Generic secret detection
You can use AI in combination with secret scanning to detect unstructured passwords in git content.
Who can use this feature?
Secret scanning alerts for partners runs automatically on public repositories and public npm packages to notify service providers about leaked secrets on GitHub.
Secret scanning alerts for users are available for public repositories for free. Organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud with a license for GitHub Advanced Security can also enable secret scanning alerts for users on their private and internal repositories. For more information, see "About secret scanning alerts" and "About GitHub Advanced Security."
For information about how you can try GitHub Enterprise with GitHub Advanced Security for free, see "Setting up a trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud" and "Setting up a trial of GitHub Advanced Security" in the GitHub Enterprise Cloud documentation.
About the detection of generic secrets with secret scanning
Learn how secret scanning uses AI to scan and create alerts for unstructured secrets, such as passwords.