12, 2026

OneCLI – Vault for AI Agents in Rust

We built OneCLI because AI agents are being given raw API keys. And it's going about as well as you'd expect. We figured the answer isn't "don't give agents access," it's "give them access without giving them secrets." OneCLI is an open-source gateway that sits between your AI agents and the services they call. You store your real credentials once in OneCLI's encrypted vault, and give your agents placeholder keys. When an agent makes an HTTP call through the proxy, OneCLI matches the request by host/path, verifies the agent should have access, swaps the placeholder for the real…

OneCLI – Vault for AI Agents in Rust launched on March 12, 2026 with 161 votes, #205 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

OneCLI is an open-source gateway that manages API credentials for AI agents without exposing actual secrets. It sits between agents and external services, storing real credentials in an encrypted vault while agents use placeholder keys instead. When an agent makes an HTTP request through the proxy, OneCLI verifies permissions, substitutes the real credential, and forwards the call—keeping secrets secure throughout the process. Built in Rust, it's designed for developers deploying AI agents that need safe access to external APIs.

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From the sources

Open-source sandboxed agent harness for teams. Giving every employee a secured personal agent. - onecli/onecli

In the maker’s words, at launch

We built OneCLI because AI agents are being given raw API keys. And it's going about as well as you'd expect. We figured the answer isn't "don't give agents access," it's "give them access without giving them secrets." OneCLI is an open-source gateway that sits between your AI agents and the services they call. You…

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