The setup workflow requires users to disclose their API key in chat despite claiming the agent cannot view it and that key handling stays local.
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- Excessive Agency
- Confidence
- 99% confidence
- Finding
The mandatory setup instructions tell users to paste their complete API key into the conversation, contradicting the claims that the agent cannot view it and that key handling remains local. This exposes the credential to conversation storage and processing systems; anyone obtaining it could potentially consume the user's paid service credits. The later suggestion to rotate a disclosed key does not prevent the initial exposure.
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