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Configuration is data with a format

Read small configuration files and keep credentials out of them.

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What you’ll learn

  1. JSON names fields explicitly

    Read a tiny object of named values.

    About 3 minutes · Open activity

  2. Values have types

    Distinguish a string, number and boolean.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  3. YAML uses structure and indentation

    Read a small nested configuration.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  4. Frontmatter is metadata before the note

    Identify the metadata region of a SKILL.md example.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  5. TOML is another configuration format

    Recognize a table and key-value setting in a supplied agent config.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  6. Environment variables supply process settings

    Trace a named value from launch environment to a tool.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  7. Credentials are access, not teaching material

    Choose where a secret should be configured in a mock setup.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  8. Validate a mock connection file

    Identify a type error, a misplaced setting and an exposed placeholder credential, and repair the example without contacting a service.

    About 6 minutes · Open activity

  9. Inspect a small set of project files

    Find the project's guidance note, resolve a relative link, separate configuration from prose and spot an exposed placeholder credential.

    About 5 minutes · Open activity