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# Get started with 1Password developer tools

> Learn how 1Password developer tools work together to secure your development workflows, with quickstarts for developers, administrators, and partners.

1Password developer tools help you securely use secrets across your development workflows, simplify your SSH and Git management, and build integrations and scripts that programmatically interact with your information in 1Password.

## Choose your quickstart

If you’re new, start with the quickstart for your role. Each one takes you from installation to your first working secure workflow.

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  <Card title="Developer quickstart" href="/get-started/developer-quickstart" icon="code-commit" horizontal>
    Install the 1Password app and CLI, load project secrets from Environments, and authenticate SSH and Git with your fingerprint.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Administrator quickstart" href="/get-started/administrator-quickstart" icon="user-gear" horizontal>
    Set up the app and CLI for admin workflows, stream account activity to your SIEM, and prepare your team to adopt developer tools.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Partner quickstart" href="/get-started/partner-quickstart" icon="handshake" horizontal>
    Integrate billing with the Partnership API, automate user lifecycle, and add 1Password to your website.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Choose a workflow

After you have your tools set up, choose what you want to accomplish:

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  <Card title="Secure SSH & Git workflows" href="/get-started/secure-ssh-git-workflows" icon="key">
    Manage SSH keys, authenticate Git and SSH with biometrics, sign commits, and forward SSH without exposing private keys.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Secure local development" href="/get-started/secure-developer-secrets" icon="layer-group">
    Access credentials in your terminal, IDE, and local projects without exposing your secrets in plaintext.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Secure your deployments" href="/get-started/secure-deployment" icon="rotate">
    Securely load secrets into CI/CD, containers, and production apps at runtime with least-privilege access.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Secure AI access" href="/get-started/secure-ai-access" icon="robot">
    Provide credentials to AI agents and tools without exposing them in prompts, LLM context, or config files.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build integrations" href="/get-started/build-integrations" icon="puzzle-piece">
    Build integrations and scripts that can securely interact with your 1Password account.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage your organization" href="/get-started/manage-organization" icon="diagram-project">
    Programmatically manage groups, vaults, and permissions with 1Password CLI or SDKs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set up your team to use 1Password developer tools" href="/get-started/secure-developers" icon="users">
    Set team policies and create shared resources so your team is ready to adopt 1Password developer tools.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get data and analytics for your account" href="/get-started/get-data-and-analytics" icon="chart-line">
    Generate activity reports, send event data to your security tools, and automate access remediation.
  </Card>
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  <Card title="1Password Academy: Developer Tools learning path" href="https://www.1password.academy/path/1password-developer-tools" icon="graduation-cap">
    Take the free 1Password Academy course series to build hands-on skills with 1Password developer tools.
  </Card>
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## How 1Password developer tools work

1Password provides a set of tools that you can combine to secure and simplify your development workflows:

* [1Password desktop app](https://1password.com/downloads/): Store secrets, manage developer integrations, and enable biometric authorization prompts for developer workflows.
* [1Password for SSH & Git](/ssh): Sign Git commits and approve SSH connections using keys generated and stored in 1Password.
* [Environments](/environments): Manage project secrets as sets of environment variables that you can load directly from 1Password without exposing secrets in plaintext.
* [1Password Environments MCP Server](/environments/mcp-server): Let MCP clients such as Codex and Kiro create and manage your Environments through secure authorization prompts, without exposing your secrets to agents.
* [1Password CLI](/cli): Securely access secrets from 1Password in your terminal, scripts, and CI/CD pipelines.
* [1Password for VS Code](/vscode): Detect plaintext secrets in your code so you can store them in 1Password and replace them with secure secret references.
* [1Password SDKs](/sdks): Interact with 1Password from your Go, JavaScript, or Python applications.
* [1Password Service Account](/service-accounts): Authenticate automated workflows with service account tokens scoped to specific vaults, Environments, and permissions.
* [Shell plugins](/cli/shell-plugins): Authenticate third-party CLIs like `aws`, `gh`, `glab`, or `claude` using your fingerprint, without storing your credentials in plaintext.
* [1Password Connect server](/connect): Securely access secrets in your company’s apps and cloud infrastructure using a private REST API.
* **APIs**: Use the [Events API](/events-api) to get data about how people on your team use 1Password, the [Users API](/users-api) to manage users, and the [Partnership API](/partnership-api/reference) to manage customer billing.

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## Related topics

- [Get started with 1Password CLI](/cli/get-started.md)
- [Set up your team to use 1Password developer tools](/get-started/secure-developers.md)
- [Get started with 1Password Service Accounts](/service-accounts/get-started.md)