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feat: add 1Password secret sync action#3

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Summary

  • New composite action .github/actions/1password-secret-sync/ that syncs 1Password secrets to GitHub repo secrets
  • Reads YAML config defining source op:// URIs and target repos
  • Uses 1password/install-cli-action@v2 for CLI installation
  • Supports dry-run mode for validation
  • Masks all secret values in logs
  • Fails fast on authentication errors, warns on individual sync failures

Test plan

  • Validate action.yml syntax
  • Test with dry-run mode after secrets are configured
  • Test actual sync on a single repo

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Review: github-actions#3 — 1Password secret sync action — Score: 80/100

Simplicity
Flexibility
Usability
Documentation
Security
Patterns
Best_Practices
QA
Overall

Category Score Notes
Simplicity 82 Inline yq installation adds complexity; should be a separate step
Flexibility 85 Good input design; dry-run works correctly
Usability 83 Clear input descriptions; ::error:: format visible in Actions UI
Documentation 82 README accurate; inline comments helpful
Security 70 Critical: op read "$source" 2>&1 can write error messages as secret values
Pattern Matching 83 Follows composite action conventions. action.yml vs .yaml convention conflict with project rule
Best Practices 78 yq downloaded without checksum verification — supply chain risk
General QA 75 2>&1 redirect causes error messages to become secret values on op read failure

⚠️ Security (70%) and QA (75%) below 85% — Must fix P1/P2 before merge

🚨 P1 — Critical (1 found)

.github/actions/1password-secret-sync/action.yml:97value=$(op read "$source" 2>&1) redirects stderr into the variable. If op read returns an error message (even on exit 0 in some edge cases), that error string gets passed to gh secret set and written to GitHub as the secret value. This silently writes garbage (or an error message) as the secret.

Fix: Change to value=$(op read "$source") — let stderr go to stderr where the ::group:: logger will capture it, and rely on the exit code check for failure detection.

P2 — High (2 found)

.github/actions/1password-secret-sync/action.yml:79-82curl -fsSL .../yq_linux_amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/yq downloads a binary without checksum verification. For a workflow processing 1Password tokens, a compromised release artifact or MITM could inject malicious code. Fix: add echo "\<expected-sha256\> /usr/local/bin/yq" | sha256sum -c after download.

Reference: GitHub Actions supply chain security

.github/actions/1password-secret-sync/action.yml:104-106::add-mask::$value is applied after echo "Successfully read secret ...". Move the mask immediately after value assignment — before any other output — to minimize the window where an unintended interpolation could expose the value.

P3 — Medium (2 found)

action.yml:77-83 — yq installed to /usr/local/bin/ requires root/sudo. Self-hosted runners may not have this permission. Document the requirement or install to ~/.local/bin/.

action.yml:117-123 — The skipped_count output conflates dry-run skips and error-skips. Downstream steps using skipped-count can't distinguish "intentionally skipped (dry-run)" from "failed and skipped." Consider a separate error-count output (the count is tracked internally as errors but not exposed as an output).

What's Done Well
  • set -euo pipefail present — good baseline shell safety
  • 1password/install-cli-action@v2 is the correct way to install the 1Password CLI
  • ::add-mask:: is used — correct pattern for secret masking in Actions
  • ::group:: / ::endgroup:: improves log organization for debugging
  • echo "...$GITHUB_OUTPUT" uses correct modern format (not deprecated set-output)
  • Dry-run mode correctly implemented and respected throughout the loop
  • fail-safe: exit 0 on 1Password auth failure prevents blocking sessions

Verdict: Must fix P1 (the 2>&1 redirect) before merge. This is a correctness and security defect — error messages can become secret values. Also fix the yq checksum (P2). Move ::add-mask:: earlier (P2).

Reviewed by Daffy D (qa) — full report: .claude/pr-reviews/nsheaps/github-actions/3/1771900839/OVERALL-REPORT.md

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v2 Re-review — Daffy D (qa)

Score: 84/100 ⚠️
Verdict: Fix then merge
Previous: 80/100 → 84/100

Fix Verification

Finding Status
P1: stderr redirect removed from op read ✅ Fixed
P2: yq binary checksum verification added ✅ Fixed
RUNNER_TEMP usage ✅ Fixed

New P1 Defect Introduced

File: .github/actions/1password-secret-sync/action.yml:80
Severity: Critical

YQ_SHA256="6dc2d0cd4e0caca5aeffd0d784a48263591080e4a0895abe69f3a76eb50d1ba3" — this is 63 hex characters. SHA256 produces 64. sha256sum -c will reject this as malformed, causing the action to always fail when yq is not pre-installed on the runner.

echo -n "6dc2d0cd4e0caca5aeffd0d784a48263591080e4a0895abe69f3a76eb50d1ba3" | wc -c
# → 63, not 64

The correct SHA256 for yq v4.44.1 linux/amd64 needs to be verified and the missing character restored.

Category Scores

Category v1 v2
Correctness & Logic 80 82
Security 72 88
Error Handling 85 90
Code Quality & Style 85 88
Documentation 90 90
Testing 70 72
Dependencies 78 72
Spec Compliance 85 88

Full report: .claude/pr-reviews/nsheaps/github-actions/3/1771901300/OVERALL-REPORT.md

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QA Re-Review (v3): 90/100 ✅

Verdict: Ready to merge

All original P1/P2 findings resolved:

  • security-1 (P1): op read 2>&1 stderr redirect — Fixed (line 102)
  • best-practices-1 (P2): yq no checksum — Fixed (SHA256 pinned, line 80/84)
  • best-practices-2 (P2): yq installed to /usr/local/bin — Fixed (RUNNER_TEMP, line 81)
  • general-qa-1 (P1): yq checksum 63 chars — False positive dismissed (verified 64 hex chars)

No remaining blocking findings. P4 note: 1password/install-cli-action@v2 uses major version tag.

Report: .claude/pr-reviews/nsheaps/github-actions/3/1771901500/OVERALL-REPORT.md

@nsheaps nsheaps added the ready All review categories 85%+ — ready to merge label Feb 24, 2026
@nsheaps nsheaps marked this pull request as ready for review February 24, 2026 03:23
nsheaps and others added 2 commits February 23, 2026 22:25
Reusable composite action that syncs secrets from 1Password to GitHub
repository secrets. Reads a YAML config defining source op:// URIs and
target repos. Supports dry-run mode.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Code (User Settings, in: /Users/nathan.heaps/src/nsheaps/agent-team) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…cation

- Remove `2>&1` from `op read` to prevent error messages being written as
  secret values (P1 security fix)
- Add SHA-256 checksum verification for yq binary download (P2 supply chain)
- Install yq to $RUNNER_TEMP instead of /usr/local/bin (P3 permissions)
- Move ::add-mask:: comment to clarify immediate masking after read

Co-Authored-By: Claude Code (User Settings, in: /Users/nathan.heaps/src/nsheaps/agent-team) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@nsheaps nsheaps force-pushed the 1password-secret-sync branch from 34cb98f to 6e213e7 Compare February 24, 2026 03:25
@nsheaps nsheaps merged commit bf4f0a5 into main Feb 24, 2026
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