gopass

name	gopass
description	Store, retrieve, list, and manage secrets using gopass (the team password manager). Use when the user asks to save credentials, look up passwords, generate secrets, manage password entries, or interact with a gopass password store. Covers CRUD operations, secret generation, TOTP, recipients, mounting stores, and clipboard operations.

gopass Skill

gopass is a CLI password manager for teams, built on GPG and Git.

Prerequisites

• gopass binary installed
• GPG key available (gopass uses GPG for encryption)
• Store initialized (gopass init or gopass setup)

Common Operations

List secrets

gopass ls
gopass ls -f          # flat list

Show a secret

gopass show path/to/secret           # full entry (password + metadata)
gopass show -o path/to/secret        # password only
gopass show -c path/to/secret        # copy to clipboard
gopass show path/to/secret key       # show specific field

Create / Update

gopass insert path/to/secret         # interactive
gopass edit path/to/secret           # open in $EDITOR
echo "mypassword" | gopass insert -f path/to/secret   # non-interactive

Add key-value metadata below the first line (password):

mysecretpassword
username: erdGecrawl
url: https://github.com
notes: Created 2026-01-31