Paul’s Hint of the Week · #6

A Launch-Day Security Pass for an AI-Built Site

Inspired by Episode 11: Ready to Ship

Accounts, secrets, doors and a tripwire. A forty-minute routine that catches what “all clear” misses, with the prompts and commands to run it.

What’s inside

  1. The goal
  2. Before you start
  3. Step by step
  4. Step 1: List every account and where it came from
  5. Step 2: Kill the defaults
  6. Step 3: Rotate anything that crossed from development
  7. Step 4: Close the doors you don’t use
  8. Step 5: Set a tripwire
  9. Step 6: Write the one-page record
  10. Prompts to steal
  11. Checklist
  12. Common mistakes

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