Securely broker, audit, and revoke API access for autonomous agents without exposing master credentials. Built with Zero-Knowledge Architecture.
AI tools like Cursor, Claude, and AutoGPT need credentials to be useful. Without a secure layer to manage that access, developers improvise — and improvised credential sharing is a breach waiting to happen.
Developers paste their OpenAI or Stripe keys directly into agent system prompts, MCP server configs, or workflow builders. These keys don't expire, aren't scoped, and you don't know they're there.
When an agent makes an API call using your credentials, there's no record — not in your logs, not in your billing dashboard, not anywhere you control. You find out something went wrong after the fact.
Once a raw API key is shared with a third-party AI tool, revoking it means rotating your master credential everywhere it's used — a painful, risky operation you'll delay until it's too late.
This isn't a hypothetical. It's the default behavior of every AI agent on the market today. The tools aren't malicious — they just weren't built with credential governance in mind. Ephos is the layer that adds that governance, without slowing anyone down.
Traditional secret managers weren't built for autonomous code. Ephos provides a comprehensive suite to secure the agentic runtime.
Enforce granular permissions at scale. Issue highly scoped Ephos Tokens bound to specific agents, abstracting master credentials completely.
Terminate access instantly. Revoke specific agent tokens without needing to rotate your underlying Master Identity Secrets.
Non-blocking, immutable forensic logs. Audit trails are batched and processed entirely out-of-band via queue architectures to ensure zero proxy latency.
Prevent developers from hardcoding API keys in agent scripts. By routing all AI requests through the Ephos Identity Broker, you gain full observability and control over every non-human interaction, neutralizing Shadow AI risks instantly.
Direct Comparison with Legacy & LLM Secret Managers
| CAPABILITY / FEATURE | EPHOS | INFISICAL | DOPPLER | PORTKEY | KEEPER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Omni-Tool Proxy
Secures API keys for LLMs AND external tools (Stripe, GitHub, AWS).
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[ YES ]
|
[ YES ]
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[ YES ]
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[ NO ]
LLM keys only
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[ YES ]
|
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Edge-Native SaaS
Zero local infrastructure. No MITM proxies or custom CA certs to manage.
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[ YES ]
|
[ YES ]
|
[ YES ]
|
[ YES ]
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[ NO ]
Requires local binaries
|
|
Zero-Knowledge Encryption
Keys encrypted client-side. The server only stores opaque mathematical blobs.
|
[ YES ]
|
[ NO ]
Server KMS decryption
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[ NO ]
Server KMS decryption
|
[ NO ]
Server-side storage
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[ NO ]
Shared decryption keys
|
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Runtime / Memory Security
Master keys are NEVER injected into .env files or the agent's local memory.
|
[ YES ]
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[ NO ]
Injects to local .env
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[ NO ]
Injects to local .env
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[ YES ]
|
[ MIXED ]
Keeper injects to runtime
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Native MCP Integration
Agents automatically discover available keys as standardized "tools" via Model Context Protocol.
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[ YES ]
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[ NO ]
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[ NO ]
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[ NO ]
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[ PARTIAL ]
|
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Agent Attribution Logging
Forensic logs tag the specific agent instance (e.g. "via Cursor") for every proxy request.
|
[ YES ]
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[ NO ]
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[ NO ]
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[ PARTIAL ]
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[ PARTIAL ]
|
Why Ephos is objectively safer for agents than legacy vaults (like Infisical or Akeyless).
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