Locked steel hatch in a dark factory floor — the landing gate that will not lift without a stamp

The last click is still yours

Companion to GitHub tokens for agent fleets and the agent production system series. Words I use below Agent. A program that writes and lands code for you, in a chat session. Pull request. A proposed change waiting for review. On GitHub it has its own page, with a button to accept it. Merge. Accepting that proposed change so it becomes part of the main project. GitHub App. A robot you install on a GitHub project so it can click buttons as itself — not as you. It can approve. It can merge. People treat this robot as the “real” setup. It is not. It is extra. This post does not tell you how to install one. If you later want that robot, read the token post. ...

August 21, 2026 · Dave Voyles
A long-lived access key left exposed on an open laptop in a dark ops room

Don't paste your GitHub key in chat

Companion to The last click is still yours and the agent production system series. Words I use below Agent. A program that writes code for you in a chat session. Pull request. A proposed change waiting for review. On GitHub it has its own page, with a button to accept it. Merge. Accepting that proposed change so it becomes part of the main project. Personal login. You, signed in as yourself. When you type commands, GitHub sees your name. ...

August 18, 2026 · Dave Voyles