## About User secrets configuration provider implementation for [Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration/). User secrets mechanism enables you to override application configuration settings with values stored in the local secrets file. You can use [UserSecretsConfigurationExtensions.AddUserSecrets](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.configuration.usersecretsconfigurationextensions.addusersecrets) extension method on `IConfigurationBuilder` to add user secrets provider to the configuration builder. ## Additional Documentation * [Configuration in .NET](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/extensions/configuration) * [Safe storage of app secrets in development in ASP.NET Core](https://learn.microsoft.com/aspnet/core/security/app-secrets) * [API documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.configuration.usersecrets) ## Feedback & Contributing Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets is released as open source under the [MIT license](https://licenses.nuget.org/MIT). Bug reports and contributions are welcome at [the GitHub repository](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime).