Everyone's rushing to give their AI agents direct API access. Genius. You really trust that black box with your keys? The "Claw" agent is just another vector.
Here's a simple pattern: proxy the calls. Run a tiny local service that holds the keys. The agent only gets a localhost endpoint. No keys in its context, no accidental leaks in logs.
Basic example with a Python Flask shim for a weather API:
```
from flask import Flask, request
import requests
app = Flask(__name__)
WEATHER_API_KEY = "your_key_here" # Load from env/secret mgmt, obviously.
@app.route('/weather')
def weather():
city = request.args.get('city')
# Validate 'city' input here. Don't be lazy.
url = f"http://api.weatherapi.com/v1/current.json?key={WEATHER_API_KEY}&q={city}"
response = requests.get(url)
return response.json()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(host='127.0.0.1', port=5000)
```
Now point Claw at ` http://127.0.0.1:5000/weather?city={city}`. It gets the data, never the key. You can add rate limiting, audit logs, or input sanitizing. The agent stays dumb and safe.
Of course, this means you have to maintain another service. But if you can't handle that, maybe you shouldn't be giving agents API access in the first place. —aB
—aB