Your credentials are showing.
AI agents and tools use dozens of credentials with every interaction. They don't need to see a single one. Codezero makes sure they can't.
The missing credential containment layer
Secrets managers handle encrypted storage. IdPs handle authentication and identity. Policy engines handle decisions. But what happens when they've all done their jobs? Credentials are still put in runtimes – in plaintext. Codezero augments your existing security infrastructure by containing credentials to the network layer injecting them in transit, outside the runtime and out of reach.
82% of breaches involve credentials
Leaked API keys and tokens remain the #1 attack vector.
Source: Verizon DBIR
Agents multiply the risk
A single AI agent workflow can use 10+ credentials across tool calls, MCP servers, and API chains.
Scanning isn't enough
Secret scanners find leaks after they happen. Containment prevents them from happening at all.
Your credentials. Wrong place. Wrong time.
Every application, every agent, every CI job needs credentials to call external services. It doesn't matter how meticulously locked down they are or if they're encrypted in a vault. Even today's best security practices and solutions today can't protect them in runtimes. They all end up in every runtime. In plaintext.
Once inside a runtime, credentials can be logged, copied, exfiltrated, or abused. And the problem is getting exponentially worse: AI agents now chain dozens of API calls per task, each one requiring credentials that the agent has full access to.
How It Works
Credential containment in three steps
Credentials are applied in transit — they never enter your runtime environment
Your code makes a request
Your application, agent, or pipeline calls an external API the way it normally would. No SDK. No code changes. No special configuration.
CodeZero intercepts and authenticates
The request passes through a lightweight gateway. CodeZero retrieves the credential from your existing vault, applies it to the request at the network layer using a patented just-in-time injection method, and enforces policy.
Authenticated request, clean runtime
The destination receives a fully authenticated request. Your code never saw the credential. There's nothing in memory, nothing in logs, nothing to steal.
Built for every execution context
AI Agents & MCP Tools
Agents call external APIs using credentials that can leak via prompt injection, tool output, logs, or plugins. CodeZero ensures agents never see the credentials they use. Works with LangChain, CrewAI, Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-based tooling.
Developer Environments
Local machines are the highest-risk credential environment — .env files, shell history, git repos, clipboard buffers, cloud sync folders. The local gateway contains credentials outside the developer's reach while keeping their workflow unchanged.
CI/CD Pipelines
Pipeline secrets are the most commonly leaked credentials in the industry. CodeZero removes them from the pipeline entirely. Your CI job makes the request; CodeZero handles the authentication.
Applications and Services
Applications and serverless functions call dozens of external APIs — inference providers, payment processors, analytics, cloud services, databases. CodeZero mediates every outbound credentialed request so your application runtime stays clean.
Deployment Options
Local Gateway
Installed with a single command. Protects credentials for local development, CLI tools, AI agents, and testing. Integrates with 1Password, system keychains, and local credential stores.
Managed Service
Codezero Hosted gateway and control plane for credential mediation. No infrastructure to deploy. Ideal for SaaS applications, serverless environments, and teams that want instant protection.
Self-Hosted
Runs inside your infrastructure — Kubernetes, VPC, on-prem. Full control for regulated environments, enterprise deployments, and air-gapped systems.
What Codezero is and what it is not
Codezero is
- Credential containment infrastructure — governing how credentials are used at the moment of use
- A lightweight mediation gateway — sits between your code and the services it authenticates with
- Just-in-time credential injection — credentials are applied in transit, never stored in runtimes
- Policy enforcement for credential usage — destination restrictions, scope limits, environment rules, audit logging
- Compatible with your stack — works with existing vaults, identity providers, keychains, and policy engines
Codezero is not
- A secrets manager (we don't store credentials — your vaults do)
- An identity provider (we don't authenticate users — your IdP does)
- A VPN, service mesh, or networking overlay
- A credential scanner or rotation tool
- A replacement for anything — we augment your existing security investments
Native support for AI agents and autonomous systems
AI agents need secure access to internal tools, APIs, and databases. Codezero provides the missing infrastructure layer that lets agents operate safely without exposing sensitive credentials to their runtime environments.
Credentials stay internal
Agents never see database passwords, API keys, or secrets
Works with any agent framework
Compatible with LangChain, AutoGPT, and custom solutions
# AI Agent connects via Codezero
# No credentials in agent environment
import requests
def query_internal_db(query: str):
# Codezero handles access
response = requests.post(
"https://billing-db",
json={"query": query}
)
return response.json()
# Agent never sees database password
result = query_internal_db(
"SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 10"
)
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