# MCP credential copy and export review

Compare synthetic exports and track configuration, runtime, support and retirement records.

Inert, disabled synthetic configuration excerpts with a reserved invalid URL. No MCP connection or operational setting is created.

Source: https://aona.ai/resources/guides/mcp-credentials-config-transcripts/
Sources checked: 2026-09-21

## Follow the credential reference

### Configuration

Record source, owner and scope

Note: No value in the worksheet

### Use and diagnostics

Review runtime, output and copied artifacts

Note: Functionality is not secrecy evidence

### Retirement

Local cleanup + issuer revocation + retained-copy review

Note: Three distinct closeout facts

| Artifact | Credential handling question | State |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Configuration | Literal value or supported reference? | Unreviewed |
| Runtime connection | Who can access the supplied value? | Unreviewed |
| Transcript/export | Was unnecessary credential material copied? | Unreviewed |
| Synthetic diagnostic pair | Fake value present before review and removed in counterpart | Illustrative only |
| Retirement | Local cleanup and issuer revocation recorded? | Unverified |

## Review checklist

- [ ] Record the supported credential mechanism
  Identify the client/server method without copying token values.
- [ ] Review every exported artifact
  Check configuration, logs and transcripts as separate possible copies.
- [ ] Separate removal from revocation
  A deleted local server entry does not by itself establish issuer-side invalidation.

## Included example files

- README.md
- embedded-value.example.toml
- named-reference.example.toml
- artifact-register.csv
- retirement-note.md
- diagnostic-before.txt
- diagnostic-reviewed.txt

## Source references

- OpenAI: Configuration reference: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/config-file/config-reference (2026-09-21)
- Claude Code: MCP connections: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp (2026-09-21)

Use the worksheet within the relevant legal, contractual and technical scope. It is not a certification or a record of an installed-product test.