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Invalid --secret-value

Error message

Invalid --secret-value "${raw}". Use key=value.

What it means

parseSecretValues got a --secret-value string without a key=value shape (key part empty); a generic key=value option format guard.

Solutions

1. Use the key=value format for --secret-value.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/teams.ts:493 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@120ae5428f (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d884346cb20434a2. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/client/teams.ts:493

  if (!values || values.length === 0) return undefined;
  const result: Record<string, string> = {};
  for (const raw of values) {
    const [slug, name] = parseKeyValueOption(raw, "--name-override", "slug=name");
    if (!slug || !name) {
      throw new Error(`Invalid --name-override "${raw}". Use slug=name.`);
    }
    result[slug] = name;
  }
  return result;
}

function parseSecretValues(values: string[] | undefined): Record<string, string> | undefined {
  if (!values || values.length === 0) return undefined;
  const result: Record<string, string> = {};
  for (const raw of values) {
    const [key, value] = parseKeyValueOption(raw, "--secret-value", "key=value");
    if (!key) {
      throw new Error(`Invalid --secret-value "${raw}". Use key=value.`);
    }
    result[key] = value;
  }
  return result;
}

function parseAdapterOverrides(
  values: string[] | undefined,
): CatalogTeamInstallOptions["adapterOverrides"] | undefined {
  if (!values || values.length === 0) return undefined;
  const result: NonNullable<CatalogTeamInstallOptions["adapterOverrides"]> = {};
  for (const raw of values) {
    const [slug, adapterType] = parseKeyValueOption(raw, "--adapter-override", "slug=type");
    if (!slug || !adapterType) {
      throw new Error(`Invalid --adapter-override "${raw}". Use slug=type.`);
    }
    result[slug] = { adapterType };
  }

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