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title: Credentials
url: https://www.tines.com/docs/credentials/
updated: 2026-02-18T16:28:37+00:00
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# Credentials

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## Introduction

It is a common requirement to need to include sensitive information such as API tokens and passwords in actions. As other users can see action configurations, Tines provides the [CREDENTIAL formula key](https://www.tines.com/docs/formulas/referencing-data#from-credentials) which allows users to reference this sensitive information without exposing the value in Tines. When an action containing this [CREDENTIAL formula key](https://www.tines.com/docs/formulas/referencing-data#from-credentials) runs, Tines will substitute in the corresponding credential value. This means that sensitive data does not need to be stored as plaintext in Action configuration options or in a resource.

## Creating a Credential

Navigate to the credentials page by selecting your team name in the menu on the upper left side and selecting "Credentials". From the credentials page, select "New". You will then be prompted to choose the credential type.

Tines supports the following types of credentials:

- [Text](https://hub.tines.com/docs/credentials/text)
- [JWT tokens](https://hub.tines.com/docs/credentials/jwt)
- [OAuth2.0](https://hub.tines.com/docs/credentials/oauth)
- [AWS](https://hub.tines.com/docs/credentials/aws)
- [HTTP Request](https://hub.tines.com/docs/credentials/http-request)
- [Mutual TLS](https://hub.tines.com/docs/credentials/mtls)
- [Multi Request](https://tines.com/docs/credentials/multi-request)

and additionally has product-specific [connect flows](https://www.tines.com/docs/credentials/connect-flows/) that will guide you through the credential creation process per product.

> **TIP:** See our [Authentication Guides](https://explained.tines.com/en/collections/3801629-authentication-guides) for step-by-step instructions to create credentials for commonly used products in Tines.

## Security Considerations when using credentials

While this method dramatically increases the security of secret information in Tines, like any piece of security, it’s not absolute. For example, suppose Tines is interacting with a 3rd-party service. In that case, the service may insecurely include the credential’s value in its response, which Tines will then include in an emitted event. However, Tines does build in flexible options for you to reduce visibility of sensitive data, such as [customizing an action's event output](https://www.tines.com/whats-new/customize-an-actions-event-output) to modify the event data the action would produce and remove sensitive data for example.