Add configuration path explanations

2026-09-26 18:17:57 +00:00
parent 3d7c9aa324
commit 41304e4eea
7 changed files with 131 additions and 6 deletions
--- a/docs/operations.md
+++ b/docs/operations.md
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ Before changing production inputs, profiles, or schemas:
   policy.

 Inspection output can include configuration paths, names, and ordinary backend
+parameters. `config explain --path` uses JSON Pointer paths and can show
+displaced historical values as well as the final value. Protect both the
+selected paths and the output, especially when backend parameters contain
+sensitive identifiers; ConfigKit does not infer arbitrary secrets in those
 parameters. Apply
 access and retention controls; the application stores only API-key environment
 reference names, not the resolved credential bytes.