cortex-auth

How to autonomously obtain secrets and API keys from a Cortex Auth server and launch projects with those secrets injected as environment variables — without any human intervention to configure keys. Use this skill whenever you need to: - Run a project that requires API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, SMTP, database passwords, etc.) - Start a process that reads secrets from environment variables - Authenticate with Cortex to fetch project credentials - Use cortex-cli to launch any command with secrets pre-loaded - Work on a project that has a .env file listing required keys (even if empty) - Deploy or execute code that depends on external services requiring credentials Trigger this skill at the start of any task where secrets or API keys are needed, before attempting to run any project code.