Connect Your AI Without Sharing Your Password
A safe mental model for connecting tools while keeping credentials and authority bounded.
Video coming with the Home Base series 10 min
Give the smallest useful access
A connection should expose only the data and actions required for the job, with a person retaining control over consequential changes.
Prefer delegated access
Use supported connections, scoped tokens, and role-based access when they exist. A password gives away identity; delegated access grants a defined capability that can be reviewed and revoked.
Separate reading from changing
A system that can inspect information does not automatically need authority to edit, send, publish, buy, delete, or invite. Each write deserves its own reason and confirmation boundary.
Use it with the lesson
Copyable resources
Connection boundary check
Use before granting a new connection.
The system needs to read:
The system needs to change:
It never needs access to:
A person must confirm:
Access expires or is reviewed on:
Revocation owner: