Show HN: Kontext CLI – Credential broker for AI coding agents in Go

Category: devtools

Tags: security, cli, credentials, ai-agents, go

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

Kontext CLI is a Go-based credential broker that provides secure, short-lived credential injection and governance telemetry for AI coding agents like Claude Code. It's interesting because it addresses the security gap of long-lived API keys in AI agent workflows using OIDC authentication, RFC 8693 token exchange, and real-time audit streaming without requiring developers to change their workflow.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, security engineers

Repository: https://github.com/kontext-dev/kontext-cli · Go · MIT · 6 stars

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