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# Is Secret Ref • AI Agent SDK

> is_secret_ref: True if ``value`` is a :class:`SecretRef` or its dict reference form.

# is\_secret\_ref

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> This function is defined in the [**secrets**](../modules/secrets) module.

True if `value` is a :class:`SecretRef` or its dict reference form.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def is_secret_ref(value: object) -> bool
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="value" type="object" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="bool">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/secrets.py` at line 243
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