Developer newsletter: August 2026
Hi from the 1Password developer teams 👋
Get ready to improve your developer workflows and performance stats after a whirlwind month of developer launches here at 1Password.
In this edition, you’ll catch up on all the exciting developer news that we announced at Black Hat, including how to:
- Move your .env files to 1Password Environments, now in GA, and connect your favorite tools to manage developer secrets securely
- Take back control of agent and workload permissions with 1Password Credential Broker, now in public preview
- Get the most out of 1Password developer tools with the new, self-paced developer series in 1Password Academy
- Work faster with several performance improvements to 1Password CLI
And lots more – enjoy!
Featured
Rein in overprivileged workloads with 1Password Credential Broker
If you’ve ever followed a vague audit trail, read an unclear incident report that referenced generic service accounts, or discovered an unintended action an agent took on your behalf, you’ve likely felt the pain of overprivileged access.
To help developers take back control, 1Password Credential Broker is now available in public preview for GitHub Actions. It enables you to issue the required permissions for the repo, branch, and executing workflow, and nothing more.
Make 1Password your source of truth for developer secrets with 1Password Environments, now in GA
We’ve all been there. You create a local .env file with a bunch of developer secrets, intending to move them somewhere more secure, then you forget about it, and your secrets are left in plaintext.
1Password Environments solves this problem by being your dedicated home for developer secrets. Store, manage, and share secrets with team members, and connect your favorite coding tools without ever exposing them in plaintext.
If you already have .env files on your machine, run Developer Watchtower to locate and secure them in 1Password Environments with a single click.
Trying to balance speed with security while coding with AI? You’re not alone
AI is changing the way you work. You might even feel like you’re regularly making security compromises to maintain the new speed of development.
In a recent 1Password developer survey, 71% of respondents report visibility gaps into which agents are using credentials, and nearly half (47%) said an AI agent has taken an unintended action after following instructions embedded in untrusted content.
If you’re still not convinced you need to move your developer secrets out of plaintext, this one’s for you.
Learn how to get started with 1Password developer tools in 1Password Academy
Want to try 1Password developer tools but don’t know where to start? If you’re brand new to our developer tools or you want to learn more about our latest offerings, this new five-course, self-paced training is available through 1Password Academy for free.
Learn how to use 1Password CLI, create your first Environment, move your SSH keys to 1Password, secure your AI workflows, and more.
More in 1Password developer news
Read 1Password data faster with 1Password CLI performance improvements
Work faster with our latest CLI performance improvements for common commands like op read and op item get. Several commands now make fewer network round-trips per read, meaning you can get the information you need with less delay.
Connect your developer secrets to your Cursor account via 1Password
Streamline your workflows with the 1Password Cursor integration, now available directly in the Cursor Marketplace. This integration lets 1Password securely manage your developer secrets by injecting your credentials at runtime, so you can focus on building your projects.
Learn from AI experts in Zero-Shot Learning – 1Password’s AI & developer podcast
Temporal co-founder and CTO Maxim Fateev speaks to 1Password CTO Nancy Wang and VP of Engineering for Developer and AI Jeff Malnick about why the distributed systems thinking that shaped his work is now essential for building reliable AI agents. This episode includes a live demo of a durable agent surviving a crash.
Security research
1Password's new security research team shows AI agents struggle to patch novel vulnerabilities
Much has been made of the ability of LLMs to patch vulnerabilities, so organizations can stay ahead of Mythos-level models discovering them at record speeds. But 1Password's security research team, Off-by-1 Labs, found that LLMs often fail to patch vulnerabilities, and sometimes introduce new ones.
Learn more in the blog post, and check out the team’s toolings, datasets, and in-depth research paper to get the full story.
Join the 1Password team!
Love 1Password, coding, and cybersecurity as much as we do? Check out our job board and apply to one of our many remote technical positions.
Keep this conversation going on 1Password Community
That's it for this month. If you want to chat about anything covered in this newsletter, join the 1Password developer Slack or hop over to 1Password Community and start a new discussion thread!
– 1Password’s Developer & AI team