# Adding this to my settings has saved me some headache

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/adding-this-to-my-settings-has-saved-me-some-headache/48825>\
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**Created:** [February 7, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/adding-this-to-my-settings-has-saved-me-some-headache/48825 "2025-02-07T14:37:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cody\_Noggn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Cody\_Noggn](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Cody_Noggn)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/adding-this-to-my-settings-has-saved-me-some-headache/48825/1 "2025-02-07T14:37:44Z")

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“credentials”: “Never create, assume, or hardcode credentials. Always ask for correct values if needed.”

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**Author:** ![jake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jake/32/20459_2.png) [@jake](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jake)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/adding-this-to-my-settings-has-saved-me-some-headache/48825/2 "2025-02-08T00:32:24Z")

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Do you have some examples where the agent has gone awry with credentials?

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**Author:** ![Cody\_Noggn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Cody\_Noggn](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Cody_Noggn)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/adding-this-to-my-settings-has-saved-me-some-headache/48825/3 "2025-02-10T22:25:07Z")

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I can’t find it now. I was setting up some aws sync functions. It kept giving me values that looked like aws arn’s It looked like it knew what values I was looking for. I didn’t realize that the id’s it used were sequential for a few minutes.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/adding-this-to-my-settings-has-saved-me-some-headache/48825/4 "2025-12-19T15:10:31Z")

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