Require a secret key before your systems can use your API

Checks every incoming request for a valid secret key before letting any data through to your systems.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itA stepOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
API & Webhook Integration
Connects
SupabasePostgres

The problem it solves

You want to connect your systems to outside apps and services, but you don't want just anyone able to send data in or pull data out. Without a check in place, an unprotected connection point is an open door for anyone who finds the address.

Who it fits

Any business connecting internal systems to outside apps or partners through an API.

How it works

  1. A request comes in asking to use your connected system
  2. The system checks the secret key attached to the request
  3. The key is compared against your list of approved keys
  4. A valid key gets a success response with the right access; an invalid key gets rejected
What you get

Requests blocked unless they carry the right key

Every request to your systems gets checked against an approved key before any data is allowed through.

What you get

A protected connection point that only lets in requests carrying an approved secret key.

What you need

No paid subscription is required to run this on its own; for real use, a database like Supabase or Postgres to store approved keys.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

Let's Talk Strategy

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